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Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
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Credits
director
Denis Villeneuve
costume design
Renée April
producer
Aaron Ryder
Dan Cohen
Daniel S. Levine
David Linde
Karen Lunder
Shawn Levy
production company
21 Laps Entertainment
FilmNation Entertainment
Lava Bear Films
Paramount
Reliance Entertainment
Xenolinguistics
production design
Patrice Vermette
screenplay
Eric Heisserer
visual effects
Nick Guth
Duration
01:56:00
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
tmdb-movie-329865
Language
English