Arrival

Denis Villeneuve, director · Eric Heisserer, screenwriter

Studio

Paramount Pictures / FilmNation Entertainment / Lava Bear Films / 21 Laps Entertainment

Units

1 film, 1 released cut, 116 minutes

imdb

tt2543164

Linguist Louise Banks is recruited by the US military to help decode the language of twelve alien spacecraft that have appeared around the world, racing a geopolitical crisis triggered by a mistranslation before she can help prevent a war. Directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay by Eric Heisserer, based on Ted Chiang's novella Story of Your Life.