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Director:
Writer (WGA):
David Twohy (written by)
Release Date:
31 May 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret...until now. more
Plot:
Zane, an astronomer discovers intelligent alien life. But the aliens are keeping a deadly secret, and will do anything to stop Zane from learning it. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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1 nomination
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(16 articles)
Film: Review:a Perfect Getaway
(From The AV Club. 6 August 2009, 12:04 PM, PDT)
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(From The AV Club. 6 August 2009, 12:04 PM, PDT)
A Perfect Getaway (review)
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I came - I saw - I left happy
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Charlie Sheen | ... | Zane Zaminsky | |
| Lindsay Crouse | ... | Ilana Green | |
| Richard Schiff | ... | Calvin | |
| Shane | ... | JPL Guard #1 | |
| Ron Silver | ... | Phil Gordian / Mexican Guard | |
| Teri Polo | ... | Char | |
| Phyllis Applegate | ... | Mrs. Roosevelt | |
| Alan Coates | ... | Terraformer | |
| Leon Rippy | ... | DOD #1 | |
| Buddy Joe Hooker | ... | DOD #2 | |
| Javier Morga | ... | Co-worker | |
| Tony T. Johnson | ... | Kiki | |
| Catalina Botello | ... | N.C.A.R. Woman | |
| Georg Lillitsch | ... | Computer Tech | |
| David Villalpando | ... | Cabbie |
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Also Known As:
Shockwave
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sci-fi violence and terror, and for brief language.
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Runtime:
115 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
South Korea:15 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Netherlands:16 (video rating) |
Netherlands:18 |
Australia:M |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:7 |
UK:15 (video premiere) |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #34593) |
Iceland:12
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Continuity: When Zane is talking to Gordian about the signal, Zane smashes the gyroscope. But a few seconds later, the top of the gyroscope can clearly be seen revolving in the bottom right hand corner.
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References "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)
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I was a little bit late getting to the theater to see The Arrival as I recall. The movie was slated to start ten minutes past the hour and I didn't get to the theater until five after. Then I had to go through the concession stand crowd. When I finally reached the theater -- the large screen was engrossed by a huge satellite disk and there was some guy talking. "Damn," I thought. "I just missed the start of the movie." It wasn't three seconds after that realization that I had another one. "This isn't the movie. It's a commercial." A commercial which it turned out for one of the large multi-billion dollar phone companies. Talk about false scares.
So what about the movie? Some people called it a thinking man's science fiction movie and while the jury is still out on that I will say it's not a stupid movie either. It is one more of those 'one man saves the world' flicks. Which is never terribly realistic, but on it's own terms it entertains. Charlie Sheen plays Zane Zaminski. A smart, but soon-to-be paranoid astrophysicist who already has reason to be paranoid with the slithery Godian (Ron Silver) for a boss. Then one day watching the satellites some anomaly passes his screen. Suddenly the search is on. What was it? WHO was it? Not letting the subject go gets him fired from his job and deeper and deeper he journeys into the mess.
The Arrival is one part use your mind, two parts conspiracy theory. As Zane takes it upon himself to find out what's going on, who's involved and to what lengths they'll go to suppress everything. Soon we start to see elements straight out of the X Files. Aliens... conspiracy... colonization. The story has it's own set of implausibilities, but things move at such a pace that there isn't much time to question them. Zane knows something is going on and as it gets deeper we see what going on. It's all about the ride. Could one man really stop such things from happening? Probably not in the real world, but it makes for a fun paranoia filled sci-fi ride.