Movie

Arrival

by Eric Heisserer, Dr. Louise Banks, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker and 138 others

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.

(15 total)

Characters

Eric Heisserer (15)Amy Adams (10)Louise Banks (6)Dr. Louise Banks (4)Jeremy Renner (3)Ian Donnelly (3)Michael Stuhlbarg (1)Colonel Weber (1)Agent Halpern (1)Forest Whitaker (1)

“Well, the cornerstone of civilization isn't language, it's science.”

— Eric Heisserer, Ian Donnelly, Jeremy Renner, imdb.com

Tagged: civilization, Language, Science

“We're a world with no single leader. It's impossible to deal with just one of us.”

— Eric Heisserer, Agent Halpern, Michael Stuhlbarg, imdb.com

Tagged: leaderless

“Trust me, you can, uh, understand communication and still end up single.”

— Eric Heisserer, Louise Banks, Amy Adams, imdb.com

Tagged: Communication, Being Single

“I forgot how good it felt to be held by you.”

— Eric Heisserer, Louise Banks, Amy Adams, imdb.com

Tagged: romance, cuddling

“Louise Banks: If all I ever gave you was a hammer... Colonel Weber: Everything's a nail...”

— Eric Heisserer, Louise Banks, Amy Adams, imdb.com

Tagged: Hammer, Nail

“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.”

— Eric Heisserer, Louise Banks, Amy Adams, imdb.com

Tagged: Beginnings, Endings

“And remember what happened to the aborigines. A more advanced race nearly wiped 'em out.”

— Eric Heisserer, Colonel Weber, Forest Whitaker, imdb.com

Tagged: Aborigines, Evolution

“Agent Halpern: We have to consider the idea that our visitors are prodding us to fight among ourselves until only one faction prevails. Louise Banks: There's no evidence of that. Agent Halpern: Sure there is. Just grab a history book. The British with India, the German with Rwanda...”

— Eric Heisserer, Louise Banks, Amy Adams, imdb.com

Tagged: History, Conflict, british, India, Rwanda

“Despite knowing the journey... and where it leads... I embrace it... and I welcome every moment of it.”

— Eric Heisserer, Louise Banks, Amy Adams, imdb.com

Tagged: Journey, Acceptance

“You can understand communication and still end up single.”

— Eric Heisserer, Dr. Louise Banks, Amy Adams, imdb.com

Tagged: Communication, Single

“Language is the foundation of civilization, it is the glue that holds the people together, it is the first weapon drawn in a conflict.”

— Eric Heisserer, Ian Donnelly, Jeremy Renner, imdb.com

Tagged: Language, civilization, Culture

“If you could see your whole life from start to finish, would you change things?”

— Eric Heisserer, Dr. Louise Banks, Amy Adams, imdb.com

Tagged: see one's life, change course

“Despite knowing the journey and where it leads, I embrace it. And I welcome every moment of it.”

— Eric Heisserer, Dr. Louise Banks, Amy Adams, imdb.com

Tagged: Journey, embrace

“I’ve had my head tilted up to the stars for as long as I can remember. You know what surprised me the most? It wasn’t meeting them. It was meeting you.”

— Eric Heisserer, Ian Donnelly, Jeremy Renner, imdb.com

Tagged: Stars, stargazing

“Memory is a strange thing. It does not work like I thought it did. We are so bound by time. By its order.”

— Eric Heisserer, Dr. Louise Banks, Amy Adams, imdb.com

Tagged: Memory, Time