Media1996

The Arrival released

When: 1996
Sources: 1 public source

Charlie Sheen, who played the SETI radio astronomer in The Arrival Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

David Twohy's The Arrival starred Charlie Sheen as a SETI radio astronomer who detects an alien signal, is fired, and uncovers aliens disguised as humans who are secretly warming Earth. It was overshadowed by Independence Day, released soon after.

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OtherArrival, The (opens in a new tab)The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (Clute and Langford) / 2023-05-15

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