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The Arrival

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

  • Movie
  • 1996
  • PG-13
  • 1h 55m

Directed by David Twohy

6.0

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6.0 out of 10 from 894 votes

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Overview

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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Cast and crew

  • Charlie Sheen

    Charlie SheenZane Zaminski

  • Lindsay Crouse

    Lindsay CrouseIlana Green

  • Richard Schiff

    Richard SchiffCalvin

  • Ron Silver

    Ron SilverGordian

  • Teri Polo

    Teri PoloChar

  • Phyllis Applegate

    Phyllis ApplegateMrs. Roosevelt

  • Tony T. Johnson

    Tony T. JohnsonKiki

  • Alan Coates

    Alan CoatesTerraformer

  • Leon Rippy

    Leon RippyDOD #1

  • Buddy Joe Hooker

    Buddy Joe HookerDOD #2

  • Javier MorgaCo-Worker

  • David Villalpando

    David VillalpandoCabbie

  • María Luisa CoronelMaid

  • Mónica Dionne

    Mónica DionneReporter #1

  • Alejandro Usigli

    Alejandro UsigliReporter #2

  • Jacqueline VoltaireReporter #3

  • Luisa Huertas

    Luisa HuertasSecurity Woman

  • Roger Cudney

    Roger CudneyJPL Official

Director
David Twohy
Writer
David Twohy
Music
Arthur Kempel
Cinematography
Hiro Narita