Arrival (II) (2016)
A linguist is recruited by the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecrafts land around the world.
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Denis VilleneuveWriters:
Eric Heisserer (screenplay by), Ted Chiang (based on the story "Story of Your Life" written by)All Cast & Crew
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Director Denis Villeneuve and the writing team took extensive efforts to ensure the movie's scientific ideology was accurate. Renowned scientist and tech innovator Stephen Wolfram and his son Christopher Wolfram were consulted to ensure all terminology, graphics and depictions were sound.
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Louise Banks:
I used to think this was the beginning of your story. Memory is a strange thing. It doesn't work like I thought it did. We are so bound by time, by its order.
Louise Banks:
Okay. Okay. Come back to me. Come back to me. Come back to me.
Louise Banks:
Stick 'em up! Are you the ...
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When the alarm goes off in the classroom there is a strobe alarm on the classroom wall (for deaf people) but it does not activate. The audible alarm was likely only added in post production.
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During the end credits Anana Rydvald is credited as Swedish Scientist rather than Danish Scientist. Sweden and Denmark are neighboring countries.
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Transmutation At A Distance
Written by Jóhann Jóhannsson
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Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | ThrillerDetails
Release Date:
11 November 2016Language
English, Russian, Mandarin
Country of Origin
USA, CanadaFilming Locations
Montréal, Québec, CanadaBox Office
Budget:
$47,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$24,000,000 (USA) (11 November 2016)
Gross:
$100,546,139 (USA)
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