The Arrival

Shaun Tan

graphic_novelUSUS1996Live Action
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1Core Metadata

Title & Origin
Canonical title
The Arrival
Original title
The Arrival
Country
US
Language
en
Territory
US
Release & Format
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feature_film
Release status
released
Release date
5/31/1996
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Shaun Tan
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2Content

Synopsis

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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93.8
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6Community Sentiment

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