A nod to 12 monkeys?
In 12 monkeys, which came out in 1995, Bruce willis' character is called James Cole and at one point in the movie, after saving Kathryn Railly from the two goons, he mumbles "all I see are dead people". Coincidence? Also, I couldn't help noticing the similarity between a shot in the sixth sense, at the birth party, where Cole looks up a staircase and a similar brief shot in 12 monkeys, when Bruce meets Brad Pitt at his father's place in 1996. I know a shot of a staircase can be very generic and is found in many movies, but I thought these two were eerily similar.