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The Arrival(1996)
Status: Released
Date: 1996-05-31
60%
757 Votes
Time: 1h 55m
The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, French.
Countries:
Mexico,
United States of America
Budget: $25,000,000.00
Revenue: $14,063,331.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Steelwork Films
Mediaworks
Movie: The Arrival
Top 10 Billed 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
Leon Rippy
DOD #1
Buddy Joe Hooker
DOD #2
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