The Arrival
“The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now.”
Director
David Twohy
Screenplay
David Twohy
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.
Release
May 31, 1996
Budget
$25M
Country
United States of America, Mexico
Revenue
$14M
Cast
Charlie Sheen
Zane Zaminski
Lindsay Crouse
Ilana Green
Richard Schiff
Calvin
Ron Silver
Gordian
Teri Polo
Char
Phyllis Applegate
Mrs. Roosevelt
Tony T. Johnson
Kiki
Alan Coates
Terraformer
Leon Rippy
DOD #1
Buddy Joe Hooker
DOD #2
David Villalpando
Cabbie
Mónica Dionne
Reporter #1
Alejandro Usigli
Reporter #2
Luisa Huertas
Security Woman
Roger Cudney
JPL Official
David Sherrill
Lance (uncredited)
Reviews
★★★★★
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The Arrival
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