Arrival 2016

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 116 min

genre: science fiction

theme: science fiction drama

director: Denis Villeneuve

Score: 8 / 10

Arrival is a 2016 American science fiction drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and adapted by Eric Heisserer, who conceived the project as a spec script based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. The film stars Amy Adams as Louise Banks, a linguist enlisted by the United States Army to discover how to communicate with extraterrestrials who have arrived on Earth before tensions lead to war. Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Tzi Ma appear in supporting roles.

Plot

Linguist Louise Banks's daughter Hannah dies at the age of twelve from an incurable illness.

Awards

Cast

More details

author	Eric Heisserer Ted Chiang
award	Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Shanghai
director	Denis Villeneuve
editor	Joe Walker
events	alien language communication with extraterrestrial intelligence first contact predestination
genre	drama fantasy mystery science fiction thriller
keywords	abbott and costello army colonel china cia agent circular symbols flashforward incurable disease injured learn life choice linguist linguistics logogram mahjong memories of future events montana pakistan palindromic precognition premonition russia sudan the international united nations us military write
musicBy	Jóhann Jóhannsson
nomination	AACTA International Award for Best Film Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Aaron Ryder Dan Levine David Linde Shawn Levy
productionCompany	21 Laps Entertainment FilmNation Entertainment Lava Bear Films
publisher	Paramount Pictures
recordedAt	Bas-Saint-Laurent Montreal Place des Arts Université de Montréal
theme	extraterrestrial life mystery thriller narrative psychological thriller science fantasy science fiction drama science fiction thriller