Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'The Arrival' right now, here are some notable highlights about the Live Entertainment, Steelwork Films, Mediaworks horror flick. The Arrival starring Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Ron Silver has a PG-13 rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 55 min. The release date of the movie is May 31st, 1996. The movie received a user score of 60/100 on TMDb, which is informed by reviews from 785 verified users.
Curious about the story behind it? Here's the plot: "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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'The Arrival' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on May 31st, 1996
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
June 17th, 1997
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The Arrival is a 1996 American-Mexican science fiction horror film directed by David Twohy and starring Charlie Sheen. A sequel, Arrival II: The Second Arrival was released on November 6, 1998.










