Arrival

20162016
PG-13PG-13
1h 56min

Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)

A linguist is recruited by the military to assist in translating alien communications.

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A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.

Director
- Denis Villeneuve
Writers
- Eric Heisserer(screenplay by)
- Ted Chiang(based on the story "Story of Your Life" written by)
Stars

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Won 1 Oscar
- 65 wins & 264 nominations total

Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)

Amy Adams in Arrival (2016)

Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)

Amy Adams in Arrival (2016)

Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)

Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)

Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)

Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)

Forest Whitaker in Arrival (2016)

Amy Adams in Arrival (2016)

Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)

Tzi Ma in Arrival (2016)

Director
- Denis Villeneuve
Writers
- Eric Heisserer(screenplay by)
- Ted Chiang(based on the story "Story of Your Life" written by)
All cast & crew
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Linguistics professor Louise Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touchdown in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all of mankind. —Jwelch5742

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Taglines
- Why are they here?
Genres
- Drama
- Sci-Fi
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for brief strong language
Parents guide

Trivia
Director Denis Villeneuve and screenwriter Eric Heisserer created a fully functioning, visual, alien language. Heisserer, Villeneuve and their teams managed to create a "logogram bible," which included over a hundred different completely operative logo-grams, seventy-one of which are actually featured in the movie.

Goofs
In the main landings chart the Australian contact point seems to be in the Indian Ocean off Geralton in Western Australia. In a later scene there is a brief shot of an alien spacecraft with central Sydney in the distance across water. Sydney is on Australia's east coast.

Quotes
Louise Banks: Despite knowing the journey... and where it leads... I embrace it... and I welcome every moment of it.

Crazy credits
Denis Villeneuve's daughter, Salomé Villeneuve, is listed as "Hazmat Suit Specialist".

Connections
Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Amy Adams/Jeremy Renner/Chris O'Dowd/Niall Horan (2016)

Soundtracks
On the Nature of Daylight
Written and Performed by Max Richter
Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

Top review

9/10

It's a masterpiece. Period.

I will help you choose if you want to watch this one or not. It's easy. If you like, for example Sixth Sense, you will love this one. If you prefer Independence Day, you will hate it.

I think it's a masterpiece. Period. I'm actually a bit shocked it's not closer to 9 and a top 20 all time movie. The script is so intelligent that it feels that you have watched 4 different movies in the end. It's a thrill ride for drama-, thriller-, action- and science fiction fans in one package.

I had to compose myself for 20 minutes before leaving the theatre and it took me and my wife about 3 hours and 3 glasses of wine to talk about it afterwards.

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Budget
- $47,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $100,546,139
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $24,074,047
- Nov 13, 2016
Gross worldwide
- $203,388,186

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Runtime
- 1h 56min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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