The Arrival (1996)

PG-13 · 1996-05-31 · 1h 55m · EN

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The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now.

Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.

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David TwohyDirector

Budget: $25M
Box office: $14.1M

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Charlie SheenZane Zaminski

Lindsay CrouseIlana Green

Richard SchiffCalvin

Ron SilverPhil Gordian

Teri PoloChar

Phyllis ApplegateMrs. Roosevelt

Tony T. JohnsonKiki

Alan CoatesTerraformer

Leon RippyDOD #1

Buddy Joe HookerDOD #2

Javier MorgaCo-worker

David VillalpandoCabbie

Keywords

Alien invasion Scientist Conspiracy Desert Alien language Foot chase Extraterrestrial Astronomer Global warming Observatory Radio telescope Greenhouse effect Volkswagen beetle Golf club Climatologist Liquid nitrogen Screwdriver Cosmic zoom Satellite dish

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Genre affinityThriller · Science FictionTheme affinityAlien Invasion · Scientist · ConspiracyEmotional intensityGlobal WarmingDirector preference113856Actor preference73169 · 159750 · 9757Country preferenceMx

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