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Arrival / Paramount Pictures presents ; in association with Filmnation Entertainment and Lava Bear Films ; a 21 Laps Entertainment production ; a Denis Villeneuve film ; produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, David Linde ; screenplay by Eric Heisserer ; directed by Denis Villeneuve.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 59183756000 | Paramount Pictures2070177 | Paramount Pictures | (container)Language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: Spanish, English, French Publisher: Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 videodisc (116 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:
  • Director of photography, Bradford Young ; editor, Joe Walker ; music, Johann Johannsson.
Cast: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg.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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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

DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen; 5.1 Dolby digital.

English, French or Spanish dialogue; Spanish, English or French subtitles; Closed-captioned; described video.

Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg.

Director of photography, Bradford Young ; editor, Joe Walker ; music, Johann Johannsson.

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.

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