The Arrival (1996) [PG-13]

Release Date:
May 31, 1996

Original Title:
The Arrival

Alternate Titles:
Die Ankunft
L'Arrivée
Primer contacto
Shockwave
สงครามแอบยึดโลก

Genres:
Horror | Science Fiction | Thriller

Production Companies:
Live Entertainment
Mediaworks
Steelwork Films

Production Countries:
Mexico | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  DE: 12  ES: 7  FR: U  GB: 12  GR: 13  IT: T  NL: 6  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 115

The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now.

Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.

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3D Animator:
Jongwoo Heo

ADR Voice Casting:
Mitch Carter

Aerial Camera:
John M. Stephens

Aerial Camera Technician:
Scott Whitman

Animation Director:
Raman Hui

Art Department Coordinator:
Marco Niro

Art Direction:
Anthony R. Stabley
Héctor Romero

Assistant Costume Designer:
Jeannie Johnson

Assistant Editor:
Arleen Beaty
Harrison Gibbs
Gary Simon
Sam Citron
Carroll Timothy O'Meara

Assistant Hairstylist:
Regina Reyes
Maxine Morris

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Greg T. Moon

Assistant Property Master:
Campos Memo Granados

Associate Producer:
Lorenzo O'Brien
David Tripet

Best Boy Electric:
Fred White

Best Boy Grip:
Shawn Whelan

CG Animator:
David Lauer

Camera Loader:
Enrique Cervera
Tamara Goldsworthy
Luis David Sansans

Camera Operator:
Guillermo Rosas
Eric Anderson

Casting:
Mary Jo Slater
Steve Brooksbank
Laura Seidel
Rogelio Rojas

Casting Director:
Claudia Becker

Color Timer:
Linda DeMarco

Construction Coordinator:
Fernando Lau

Construction Foreman:
Lawrence Lawson

Costume Assistant:
Carlos Munguía
Thomas Flynn

Costume Design:
Mayes C. Rubeo

Costume Supervisor:
Wendy Range

Dialogue Editor:
Dianna Stirpe

Digital Compositor:
Marlo Pabon

Director:
David Twohy

Director of Photography:
Hiro Narita

Dolby Consultant:
Daniel Sperry

Dolly Grip:
Leo Behar
Ricardo Covarrubias

Draughtsman:
Daniel Novotny
Luis Amézquita
Carlos Benassini
Francisco García

Editor:
Martin Hunter

Electrician:
Enrique Lara
Eduardo Jesús Oviedo Vargas
Carlos Sánchez
Juan J. Valencia

Executive Producer:
Robert W. Cort
Ted Field

Extras Casting:
Jorge Guerrero
Ray Schaaf

First Assistant Camera:
Heriberto Gutiérrez
Pat Swovelin
Roberto 'Tito' Blasini

First Assistant Director:
René Villarreal

First Assistant Editor:
Elaine C. Andrianos

Foley:
Dennie Thorpe

Gaffer:
Raman Rao
David Jarrell

Hairstylist:
Kim Urgel

Key Costumer:
Jaime Ortiz

Key Grip:
John T. Martin
Gustavo Covarrubias
Steve Iriguchi

Key Hair Stylist:
Marsha Lewis

Key Makeup Artist:
Gabriel Solana

Leadman:
Francisco López

Lighting Supervisor:
Jean M. Cunningham

Location Manager:
John A. Johnston

Makeup Artist:
Felicity Bowring
David LeRoy Anderson

Music Editor:
Stephen A. Hope
Javier Gunther

Original Music Composer:
Arthur Kempel

Post Production Supervisor:
Brad Arensman

Producer:
Jim Steele
Thomas G. Smith

Production Design:
Michael Novotny

Property Master:
Gilberto Cortes
Steven Schalk

Publicist:
Cirina Catania

Rigging Gaffer:
John Matthews

Screenplay:
David Twohy

Script Supervisor:
Dea Cantu
Dee Whitehurst

Second Assistant Camera:
Juan Ayala
Forrest Thurman

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Isidore Mankofsky

Set Decoration:
Melo Hinojosa
Enrique Estévez Hermelindo

Set Designer:
Jaime Rivas Ruiz

Set Dresser:
Carlos Gutiérrez
Patrice Laure

Sound Designer:
David Farmer

Sound Effects Editor:
Ethan Van der Ryn

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Lora Hirschberg

Special Effects Coordinator:
Laurencio Cordero

Steadicam Operator:
Checco Varese

Still Photographer:
Bob Marshak

Storyboard Artist:
P.K. MacCarthy

Studio Teachers:
Helen Meidel

Stunt Coordinator:
Buddy Joe Hooker

Stunt Double:
Eddie Braun

Stunts:
Alisa Christensen
Billy Hank Hooker
Jeff Jensen
Eddy Donno
Rita Morena
Bennie Moore

Supervising Sound Editor:
Hugh Waddell

Swing:
Brendan C. Fenton
Randolph W. Day
Frederico Tellez
Manuel Ordaz López

Tailor:
David Jardon

Transportation Coordinator:
Geno Hart

VFX Director of Photography:
Mark A. Shelton
Richard Malzahn
Russell j Lyster
Les Bernstien

Visual Effects:
Janek Sirrs

Visual Effects Compositor:
Bob White

Visual Effects Coordinator:
Sharon Hollis

Visual Effects Editor:
Daniel Arkin
Amy Pawlowski

Visual Effects Producer:
Melissa Taylor
Charles L. Finance
Rodney Montague

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Brian Jennings
Rich Thorne
John T. Van Vliet
David B. Sharp
Jeff Burks
Robert Skotak

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