The Arrival

Theatrical - Wide 1996-05-31

Cast Charlie Sheen Lindsay Crouse Richard Schiff Ron Silver Teri Polo
Directed by David Twohy
Written by David Twohy

Box Office Gross: $14,063,331

Running Time: 115 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Live Entertainment, Steelwork Films, Mediaworks

Genres: Horror Thriller

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8/10

Synopsis

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... See more Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.

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The Arrival

Posted 27 years ago

Review Date: Director: David Twohy Writer: David Twohy Producers: Thomas G. Smith Actors: Charlie Sheen Ron Silver Plot: A paranoid radio astronomer stumbles across some aliens talking across his airwaves and is immediately relieved of his duties from his superiors....

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