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The Arrival
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.
1996 · Directed by David Twohy · 115 min · Science Fiction · Thriller · Mystery · 12 frames
Tagline
The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now.
Crew
- Screenplay: David Twohy
- Cinematography: Hiro Narita
- Edited by: Martin Hunter
- Music: Arthur Kempel
- Production design: Michael Novotny
- Produced by: Jim Steele, Thomas G. Smith
Cast
- Charlie Sheen as Zane Zaminski
- Lindsay Crouse as Ilana Green
- Richard Schiff as Calvin
- Ron Silver as Gordian
- Teri Polo as Char
- Phyllis Applegate as Mrs. Roosevelt
- Tony T. Johnson as Kiki
- Alan Coates as Terraformer
- Leon Rippy as DOD #1
- Buddy Joe Hooker as DOD #2
Production
- Country: Mexico, United States of America
- Language: English, French
- Studios: Live Entertainment, Steelwork Films, Mediaworks
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Box office: $14,063,331
- Themes: greenhouse effect, global warming, alien, extraterrestrial, astronomer, conspiracy, scientist, alien invasion, foot chase, desert
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