12 Interesting Facts About The Arrival

1. #001

   The detected signal resembles the "Wow!" signal, a strong narrow-band radio signal received by Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope on August 15, 1977, but in the film the signal lasts 72 seconds instead of 42.

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2. #002

   The Skeleton Man (Ángel de la Peña) places emperor scorpions in Ilana's (Lindsay Crouse) room, but they are fairly harmless (except to people with allergies) and are commonly kept as pets.

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3. #003

   The sound effect for the screaming aliens is the same one created for the velociraptors in Jurassic Park (1993), released three years earlier.

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4. #004

   Only humans sweat in this film; the aliens do not sweat in the rising heat. Kiki (Tony T. Johnson), Gordy (Ron Silver), the landscapers and even the taxi driver do not sweat in the rising heat. This raises the question of whether Char (Teri Polo) is an alien, since Char (Teri Polo) is never seen sweating throughout the film.

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5. #005

   The film's original title was "Shockwave," and director David Twohy wrote the lead role specifically for Charlie Sheen, with whom he had worked on Terminal Velocity (1994).

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6. #006

   Although the film failed at the domestic box office (partly because the heavily promoted Independence Day (1996) came out a month later), it was far more successful abroad, where Charlie Sheen was still quite popular. A direct-to-video sequel titled Arrival II (1998) premiered in 1998, directed by Kevin Tenney, with Patrick Muldoon playing the brother of Sheen's character. David Twohy, director and writer of the first Arrival, received no credit for the sequel.

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7. #007

   The car Zane (Charlie Sheen) drives is a 1968 SAAB V4 Station Wagon.

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8. #008

   A scene set in Mexico shows a classic green-and-white Volkswagen Beetle, painted to resemble the common Mexican taxis of the period.

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9. #009

   This film and Independence Day (1996) both deal with hostile aliens from another world, and both were released in theaters in 1996. Twenty years later, Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) and Arrival (2016) were released, but the latter has no connection to The Arrival (1996) beyond a similar title and dealing with extraterrestrial beings.

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10. #010

    The music playing in the trailer is "Locker Room Chase" from John Debney's Sudden Death (1995).

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11. #011

    Teri Polo, Richard Schiff and Ron Silver all appeared with Charlie Sheen's father, Martin Sheen, on The West Wing (1999).

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12. #012

    Filming took place primarily in Mexico, with additional scenes shot at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory. All of the alien creatures were created digitally for the film by Pacific Data Images.

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