The Arrival (1996)

★ 6.0 1h 55m 846 votes IMDb
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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.

The Arrival

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Cast

Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen as Zane Zaminski Age 60 · New York City, New York, USA Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. He has appeared in films such as Platoon (1986), Wall Street (1987), Young Guns (1988), The...
Lindsay Crouse
Lindsay Crouse as Ilana Green Age 78 · New York City, New York, USA Lindsay Ann Crouse is an American actress. She made her Broadway debut in the 1972 revival of Much Ado About Nothing and appeared in her first film in 1976 in All the President's Men. For her role in...
Richard Schiff
Richard Schiff as Calvin Age 71 · Bethesda, Maryland, USA Richard Schiff is an American actor. He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award. Schiff made his television directorial debut with The West...
Ron Silver
Ron Silver as Gordian Died 2009 · New York City, New York, USA Ronald Arthur "Ron" Silver (July 2, 1946 – March 15, 2009) was an American actor, director, producer, radio host, and political activist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Silver, lice...
Teri Polo
Teri Polo as Char Age 57 · Dover, Delaware, USA ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Theresa Elizabeth "Teri" Polo (born June 1, 1969) is an American actress known for her role of Pam Focker in the movie Meet the Parents (2000) and its two se...
Phyllis Applegate
Phyllis Applegate as Mrs. Roosevelt Age 82 · Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Director David Twohy
Cast Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Ron Silver, Teri Polo, Phyllis Applegate, Tony T. Johnson, Alan Coates, Leon Rippy, Buddy Joe Hooker

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Gimly 5/10 Aug 15, 2016
Charlie Sheen channels his inner Kevin Smith in this unique take on the genre. Sure it's a little X-Files-y, and a lot of the twists are either glaringly obvious or make zero sense, but by and large it's pretty original. The climate-change message does beat you over the head a little, but only gently, which I can handle. Obviously it didn't take anyway, considering we're here twenty years later and the problem's only gotten worse.

_Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

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