The Arrival
The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now.
1996 | 115m | English
Popularity: 2 (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: | |
| Keywords | greenhouse effect, global warming, astronomer, scientist, alien invasion, foot chase, desert, climatologist, observatory, alien language, golf club, liquid nitrogen, screwdriver, cosmic zoom, rollerblades, radio telescope, satellite dish |
| 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