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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.
Theatrical
Nov 11, 2016
Box Office
$203.4M
Budget
$47.0M
Return
4.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 14, 2017
Theaters
1
Director
Denis Villeneuve
Writer
Eric Heisserer
Producers
Glen Basner, Eric Heisserer, Shawn Levy
Music
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Studio
FilmNation Entertainment, Lava Bear Films, 21 Laps Entertainment
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Quotes
See all →Reflections on Life and Connection
Dr. Louise Banks
If you could see your whole life from start to finish, would you change things?
Ian Donnelly
Maybe I would say what I feel more often than I... I don't know. You know I've had my head tilted up to the stars for as long as I can remember. You know what surprised me the most? It wasn't meeting them. It was meeting you.
[Looks up at the sky]
Understanding Language as a Gift
Dr. Louise Banks
I know what it is.
Ian Donnelly
What?
Dr. Louise Banks
It's not a weapon. It's a gift. The weapon is their language. They gave it all to us.
Ian Donnelly
So we can learn Heptapod?
Dr. Louise Banks
If you learn it... really learn it, you get to perceive time the way they do. So you get to see what's to happen. But time, it isn't the same for them. It is not linear.
Loss and Communication in Arrival
Dr. Louise Banks
Costello. Where's Abbott?
[''face-to-face with 2nd Heptapod'']
2nd Heptapod
Abbott is death process.
[''writes'']
Dr. Louise Banks
I'm sorry.
Historical Patterns of Division and Conflict
Agent Halpern
We have to consider the idea that our visitors are prodding us to fight among ourselves until only one faction prevails.
Dr. Louise Banks
There's no evidence of that.
Agent Halpern
Sure there is. Just grab a history book. The British with India, the Germans with Rwanda...
Cast
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Amy Adams
Louise Banks
J
Jeremy Renner
Ian Donnelly
Forest Whitaker
Colonel Weber
M
Michael Stuhlbarg
Agent Halpern
M
Mark O'Brien
Captain Marks
T
Tzi Ma
General Shang
A
Abigail Pniowsky
8-Year-Old Hannah
J
Jadyn Malone
6-Year-Old Hannah
F
Frank Schorpion
Dr. Kettler
C
Christian Jadah
Private Combs
L
Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld
CNAC Anchor
A
Andrew Shaver
Environmental Tech
P
Pat Kiely
Environmental Tech
S
Sonia Vigneault
Dr. J. Bydwell
M
Mark Camacho
Richard Riley
S
Sabrina Reeves
Press Secretary
J
Julian Casey
Australian Scientist
T
Tony Robinow
British Scientist
L
Larry Day
CIA Officer Dan Ryder
M
Matthew Willson
Preacher
