Arrival

Name: Arrival
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science fiction
Duration: 1 h 57 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Michael Stuhlbarg, Forest Whitaker, Mark O'Brien

2016

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Title: Arrival

Original Title: Arrival

Year: 2016

Info

Country: USA
Length: 117 Minutes (1 hour 57 min)
Budget: $47,000,000
Genre: Drama Mystery Science fiction
Studios: Paramount Pictures
Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing
Age rating: 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over)

Release Dates

UK: November 10 2016
United States: November 11 2016

Plot

After alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the army to find out whether the alien forces come in peace or are a threat.

'Arrival' is a sci-fi drama directed by Denis Villeneuve, canadian scriptwriter and director. Villeneuve gained critical success with 'Incendies', adaptation of the play by Wajdi Mouawad. Thanks to it, he was nominated to several important festivals and prices around the world. Villeneuve also directed the more famous 'Prisioners', 'Enemy' and 'Sicario'.

Amy Adams plays the main character, Dr. Louise Banks an expert in languages. Adams is one of the most

renowned actresses in Hollywood nowadays, being nominated to the Academy Awards in five occasions.

The film is based on a short story by Ted Chiang: 'Story of your life'.

Awards

2017 Academy Awards (Oscars): 8 1
2017 Golden Globes: 2 0
2017 BAFTA Awards: 11 1

Cast

Director:

Denis Villeneuve Denis Villeneuve

Dr. Louise Banks

Ian Donnelly

Agent Halpern

Colonel Weber

Captain Marks

General Shang

Videos

5:20

Unboxing: 'Arrival' steelbook

April 22 2017

0:49

'Arrival' - Human

November 22 2016

0:58

'Arrival' - They Need to See Me

November 22 2016

1:10

'Arrival' - Communication crosses the limits of language

November 13 2016

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Trivia

'Story of Your Life'

The original name for the film was 'Story of Your Life', until test audiences did not like the title, and therefore was changed to 'Arrival'.

Ciencia ficción

This is the first science fiction movie of Denis Villeneuve. The minute after he finished it, Villeneuve had to start with the untitled sequel of 'Blade Runner 2049'.

Stephen Wolfram

Renowned scientist and tech innovator Stephen Wolfram and his son Christopher Wolfram were consulted to ensure all scientific terminology, graphics and depictions were right.