The Arrival (1996)
- Starring:
- Charlie Sheen, Ron Silver, (more)
- Director(s):
- David N. Twohy
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Format(s):
- DVD, (View All Versions)
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Synopsis of The Arrival
A shy radio telescope operator named Zane Ziminski (Charlie Sheen) picks up a series of regular signals coming from space -- and deliberately pointed toward Earth. Convinced that he has discovered alien transmissions, Ziminski is first chastised and then fired by his boss (Ron Silver). Obsessed, he builds a makeshift radio telescope in his house to find out where the signals were sent. Convinced that they're intended for aliens already hidden on Earth, he tracks them to a bleak, isolated Mexican village, where he joins forces with a female scientist (Lindsey Crouse), who has suspicions of her own after witnessing an acceleration of global warming. The villagers turn out to be aliens, and the village a front for an underground alien complex. The aliens are here to "terraform" Earth and prepare it for the arrival of the rest of their race, who will die unless they leave their homeworld and colonize elsewhere. Only Ziminski can stop them. Written and directed by David N. Twohy, The Arrival is a throwback to the genre chillers of the '50s. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 109 mins
Complete Cast of The Arrival
- Charlie Sheen - Zane Ziminski
- Lindsay Crouse - Ilana Green
- Richard Schiff - Calvin
- Phyllis Applegate - Mrs. Roosevelt
- Jacqueline Voltaire - reporter
- Luisa Huertas - security woman
- Monica Dionne - reporter
- Shane - 1st JPL guard
- Dave Galasso - 2nd Jpl Guard
- Angel De La Pena - Skeleton Man
- Catalina Botello - N. C. A. R. Woman
- Ellen Bradley - screaming woman
- José Garcia - planecorp guard
- Jorge Zepeda - detective
- Roger Cudney - JPL Official
- Ron Silver - Phil Gordian
- Teri Polo - Char
- Tony T. Johnson - Kiki
- Leon Rippy - 1st Department of Defence Man
- Buddy Joe Hooker - 2nd Department of Defence Man
- Jorge Becerril - plancecorp guard
- Alan Coates - Terraformer
- Andrea Sisniega - weather woman
- Alejandro Usigli - reporter
- Georg Lillitsch - George, Computer Technician
- Javier Morga - co-worker
- Reed Johnson - maintenance man
- Maria Luisa Coronel - maid
- David Villalpando - cabbie
- Director(s):
- David N. Twohy
- Writer(s):
- David N. Twohy
- Producer(s):
- Melissa Cira Taylor, Jim Steele, Thomas G. Smith
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Questionable for Children, Adult Situations, Violence)
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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