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Arrival / 21 Laps Entertainment ; FilmNation Entertainment ; Lava Bear Films ; produced by, Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, David Linde ; writer, Eric Heisserer ; director, Denis Villeneuve.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 59183758000 | ParamountLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: Spanish, English, French Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2017]Description: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptaion of (work): Chiang, Ted. Story of your life
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Music, Jóhann Jóhannson ; editor, Joe Walker ; director of photography, Bradford Young.
Cast: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Michael Stuhlbarg, Forest Whitaker, Mark O'Brien.Summary: When mysterious spacecraft touch down around the world, a team ,including linguist Louise Banks, is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers, and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Blu-ray Adult Blu-ray Dr. James Carlson Library DVD SF/FANT Arrival Available 33111009040680
Adult Blu-ray Adult Blu-ray Main Library DVD SF/FANT Arrival Available 33111009040698
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Denis Villeneuve directed this science-fiction suspense film about Earth's response to a possible alien invasion. After extraterrestrial spacecraft plant themselves at various locations around the globe, a linguist (Amy Adams) and a theoretical physicist (Jeremy Renner) must find a way to communicate with the mysterious visitors in order to learn what they want and whether they pose a threat to humanity. Forest Whitaker and Michael Stuhlbarg co-star. ~ Violet LeVoit, Rovi

Blu-ray, widescreen; 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (English); Dolby digital 5.1 (French, Spanish), English audio description; 1080p high definition; requires Blu-ray player.

English, Spanish or French dialogue; English, Spanish or French subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing; described video.

Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Michael Stuhlbarg, Forest Whitaker, Mark O'Brien.

Music, Jóhann Jóhannson ; editor, Joe Walker ; director of photography, Bradford Young.

Based on the story "Story of your life" by Ted Chiang.

Widescreen.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief strong language.

When mysterious spacecraft touch down around the world, a team ,including linguist Louise Banks, is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers, and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.

Special features: Xenolinguistics, understanding Arrival; acoustic signatures; eternal recurrence; nonlinear thinking; principles of time, memory, and language.

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