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The Arrival (1996)

Film · 1996 · 115 min · PG-13 · Science Fiction · Thriller · Mystery

The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now.

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.

Directed by David Twohy

Starring Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Ron Silver, Teri Polo, Phyllis Applegate, Tony T. Johnson, Alan Coates

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In cinemas31 May 1996
Digital releaseNot listed
Physical release1 April 1997
First release anywhere31 May 1996

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