�THE SIXTH SENSE,� A GRIPPING AND MYSTIFYING DRAMA STARRING BRUCE WILLIS AND HALEY JOEL OSMENT, AIRS ON ABC, SATURDAY, MARCH 18

Nominated for Six Oscars, the Film Will Air in HDTV With 5.1-Channel Surround Sound

�I see dead people� � Haley Joel Osment

�The Sixth Sense,� a riveting drama starring Bruce Willis as child psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe working with an apparently disturbed young boy (Haley Joel Osment), airs in HDTV with 5.1-channel surround sound and video description as the �ABC Saturday Movie of the Week,� MARCH 18 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network (rebroadcast. OAD: 4/28/02). The film also stars Toni Collette and Olivia Williams.

Nominated for a 2000 Academy Award for Best Picture, �The Sixth Sense� is a taut drama in which Bruce Willis (�Hart�s War,� �Unbreakable�) plays a lauded child psychologist struggling with the memory of a former patient who once broke into the doctor�s home, shot him and then committed suicide. The doctor takes on the disturbing case of a young patient (Haley Joel Osment, �Pay It Forward,� �Artificial Intelligence: AI�) who tells the doctor that he sees dead people and that they want him to do things for them. The boy�s mother (Toni Collette, �About a Boy,� �Changing Lanes�), is at her wit�s end about her son�s problems.

�The Sixth Sense� stars Bruce Willis as Dr. Malcolm Crowe, Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear, Toni Collette as Lynn Sear, Olivia Williams (�The Body,� �Lucky Break�) as Anna Crowe, Donnie Wahlberg (TV�s �Band of Brothers�) as Vincent Grey, Glenn Fitzgerald (�The Believer�) as Sean, Mischa Barton (�Lisa Johnson�) as Kyra Collins, Trevor Morgan �The Rookie�) as Tommy Tommisimo, Bruce Norris as Stanley Cunningham, Cole�s Teacher, Peter Anthony Tambakis as Darren, Jeffrey Zubernis as Bobby, Greg Wood as Mr. Collins, Kyra�s Father, and Angelica Torn as Mrs. Collins, Kyra�s Mother.

The 1999 film was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan (�Signs,� �Unbreakable,� �Stuart Little�), who received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for his work on this film. The film was produced by Hollywood Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment and The Kennedy/Marshall Company.

�THE SIXTH SENSE� IN HDTV:
The ABC Television Network�s HDTV broadcast of �The Sixth Sense� will air in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC�s selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and video description via SAP.

This program carries a TV-14 parental guideline. Due to adult subject matter, parental and viewer discretion is advised.