The arrival
(DVD) 

For specific features see interactive menu.

Originally released as a motion picture, c1996.

Presented in widescreen format (side A) or standard format (side B).

Digitally mastered.

Special features: Interactive menus; scene access; production notes; cast and crew bios; and, theatrical teaser and trailer.

Director of photography, Hiro Narita ; editor, Martin Hunter ; music, Arthur Kempel.

Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Teri Polo, Ron Silver.

Radio astronomer Zane Zaminsky (Sheen) believes he's picked up a cosmic noise that signals extraterrestrial intelligence. But after turning over the tape to his boss Phil Gordian (Silver), Zane's fired, his girlfriend (Polo) gets transferred and his partner is found dead from a supposed suicide. Zane's desperate search for answers leads him to Mexico and a mysterious power plant, generating more than electricity and run by people who are not what they appear to be. Arrested for the murder of a scientist (Crouse) investigating an impending ecological disaster, Zane escapes custody carrying proof of a world- shattering alien invasion.

Rated PG-13.

DVD; Dolby digital surround 5.1.

In English or French; with English, French, or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned (English) for the hearing impaired.