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'''''Arrival''''' is a 2016 American [[Hard science fiction]] directed by [[Denis Villeneuve]] and written by [[Eric Heisserer]], based on the 1998 short story "[[Story of Your Life]]" by [[Ted Chiang]]. It stars [[Amy Adams]], [[Jeremy Renner]], [[Forest Whitaker]], [[Michael Stuhlbarg]] and [[Tzi Ma]].<ref name="NYT-20161110">{{cite news |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |title=Review: Aliens Drop Anchor in ‘Arrival,’ but What Are Their Intentions? |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/movies/arrival-review-amy-adams-jeremy-renner.html |date=November 10, 2016 |work=[[New York Times]]|accessdate=November 11, 2016 }}</ref>
'''''Arrival''''' is a 2016 American [[hard science fiction]] film directed by [[Denis Villeneuve]] and written by [[Eric Heisserer]], based on the 1998 short story "[[Story of Your Life]]" by [[Ted Chiang]]. It stars [[Amy Adams]], [[Jeremy Renner]], [[Forest Whitaker]], [[Michael Stuhlbarg]] and [[Tzi Ma]].<ref name="NYT-20161110">{{cite news |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |title=Review: Aliens Drop Anchor in ‘Arrival,’ but What Are Their Intentions? |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/movies/arrival-review-amy-adams-jeremy-renner.html |date=November 10, 2016 |work=[[New York Times]]|accessdate=November 11, 2016 }}</ref>


''Arrival'' had its world premiere at the [[Venice Film Festival]] on September 1, 2016, and was released in the United States and Canada on November 11, 2016, in [[IMAX]] by [[Paramount Pictures]]. The film has grossed $145 million worldwide and was praised for its storyline, atmosphere and Adams's performance. The film has been nominated for numerous awards, including [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] nominations for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama|Best Actress]] for Adams and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]].<ref name="GoldenGlobe">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/golden-globes-nominees-2017-list-955075 |title=Golden Globes 2017: The Complete List of Nominations |publisher=''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' |date=December 12, 2016|accessdate=December 12, 2016}}</ref>
''Arrival'' had its world premiere at the [[Venice Film Festival]] on September 1, 2016, and was released in the United States and Canada on November 11, 2016, in [[IMAX]] by [[Paramount Pictures]]. The film has grossed $145 million worldwide and was praised for its storyline, atmosphere and Adams's performance. The film has been nominated for numerous awards, including [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] nominations for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama|Best Actress]] for Adams and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]].<ref name="GoldenGlobe">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/golden-globes-nominees-2017-list-955075 |title=Golden Globes 2017: The Complete List of Nominations |publisher=''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' |date=December 12, 2016|accessdate=December 12, 2016}}</ref>

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Arrival
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDenis Villeneuve
Screenplay byEric Heisserer
Starring
CinematographyBradford Young
Edited byJoe Walker
Music byJóhann Jóhannsson
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • September 1, 2016 (2016-09-01) (Venice Film Festival)
  • November 11, 2016 (2016-11-11) (United States)
Running time
116 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$47 million[2][3]
Box office$145.9 million[3]

Arrival is a 2016 American hard science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Eric Heisserer, based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. It stars Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg and Tzi Ma.[4]

Arrival had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2016, and was released in the United States and Canada on November 11, 2016, in IMAX by Paramount Pictures. The film has grossed $145 million worldwide and was praised for its storyline, atmosphere and Adams's performance. The film has been nominated for numerous awards, including Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress for Adams and Best Original Score.[5]

Plot

In what appears to be a flashback scene, linguist Louise Banks is caring for her daughter Hannah, who dies during adolescence from cancer. In the present, while Louise is lecturing at a university, 12 extraterrestrial spacecraft appear across the planet. U.S. Army Colonel Weber asks her to join a team, with physicist Ian Donnelly, to decipher their language and discover why they have come to Earth. The team is brought to a U.S. military camp in Montana near one of the craft, and makes contact with two seven-limbed aliens on board. They call the extraterrestrials "heptapods" and Ian nicknames them Abbott and Costello. Louise discovers that the aliens have a written language of complicated circular symbols, and she begins to learn the symbols that correspond to a basic vocabulary. As she becomes more proficient, she starts to see and dream images of herself with her daughter.

When Louise is able to ask what the aliens want, they answer: "offer weapon". A similar translation "use weapon" is received by one of the other sites. Fear of a potential threat from the aliens leads other nations to close down communications, and some prepare their militaries for attack. However, Louise thinks that the symbol for "weapon" might have an alternative translation, such as "tool".

Rogue soldiers plant explosives in the spacecraft. Unaware, Louise and Ian enter to communicate with Abbott and Costello again. The aliens give them a much larger and more complex message. Abbott ejects Ian and Louise from the craft as the explosion occurs, knocking them unconscious. Louise and Ian awaken in the camp as the military is making plans to evacuate, and the spacecraft moves higher into the atmosphere.

Ian works out that the symbols relate to the concept of time, and that it was one-twelfth of the whole "gift"; they conclude that the aliens must want nations to cooperate.

Meanwhile, China notifies the world that it is ready to attack. Louise rushes back to the spacecraft, which sends down a shuttle to take her inside. She meets Costello, who communicates that Abbott is dying. Louise asks about her visions of a daughter, and Costello explains that she is seeing the future, revealing to her that her "visions" are not flashbacks but flashforwards. Costello also communicates that they have come to help humanity by sharing their language, which is the "weapon" or "tool", because it changes the perception of time. The aliens already know that in 3000 years they will need humanity's help in return.

Louise returns as the camp is being evacuated. She has a new vision of herself at a future United Nations reception, being thanked by General Shang for convincing him to suspend the Chinese attack. He explains that she had called his private telephone. He shows her its number, which he says he knows he must do without understanding why. In the present, Louise steals a satellite phone and calls Shang, but realizes she does not know what to say. Her vision continues with Shang explaining that she had convinced him by repeating his wife's last words in Mandarin, which he tells Louise. After the Chinese attack is called off, the other nations resume contact, and the spacecraft leave Earth.

When packing to leave the camp, Ian admits his love for Louise. They discuss life choices, and whether they would change them if they knew the future. Louise foresees that Ian will father her daughter Hannah, whose name is an intentional palindrome, and leave her after discovering that she knew her daughter would die. Despite seeing that Hannah is destined to die as a young adult, and that Ian will leave her when she eventually reveals their daughter's future, when Ian asks her if she wants to have a baby, she agrees.

Cast

Production

Villeneuve had wanted to make a science fiction film for some time, although he "never found the right thing".[6] Meanwhile, screenwriter Eric Heisserer had unsuccessfully been pitching an adaptation of Ted Chiang's short story "Story of Your Life" for years, and by the time producers Cohen and Levine approached him about a potential sci-fi project, he had largely given up on the idea.[7] Cohen and Levine, however, introduced Villeneuve to the novella, which the director immediately took to, although his work on Prisoners meant that he did not have the time to properly adapt it into a screenplay.[6] Cohen and Levine were able to get a first draft completed, which Villeneuve later reworked into a finished script.[6] Villeneuve ended up changing the title, partly because the resulting script became so far removed from the short story, as well as sounding "more like a romantic comedy".[6] Although Villeneuve remembered going through "hundreds" of possible titles, the eventual title was the first one the team had suggested.[6]

Jeremy Renner joined the film on March 6, 2015, to play a physics professor.[8] Forest Whitaker signed on in April 2015, with Michael Stuhlbarg joining as CIA Agent Halpern that June.[9][10] McGill University linguistics professor Dr. Jessica Coon was brought on to consult with Amy Adams.[11]

Principal photography on the film began on June 7, 2015 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,[12][13] right after Renner completed Captain America: Civil War.[8]

The language was designed by artist Martine Bertrand (wife of the production designer Patrice Vermette), based on the scriptwriter's original concept. Stephen Wolfram and Christopher Wolfram analysed it to provide the basis for Louise's work in the film.[14]

Music

Jóhann Jóhannsson began writing the score as shooting started, drawing on the screenplay and concept art for his inspiration. He developed one of the main themes in the first week using vocals and experimental piano loops.[15] The film also uses the piece "On the Nature of Daylight" by composer Max Richter to open and close the movie.

Release

A teaser trailer was released in August 2016, followed the next week by the first official trailer.[16] Paramount Pictures released a series of promotional posters, with one showing a UFO hovering above a Hong Kong skyline that included Shanghai's Oriental Pearl Tower. The inaccuracy angered Hong Kong social media users. The posters were withdrawn and a statement attributed the inaccuracy to a third party vendor.[17]

In May 2014, Paramount acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights.[18] Shortly after, Sony Pictures Releasing International and Stage 6 Films acquired some international distribution rights.[19] The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2016.[20] It also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival,[21][22] Telluride Film Festival,[23] and the BFI London Film Festival.[24] The film was released to theaters on November 11, 2016.[25][26]

Reception

Box office

As of December 30, 2016, Arrival has grossed $91.3 million in the United States and Canada and $54.6 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $145.9 million, against a production budget of $47 million.[3]

Arrival was released alongside Almost Christmas and Shut In, and was originally expected to gross around $17 million from 2,317 theaters in its opening weekend, with the studio projecting a more conservative debut of $12–15 million.[2] The film made $1.4 million from Thursday night previews at 1,944 theaters and $9.4 million on its first day, pushing projections up to $24 million. It ended up grossing $24.1 million over the weekend, finishing third at the box office.[27] In its second weekend, the film grossed $12.1 million (a drop of 49.6%), and in its third made $11.5 million (dropping just 5.6%).[28]

Critical response

Arrival received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 94%, based on 287 reviews, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Arrival delivers a must-see experience for fans of thinking person's sci-fi that anchors its heady themes with genuinely affecting emotion and a terrific performance from Amy Adams."[29] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 81 out of 100, based on 52 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[30] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.[31]

Brian Tallerico, from RogerEbert.com, gave the film three out of four: "It's a movie designed to simultaneously challenge viewers, move them and get them talking. For the most part, it succeeds."[32] The Atlantic writer Christopher Orr said that: "Arrival, the remarkable new film by Denis Villeneuve, begins aptly enough with an arrival—though perhaps not the kind you would expect."[33] IGN reviewer Chris Tilly gave the film a score of 8.5 out of 10, saying: "Arrival is a language lesson masquerading as a blockbuster, though much more entertaining than that sounds. The film features shades of Interstellar, Contact and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but never feels derivative. Rather it’s smart, sophisticated sci-fi that asks BIG questions, and does a pretty good job of answering them."[34]

British film critic Robbie Collin gave it five out of five, calling it: "introspective, philosophical and existentially inclined – yet it unfolds in an unwavering tenor of chest-tightening excitement. And there is a mid-film revelation – less a sudden twist than sleek unwinding of everything you think you know – that feels, when it hits you, like your seat is tipping back."[35]

The UK newspaper The Guardian rated it as the third best film of 2016.[36] Critic Catherine Shoard said that it "amounts to something transcendent; something to reignite your excitement for cinema, for life."[37]

Accolades

Main article: List of accolades received by Arrival (film)

See also

References

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  15. ^ Weintraub, Steve (October 26, 2016). "Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson on 'Arrival', Preparing to Score 'Blade Runner 2049', and More". Collider.com (Complex Media). Retrieved October 26, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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  23. ^ Hammond, Pete (September 1, 2016). "Telluride Film Festival Lineup: 'Sully', 'La La Land', 'Arrival', 'Bleed For This' & More". Deadline.com. Retrieved September 1, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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  33. ^ "Review: 'Arrival,' Starring Amy Adams, Is One of the Best of the Year". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
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