The Arrival
The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now.
1996 | 115m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | David Twohy |
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| Writer: | David Twohy |
| Staring: |
| 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 Date: | May 31, 1996 |
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| Director: | David Twohy |
| Writer: | David Twohy |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller |
| Keywords | greenhouse effect, global warming, extraterrestrial, alien, astronomer, conspiracy, scientist, alien invasion, foot chase, desert, climatologist, observatory, alien language, golf club, liquid nitrogen, screwdriver, cosmic zoom, rollerblades, radio telescope, satellite dish, aliens |
| Production Companies | Live Entertainment, Steelwork Films, Mediaworks |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $14,063,331
Budget: $25,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Oct 12, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Javier Morga | Co-Worker |
| David Villalpando | Cabbie |
| María Luisa Coronel | Maid |
| Mónica Dionne | Reporter #1 |
| Alejandro Usigli | Reporter #2 |
| Jacqueline Voltaire | Reporter #3 |
| Luisa Huertas | Security Woman |
| Roger Cudney | JPL Official |
| Shane | JPL Guard #1 |
| Dave Galasso | JPL Guard #2 |
| Georg Lillitsch | Computer Tech |
| Catalina Botello | N.C.A.R. Woman |
| David Sherrill | Lance (uncredited) |
| Ángel de la Peña | Skeleton Man |
| Ellen Bradley | Screaming Woman |
| Jorge Becerril | Planecorp Guard |
| Jorge Zepeda | Detective |
| Ree Johnson | Maintenance Man |
| Andrea Sisniega | Weather Woman |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Hiro Narita | Director of Photography |
| David Twohy | Screenplay, Director |
| Mary Jo Slater | Casting |
| Mayes C. Rubeo | Costume Design |
| Martin Hunter | Editor |
| David Farmer | Sound Designer |
| Ethan Van der Ryn | Sound Effects Editor |
| Rich Thorne | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Buddy Joe Hooker | Stunt Coordinator |
| Laurencio Cordero | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Jaime Rivas Ruiz | Set Designer |
| Jeff Burks | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Stephen A. Hope | Music Editor |
| Fernando Lau | Construction Coordinator |
| Charles L. Finance | Visual Effects Producer |
| Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Alisa Christensen | Stunts |
| Eddy Donno | Stunts |
| Luis David Sansans | Camera Loader |
| Eddie Braun | Stunt Double |
| Steven Schalk | Property Master |
| Jeff Jensen | Stunts |
| Lawrence Lawson | Construction Foreman |
| Mitch Carter | ADR Voice Casting |
| Steve Brooksbank | Casting |
| Rogelio Rojas | Casting |
| Arthur Kempel | Original Music Composer |
| Enrique Estévez Hermelindo | Set Decoration |
| Héctor Romero | Art Direction |
| Wendy Range | Costume Supervisor |
| Anthony R. Stabley | Art Direction |
| Melo Hinojosa | Set Decoration |
| Daniel Arkin | Visual Effects Editor |
| Michael Novotny | Production Design |
| Laura Seidel | Casting |
| Eric Anderson | Camera Operator |
| Cirina Catania | Publicist |
| David B. Sharp | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Brad Arensman | Post Production Supervisor |
| Bob Marshak | Still Photographer |
| Raman Rao | Gaffer |
| Melissa Taylor | Visual Effects Producer |
| Marco Niro | Art Department Coordinator |
| Brian Jennings | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Hugh Waddell | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Gilberto Cortes | Property Master |
| Rita Morena | Stunts |
| Billy Hank Hooker | Stunts |
| Bennie Moore | Stunts |
| Juan J. Valencia | Electrician |
| David LeRoy Anderson | Makeup Artist |
| Eduardo Jesús Oviedo Vargas | Electrician |
| Dea Cantu | Script Supervisor |
| Rodney Montague | Visual Effects Producer |
| Robert Skotak | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Daniel Sperry | Dolby Consultant |
| Geno Hart | Transportation Coordinator |
| Guillermo Rosas | Camera Operator |
| Amy Pawlowski | Visual Effects Editor |
| Helen Meidel | Studio Teachers |
| John A. Johnston | Location Manager |
| Dennie Thorpe | Foley |
| John T. Van Vliet | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Javier Gunther | Music Editor |
| Dianna Stirpe | Dialogue Editor |
| René Villarreal | First Assistant Director |
| Jean M. Cunningham | Lighting Supervisor |
| Gustavo Covarrubias | Key Grip |
| P.K. MacCarthy | Storyboard Artist |
| Jorge Guerrero | Extras Casting |
| Manuel Ordaz López | Swing |
| Heriberto Gutiérrez | First Assistant Camera |
| Campos Memo Granados | Assistant Property Master |
| Harrison Gibbs | Assistant Editor |
| Maxine Morris | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Daniel Novotny | Draughtsman |
| Ray Schaaf | Extras Casting |
| Arleen Beaty | Assistant Editor |
| Gary Simon | Assistant Editor |
| Dee Whitehurst | Script Supervisor |
| Enrique Cervera | Camera Loader |
| John M. Stephens | Aerial Camera |
| Elaine C. Andrianos | First Assistant Editor |
| John T. Martin | Key Grip |
| Thomas Flynn | Costume Assistant |
| Carlos Benassini | Draughtsman |
| Patrice Laure | Set Dresser |
| Mark A. Shelton | VFX Director of Photography |
| Carlos Munguía | Costume Assistant |
| Marsha Lewis | Key Hair Stylist |
| Carroll Timothy O'Meara | Assistant Editor |
| Les Bernstien | VFX Director of Photography |
| Brendan C. Fenton | Swing |
| Felicity Bowring | Makeup Artist |
| Randolph W. Day | Swing |
| Leo Behar | Dolly Grip |
| David Lauer | CG Animator |
| Steve Iriguchi | Key Grip |
| David Jarrell | Gaffer |
| Francisco García | Draughtsman |
| Jeannie Johnson | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Kim Urgel | Hairstylist |
| Scott Whitman | Aerial Camera Technician |
| Regina Reyes | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Ricardo Covarrubias | Dolly Grip |
| Carlos Gutiérrez | Set Dresser |
| Richard Malzahn | VFX Director of Photography |
| Frederico Tellez | Swing |
| Sharon Hollis | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Enrique Lara | Electrician |
| Tamara Goldsworthy | Camera Loader |
| Roberto 'Tito' Blasini | First Assistant Camera |
| David Jardon | Tailor |
| Bob White | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Carlos Sánchez | Electrician |
| Greg T. Moon | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Jongwoo Heo | 3D Animator |
| Juan Ayala | Second Assistant Camera |
| Shawn Whelan | Best Boy Grip |
| Claudia Becker | Casting Director |
| Linda DeMarco | Color Timer |
| Forrest Thurman | Second Assistant Camera |
| Gabriel Solana | Key Makeup Artist |
| Fred White | Best Boy Electric |
| Luis Amézquita | Draughtsman |
| John Matthews | Rigging Gaffer |
| Jaime Ortiz | Key Costumer |
| Francisco López | Leadman |
| Pat Swovelin | First Assistant Camera |
| Marlo Pabon | Digital Compositor |
| Sam Citron | Assistant Editor |
| Checco Varese | Steadicam Operator |
| Raman Hui Shing-Ngai | Animation Director |
| Isidore Mankofsky | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Russell J. Lyster | VFX Director of Photography |
| Manuel Cordero | Special Effects Technician |
| Pedro Gonzalez | Special Effects Technician |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jim Steele | Producer |
| Thomas G. Smith | Producer |
| Robert W. Cort | Executive Producer |
| Lorenzo O'Brien | Associate Producer |
| David Tripet | Associate Producer |
| Ted Field | Executive Producer |
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Ruuz
5.0
Charlie Sheen channels his inner Kevin Smith in this unique take on the genre. Sure it's a little X-Files-y, and a lot of the twists are either glaringly obvious or make zero sense, but by and large it's pretty original. The climate-change message does beat you over the head a little, but only gentl ... y, which I can handle. Obviously it didn't take anyway, considering we're here twenty years later and the problem's only gotten worse. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._
Jun 23, 2021