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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.
- Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis
Linguistic relativity asserts that language influences...
- Eric Heisserer
Heisserer's professional screenwriting career was launched...
- Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve OC CQ RCA (French: [dəni vilnœv]; born...
- Story of Your Life
A film adaptation of the story, Arrival, was conceived and...
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Arrival is a 2016 American science-fiction film, directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Eric Heisserer, and based on the short story "The Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. It stars Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg and Tzi Ma.
The film is about a linguist who is tasked with interpreting an alien language to determine if they come in peace after alien crafts land around the world.
Linguist Louise Banks's daughter, Hannah, dies in adolescence from an incurable illness.
Twelve extraterrestrial spacecraft hover over disparate locations around the Earth. A U.S. Army officer, Colonel G.T. Weber, recruits Banks and physicist Ian Donnelly to find out why the aliens have come. Weber takes them to an army encampment in Montana near one of the craft. On board, Banks and Donnelly make contact with two seven-limbed aliens, whom they call "heptapods"; Donnelly nicknames them Abbott and Costello. Banks and Donnelly begin researching their written language of complicated circular symbols. As Banks studies the language, she starts to have visions of a child, who seems to be her daughter.
When Banks is able to establish sufficient shared vocabulary to ask why the aliens have come, they answer: "Offer weapon". However, China translates this as "Use weapon", prompting them to break off communications, and other nations follow. Banks argues that the symbol interpreted as "weapon" might mean "tool", and that China's translation likely results from the competitive nature of their interaction with the aliens.
Rogue soldiers plant a bomb in the Montana craft. Unaware, Banks and Donnelly re-enter the alien vessel, and the aliens give them an extremely complex message. Just before the bomb explodes, one of the aliens ejects Donnelly and Banks, knocking them unconscious. When they reawaken, the military is preparing to evacuate, and the craft has moved out of reach.
Donnelly discovers that the symbol for time is present throughout the message, and that the writing occupies exactly one-twelfth of the space in which it is projected. Banks suggests that the full message is split among the twelve craft, and the aliens want all the nations to share what they learn.
China's General Shang issues an ultimatum to the aliens, demanding that they leave within 24 hours. Russia, Pakistan, and Sudan follow suit. Communications between the international research teams is terminated as worldwide panic sets in.
•Amy Adams as Dr. Louise Banks
•Jeremy Renner as Ian Donnelly
•Forest Whitaker as Colonel GT Weber
•Michael Stuhlbarg as Agent David Halpern
•Tzi Ma as General Shang
•Mark O'Brien as Captain Marks
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 Arrival (2016 Film) Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you.
- Denis Villeneuve
Arrival: Directed by Denis Villeneuve. With Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg. Linguist Louise Banks leads a team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down around the world.
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- Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Denis Villeneuve
- 2016-11-11
Nov 11, 2016 · Overview. Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat. Denis Villeneuve. Eric Heisserer.
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Arrival - Full Cast & Crew. When extraterrestrial spacecraft land at various locations around the globe, a linguist and a military colonel investigate what these mysterious visitors want and ...
