The Arrival
1996 · 115 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 39,569 VOTES · DIR. David Twohy
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 916 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:23 It shouIdn't be here.
00:04:39 There is nothing more important to me right now than our--
00:07:27 Which means it's possibIe some form of Iife couId stiII exist there.
00:10:08 after a day of near-record temperatures.
00:12:29 No, I'm saying it's incompIete. There's no chemicaI breakdown.
00:15:01 Make no mistake.
00:17:23 ApparentIy, it was a burst from a spy sateIIite.
00:20:09 Thank you. I teII you I'II support any career decision you make.
00:24:39 What are you doing? I toId you to wait downstairs.
00:27:36 I wonder what they're going to Iook Iike.
00:31:39 UnIess they're taIking.
00:35:37 When the fire come Iast night.
00:41:57 You knew, didn't you?
00:46:22 - Perhaps if you give me-- - CaII it a push. Come on.
00:51:50 and how its whoIe environment couId be changed...
00:54:16 Terraforming. If you find anything, get it to me, in care of UCLA.
01:13:26 with Senorita what's-her-name?
01:16:44 You don't Iook too good.
01:18:48 WeII, I think it's possibIe to say...
01:21:01 Geez!
01:23:53 No, you won't.
01:28:02 What is wrong with this thing?
01:34:52 Kiki, the red transmit key. Hit it now!
01:45:25 none of you deserve to Iive here.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed916
Dialogue density8.0 lines / min
First line00:01:23
Final line01:45:25
Production Record
DirectorDavid Twohy
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue$14,063,331
IMDb votes39,569