The Arrival
“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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2 films
Cast
29 people
Charlie Sheen
Zane Zaminski
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Lindsay Crouse
Ilana Green
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House of Games
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Richard Schiff
Calvin
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The Good Doctor
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Ron Silver
Gordian
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Timecop
Ali
Teri Polo
Char
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The Fosters
Phyllis Applegate
Mrs. Roosevelt
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Big Momma's House
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Tony T. Johnson
Kiki
Known for
Theodore Rex
Alan Coates
Terraformer
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Leon Rippy
DOD #1
Known for
Deadwood
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Buddy Joe Hooker
DOD #2
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Need for Speed
Money Talks
Javier Morga
Co-Worker
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David Villalpando
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David Twohy Director · Arthur Kempel Composer Hiro Narita Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $14M · Budget $25M · United States release May 31, 1996
Box office
Budget
$25,000,000
Worldwide gross
$14,063,331
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
Live Entertainment
Production
Steelwork Films
Production
Mediaworks
Production
Orion Pictures
Studio
Mexico · United States
Produced in
Shockwave
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · March 5, 1996
TV · TV premiere
United States · May 31, 1996
Theatrical
United States · April 1, 1997
Physical · DVD Release
Australia
March 24, 1997 · Theatrical
France
September 9, 1997 · Theatrical
Germany
May 1, 1997 · Theatrical
Greece
September 27, 1996 · Theatrical
Italy
September 18, 2014 · Physical
Netherlands
January 24, 2002 · TV · RTL 5
September 29, 2009 · Physical · DVD
October 11, 2011 · Physical · Blu ray
Slovakia
October 28, 2000 · TV · Markíza
Spain
June 27, 1997 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 24, 1997 · Theatrical
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