The Sixth Sense Movie Script

ANNA:

(whispers) I thought about you too. Malcolm turns. He stands frozen at the top of the stairs. Anna's HUSHED WORDS RISING IN THE AIR LIKE A GUN BLAST.

CUT TO:

INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT Lynn adjusts the thermostat as she tries to keep herself warm.

LYNN:

I don't care what they say, this thing is definitely broken. Lynn fiddles with the dials. Cole is standing before the beat-up twelve inch kitchen T.V. ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN is Tommy Tammisimo. He stands in his pajamas in a doorway. He coughs.

TOMMY:

(on T.V.) Mommy, my throat hurts. Cole watches as Tommy's T.V. mother and father give him a spoonful of medicine.

NARRATOR:

(on T.V.) Pediaease Cough Suppressant... gentle, fast, effective. Cole watches Tommy running around in his T.V. background, the very next T.V. morning. He's not sick anymore. Tommy waves to the camera smiling and healthy. The T.V. goes BLACK as Cole throws his shoe at the power button. He moves to the dinner table where Lynn is seated. Cole sits. His hands go on the table. He's wearing a pair of his father's extra large LEATHER GLOVES. Cole's small hands don't even fill the palm area. Cole has difficulty trying to pick up his milk glass with the gloves.

LYNN:

Take 'em off. Cole removes the gloves from his hand and places them next to his plate.

LYNN:

I don't want them on my table. Cole moves them to the floor. Lynn is irritated, this is a sore point between them. Lynn and Cole eat quietly. Beat.

LYNN:

I saw what was in your bureau drawer when I was cleaning. Cole looks up. An anxious expression on his face. Beat.

LYNN:

You got something you want to confess? Cole just stares.

LYNN:

The bumble bee pendant. Why do you keep taking it? Cole looks down at his lap.

LYNN:

It was Grandma's. It's not for playing. (beat) What if it broke? You know how sad I'd be.

COLE:

You'd cry. Cause you miss grandma so much.

LYNN:

(soft) That's right. So why do you take it, sweetheart?

COLE:

Sometimes people think they lose things and they didn't really lose them. It just gets moved.

LYNN:

Did you move the bumble bee pendant? Cole shakes his head, "No." Lynn just stares.

LYNN:

You didn't take it before. You didn't take it the time after that. And now, you didn't take it again?

COLE:

Don't get mad.

LYNN:

So who moved it? Cole doesn't answer.

LYNN:

There's only two of us. (beat) Maybe someone came in our house -- took the bumble bee pendant out of my closet, and then laid it nicely in your drawer? (beat) Is that what happened?

COLE:

(soft) Maybe. Lynn just stares at Cole.

LYNN:

I'm so tired, Cole. I'm tired in my body. I'm tired in my mind. I'm tired in my heart. I need a little help here. (beat) I don't know if you noticed -- but our little family isn't doing so good. Lynn folds her napkin quietly.

LYNN:

I'm praying for us, but I must not be praying right. (beat) It looks like we're just going to have to answer each other's prayers. If we can't talk to each other -- we're not going to make it. (beat) Now baby, tell me... I won't be mad, honey... Did you take the bumble bee pendant? Beat. Cole's eyes start to water up.

COLE:

No. Lynn goes cold.

LYNN:

You've had enough roast beef. You need to leave the table. Cole just stares at his mother's expression.

LYNN:

(yells) Go! Cole gets up -- never taking his eyes off his mother -- and leaves the room.