Title: Arrival
Original Title: Arrival
Year: 2016
Info
- Country: USA Canada
- Language: English Mandarin
- Length: 116 Minutes (1 hour 56 min)
- Budget: $47,000,000
- Genre: Drama Mystery Science fiction
- Studios: Paramount Pictures FilmNation Entertainment 21 Laps Entertainment
- Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing
- Age rating: 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: November 10 2016
- United States: November 11 2016
Plot
After alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the army to find out whether the alien forces come in peace or are a threat.
'Arrival' is a sci-fi drama directed by Denis Villeneuve, canadian scriptwriter and director. Villeneuve gained critical success with 'Incendies', adaptation of the play by Wajdi Mouawad. Thanks to it, he was nominated to several important festivals and prices around the world. Villeneuve also directed the more famous 'Prisioners', 'Enemy' and 'Sicario'.
Amy Adams plays the main character, Dr. Louise Banks an expert in languages. Adams is one of the most
renowned actresses in Hollywood nowadays, being nominated to the Academy Awards in five occasions.
The film is based on a short story by Ted Chiang: 'Story of your life'.
Awards
- 2017 Academy Awards (Oscars): 8 1
- 2017 Golden Globes: 2 0
- 2017 BAFTA Awards: 11 1
Cast
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Videos
April 22 2017
November 22 2016
'Arrival' - They Need to See Me
November 22 2016
'Arrival' - Communication crosses the limits of language
November 13 2016
Photos
Trivia
Historia corta
The movie is based upon the short story 'Story of Your Life' written by Ted Chiang in 2000.
Stephen Wolfram
Renowned scientist and tech innovator Stephen Wolfram and his son Christopher Wolfram were consulted to ensure all scientific terminology, graphics and depictions were right.
Ciencia ficción
This is the first science fiction movie of Denis Villeneuve. The minute after he finished it, Villeneuve had to start with the untitled sequel of 'Blade Runner 2049'.
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