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The Arrival

The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now.
May 31, 1996 · 1h 55m
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Science Fiction
Thriller
Mystery

PLOT

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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CAST

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
Directed by David Twohy

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$25,000,000
Revenue
$14,063,331
Production
Live Entertainment, Steelwork Films, Mediaworks
Country
MX, US

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