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The Pitch: A flash mob/improv group (like ImprovEverywhere) organized a public re-enactment of a scene from M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening to help promote the film.
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May 22nd, 2008 at 12:09 am
DUN! DUN! DUN DUN! DUN! Look at the concerned look on those sheeple’s faces.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:10 am
I don’t know why so many people are giving this movie crap. It looks pretty original and suspenseful. All of that equals fun, even if the ending might not be the best in the world. As far as this improv is concerned, it’s awesome. Cheers to everyone involved and this movie.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:21 am
oh yeah…it’s happening
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:25 am
I bet that movie sucks donkey nuts.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:51 am
Anyone who says and uses the word “sheeple” should be burned alive along with their house pets.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:56 am
Movie seems interesting… the look on the faces of the people was a good precursor to how the reaction to people would be for the happening, irrespective of what the critics say!
But honestly these extras seems much better than Mark Wahlberg! :P
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:05 am
LoL, that has hilarious. I loved how the some of the people not involved also hit the ground. It really is like a monkey see, monkey do…
I wanna get a group of people to do that here, hahaha.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:10 am
I laughed at that shot of the woman holding her baby.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:52 am
steal this line:
“hey is this one of those improv gr–” monster charges around corner. “Oh shit!” person runs away.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:53 am
“Anyone who says and uses the word “sheeple†should be burned alive along with their house pets.”
That cracked me up.
I also died @ “This isn’t good!”
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:22 am
This clip is much more entertaining than the actual movie.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:51 am
This movie is gonna be worse than its title
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:42 am
Cool improv/experiment, but I wonder if any one of the by
standers called the police?
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:25 am
Someone should have called homeland security. It looks like a gas attack, a scary and stupid stunt, for a lame dvd/cable category film.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:55 am
Iiin…ter…est…ing. I watched another improv group do something like this in New York, except instead of dropping to the ground, they stood frozen for 5 minutes. They also got applause!
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:35 am
I love it!
http://digg.com/movies/The_Happening_Improv_Experiment
I think this is digg-worthy.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:23 pm
I also think this is a incredibly stupid stunt. And for a stupid movie.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Agreeing with Bob; this clip is far more interesting than the movie trailers.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
so…has anybody seen those old ‘truth’ ads from oh, a few years ago. remember that anti-smoking campaign where everybody did THIS EXACT SAME THING to show how many people die from smoking? it was terrorism then and now it’s commercialized terrorism to promote a movie? honestly, one of the stupidest things i’ve seen. what did they do after 5 minutes on the ground? get up and hand out flyers?
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
The woman asking ‘What’s happening?’ just made the whole thing perfect.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Weak. Corporate flash mobbing, um, I mean marketing, for what appears to be a crappy movie (and if what I’ve heard about the punchline is true, it’s really bad).
May 24th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
I would not Digg anything that promotes this film. “What is Happening”…to good cinema? Regardless of this promotion, the film will blow TJ Spray Painted Donkey.
I did laugh when the one guy started to get on the ground too, then realized it was lame antics and walked off.