A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 69 wins & 268 nominations total
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- TriviaDirector Denis Villeneuve and screenwriter Eric Heisserer created a fully functioning, visual, alien language. Heisserer, Villeneuve, and their teams managed to create a "logogram bible", which included over a hundred different, completely operative logograms, seventy-one of which are actually used in the movie.
- GoofsIn the main landings chart, the Australian contact point seems to be in the Indian Ocean off Geralton in Western Australia. Later, there is a brief shot of an alien spacecraft with central Sydney in the distance across water; Sydney is on Australia's east coast.
- Quotes
Louise Banks: But now I'm not so sure I believe in beginnings and endings. There are days that define your story beyond your life. Like the day they arrived.
- Crazy creditsDenis Villeneuve's daughter, Salomé Villeneuve, is listed as "Hazmat Suit Specialist".
- SoundtracksOn the Nature of Daylight
Written and Performed by Max Richter
Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Excellent, intelligent, just a terrific film.
This is a very, very well made film, which is thought provoking, measured, engaging, and thoroughly well made.
There is nothing brash, or heavy handed about it, the story is superbly told, with well grounded characters. The story is of course sci fi, and hugely creative, but it's never silly, it is incredibly intelligent.
Awesome special effects, I loved the design of the alien race, and their language, quite incredible.
A story of hope, which I loved. 9/10
There is nothing brash, or heavy handed about it, the story is superbly told, with well grounded characters. The story is of course sci fi, and hugely creative, but it's never silly, it is incredibly intelligent.
Awesome special effects, I loved the design of the alien race, and their language, quite incredible.
A story of hope, which I loved. 9/10
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- Story of Your Life
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- Budget
- $47,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $100,546,139
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $24,074,047
- Nov 13, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $203,389,228
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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