Arrival (2016) Edit

A formula for faster than light travel?

A heptapod can write a complex sentence

A logogram is free of time.

A more advanced race, nearly wiped them out.

A pleasure.

ABBOTT IS DEATH PROCESS

Abbott wants me to write on the barrier.

After about two hours, you run out of oxygen.

After the crack down by the National Guard

After Tuesday's extraordinary events,

ALIEN CRISIS | DAY 25 VENEZUELA

All because you reached out to me on my private number.

All this and more, special coverage.

Along with the response.

Alpha 1 9er, this is Condor. Come in. Over.

Alpha 1 9er, this is Condor. Over.

Alright, lets move. Time is wasting.

Alright.

Alright. We'll take the risk.

Am I the only one having trouble saying, aliens?

An agreement on sharing scientific discoveries

And a collective you.

And already the public expects us to know the answers.

And biggest of all we need to have enough vocabulary with them,

And cell phones.

And do not hesitate until you reach the equipment room

And explain to them that this wasn't our fault.

And federal authorities have temporarily lifted all caps

And give you an immunization doze that

And he asked what they were. The Aborigines said kangaroo.

And he urged all other world leaders

And I welcome every moment of it.

And I'm telling you that no one else cares.

And in around eight hours after landing,

And it's unstoppable.

And no evidence that the ships are even occ...

And our President is just willing to sit back, and let them waltz in and take our country.

And purpose requires an understanding of intent.

And still end up single.

And then introduce pronouns later.

And this was the end.

And where it leads

And who do we have in to show? The government, that's right folks

And why it sounds so different from the other Romance languages.

And you have another two years in the SSBI

And your poetry and all the other amazing things that you share with the world.

Any news you want to share?

Are feared dead after they set their compound ablaze.

Are they scientists or tourists?

Are they using a game to converse with their heptapods?

Are thought to be following China's lead.

Are you alright?

Are you alright?

Are you offering us something?

Are you ok? I'll just roll over you.

Are you ok? You are at risk of contamination.

Are you ready?

Are you sure they have mouths...

Are you the sheriff in this here town?

As far as the eye can see.

As the Dow Jones industrial average fell over 2,000 points in its worst weekly..

As you can see, we've got just about as close as we can

Ask him the Sanskrit word for war and its translation.

Assume they were not speaking at the same time.

At exactly 112 minutes and 19 seconds

At least four other nations will follow him.

At the Montana site, so say environmental pressure groups.

Atmosphere.

Away from the noise.

Baby, come back to me.

Back again... play.

Basecamp talk is now offline. All interpreters.. stand down

Because it is a palindrome.

Because unlike speech,

Because we don't want to know why a 'Joe' alien is here,

Becky asked me if the monsters are going to kill daddy.

Before one starts global war and there's no way for us to reach them

Before the next session.

Before we start throwing out problems at them?

Before you commit to him...

Believe it or not

Beyond that, how did they get here?

Biological contamination is a major risk factor

Borders are closed and flights have been grounded, stranding millions of travelers.

BREAKING NEWS

But both sides end up happy.

But complex behaviours that clears.

But Dr. Banks, is this really the right approach?

But I've given her a strong cocktail, regardless.

But it says that all the pieces fit together.

But it won't be fast enough.

But now I'm not so sure I believe in beginnings and endings.

But there are exceptions.

But they might have some sort of written language

But time, it isn't the same for them.

But unfortunately, Montana right now, is on complete lock down.

But with a curl at the end.

But you know what surprised me the most?

Buy me 20 seconds.

By its order.

By sonic emission or light wave.

C'mon up.

C'mon... What do I say?

Call sign for him is Big Domino, whatever Shang does

Calm down.

Can you even do that?

Can you understand us?

Capt. Marks, all escorts are ordered to cease all activites...

Captain James Cook's ship ran aground

Captain Marks, Condor, not receiving transmission.

Captain Marks, Condor, not receiving transmission.

Captain, on your 10.

Carted off in the medevac?

China and Russia are off the grid. They aren't speaking to anyone.

China confirmed that its language experts tonight...

China has asked for immediate talks at the UN.

China has called an emergency press conference

China just threatened to destroy their Shell. We are on our own.

China no longer trusts the aliens

Coffee with some aliens.

Col., the Secretary of Defense is on the line for you.

Colonel,

Colonel, those are all tile sets in Mahjong.

Colonel...

Come back to me.

Come back to me.

Come back to me.

Come here. what happened?

Come on

Come on, c'mon

Comes down to the 2 of us.

Continue the session.

Continues this evening, the 2 questions on everyone's mind

Conversations from the room, random clips of dialogue.

Costello?

Covers off a battery of bacterial threats. Could you sign this please?

Daddy!

Damn it!

Dazzle them with the basics.

Delivered an ultimatum at the Shanghai site.

Despite knowing the journey

Do we only have Costello?

Does now count?

Don't get ahead of yourself

Dr. Banks

Dr. Banks

Dr. Banks is taking over the mission from Dr. Waller.

Dr. Banks, move to the next word.

Dr. Banks!

Dr. Banks! This way, please.

Dr. Banks.

Drop the phone now, or we shoot.

Eat, walk

Enough!

Every conversation would be a game, every idea expressed through opposition.

Everybody dies, right?

Everything's a nail.

Failed to prevent a third night of looting across the country.

First contact with whoever it is that is inside that thing,

Follow me.

Follow the captain to the medical

Following the failure of the diplomatic efforts of the United Nations,

For as long as I can remember.

For now we're simply asking for cooperation

For their study of how heptapods write.

Gen. Shang, chairman of the People's Liberation Army,

General Shang, the pleasure is mine, really

Get cover. stay frosty and we minimize casualties.

Give... technology...

Go back to your stations.

God, are they...?

Good luck.

Good Morning.

Grab her.

Gravity starts to shift and slides out of the room.

Greek: Hepta seven. Pod foot.

Guess what, star stuff

H A N N A H.

H A N N A H.

Halpern. yes.

Hannah.

Has announced in an emergency press conference that China is standing down.

Have landed in as many as eight other locations around the world

Have they responded to anything? Shapes, patterns,

Have you found a scientific explanation for it?

Have you met Gen. Shang?

He doesn't look like he wanna see me anymore.

He is saying that each of the 12 is offering advanced technology.

He said I made the wrong choice.

He wouldn't leave till he knew you were okay.

Help me understand.

Help me, Mama.

Heptapod's purpose.

Heptapods leave absolutely no footprint.

Here are some of the many things

Here, Louise is putting us all to shame.

Here? What do you mean here?

Hey, Abbott.

Hey!

Hey.

Hey.

Hey...Hey...Hey... Take it easy.

Hold on...

Hold on... We are just hearing.

Holy fuck!

Honey, its not gonna happen.

How about we just talk to them

How can you know the future?

How do they communicate?

How do we get you back in that room when it's half a mile straight up?

How in the world are you going to get anyone else to play along, and give up their data?

How many times do I have to tell you those people are idiots?

How many, speaking?

How much of this is data, how much of it is negative space?

How would you approach translating this?

HUMAN?

Human.

Human.

Human.

Human.

Human.

Humanity must be protected.

I am fine.

I am ok.

I believe it was important for you to see that.

I called you, didn't I?

I can sell that for now.

I can't explain how I know, I just do.

I did not need because I already knew the language, but this is...

I do not claim to know how your mind works, but

I do not know, Louise, I think they are confused.

I do not know.

I do not... I do not know.

I don't know, I think its the symbol for human again.

I don't know, Mom.

I don't know.

I don't think that makes me unfit to do this job.

I don't understand

I don't understand. So...

I don't understand. Who is this child?

I don't want to take away from your success in there

I don't...

I don't... I don't understand.

I embrace it.

I feel like everything that happens in there

I feel we have all been given weapons.

I get it

I go back in.. right away we go back in... we clear this out..

I got it.

I got you.

I guess that's why I'm single.

I hate you!

I have something I need you to translate for me.

I have to explain to a room full of men,

I just realized why my husband left me.

I know something that's going to happen.

I know what you're doing.

I know. It's just a cartoon not real.

I like it.

I like it.

I love you.

I made a list of questions, to go over, starting with the series of just a handshake binary sequences

I need my team get together with Louise's team.

I need some sleep, but

I need this so that we don't misinterpret things in there,

I need you to...

I need you to... to send a message... to the other sites.

I not sure if it's something...

I remember moments in the middle.

I think it's quite possible that they are asking us to offer them something

I think those are their names.

I think we were able to reproduce some prime number sequences back.

I told him something that he wasn't ready to hear.

I tried to figure out. But this is too big.

I used to think this was the beginning of your story.

I want to hear what you think call the number you're on the air

I was doing some reading about this idea that

I was thinking of Abbott and Costello.

I watch you steer us around

I will never forget what you said.

I will take that as a compliment.

I would need to be there to interact with them.

I...

I... I think...

I'll bring the coffee.

I'll get some air, I'm ok.

I'm Colonel G.T. Weber.

I'm curious. Are you dreaming in their language?

I'm fired?

I'm gonna find out where we are going.

I'm gonna get some blood from you.

I'm learning that more objects like this

I'm Louise.

I'm so scared.

I'm sorry.

I'm talking about a shot across the bow.

I'm watching the same news coverage you are.

I've had my head tilted up to the stars

Ian is a theoretical physicist from Los Alamos.

IAN WALKS

Ian, Louise... It was an honor to work with you.

Ian, you want to introduce yourself?

If all I ever gave you was a hammer

If anyone is receiving this...

If I leave here... your chance is gone.

If they aren't talking.

If they're scientists, they don't seem to ask a lot of questions.

If this happens, we can't sit and wait for their retaliation.

If this is some sort of peaceful first contact,

If we had one.

If you could see your whole life from start to finish

If you immerse yourself into a foreign language, that

If you want science, call your father.

Imagine you wanted to write a sentence

In 1770,

In a statement, General Shang said:

In a televised statement,

In North Dakota, 144 members of the St. Lawrence Pentecostal cult

In the Middle Ages...

IN THREE THOUSAND YEARS

In two seconds effortlessly.

Information they've acquired from both of their landing sites

Into the country and met the aboriginal people.

Is different from earth,

Is how can this be used against us.

Is that a new symbol? I can't tell.

Isn't language it's science.

It conveys meaning, it does not represent sound.

It doesn't take 18 hours to pump fresh air into a room?

It has to do with a

It is a theory that...

It is not a negotiation.

It is the theory that...

It may be unmanned.

It reads the same forward and backward.

It was an honor to host me at the celebration.

It was meeting you.

It wasn't until later that they learned that kangaroo means

It would certainly take hours to balance

It's a 15 minute walk

It's a good thing though, right? You and I?

It's a lot more than that, you cheeky bastard. Don't you see?

It's all good, sir.

It's all I can do to keep it turning into a tourist site for everybody who has a TS clearance.

It's faster.

It's going to take us years.

It's impossible to deal with just one of us.

It's in the clean room. Waiting for instructions.

It's in the hands of our superiors now.

It's my fault.

It's not a weapon. It's a gift.

It's not true, but it proves my point.

It's okay. I'm up.

It's right above us.

It's taken us a month to make the simplest reply

It's the first time we made significant progress.

It's the kind of thing you write as a preface.

It's time to open that bottle you've been hiding.

It's your phone, sir.

Just gotta step on it, alright?

Just grab a history book.

Just...

Kangaroo.

Kind of like you are.

Language is the foundation of civilization...

Leave the respirator on, until you reach the equipment room

Leave your repirators on,

Let me know if you hear mine.

Let me know if you hear mine.

Let's get out of here.

Let's get started.

Let's take this with us.

Let's take this with us.

Like a technical term

Like it's a competition,

Like the day they arrived.

Like the first part of trade.

Like their ship or their bodies.

Linguists call this nonlinear orthography.

LIVE FROM VENEZUELA

Look at these people. Most of them don't even have guns.

Look they're not our enemy. They've made no act of aggression towards us.

Look, I'm never going to be able to speak their words,

Looks closer tonight as Russia and China joined talks at the United Nations.

Louise

Louise Banks, Ian Donnelly.

LOUISE HAS WEAPON

LOUISE SEES FUTURE

Louise thinks it could easily take another month to be ready for that.

Louise, I'm Louise.

Louise, it's incredible!

Louise, this is Ian Donnelly. Louise Banks, Ian Donnelly.

Louise, trust me ok? We got time.

Louise?

Louise.

Louise.

Louise.

Louise.

Louise.

Louise... What are you doing?

Make sure you hold onto something.

Many become one could just be their way of saying

Marks, let him go.

Maybe I'd

Maybe they indicate a question. I don't know.

Me? well, I'm flattered. Thank you.

Meanwhile, financial markets across the world are in crisis

Memory is a strange thing.

Mom, I'm fine.

Mom!

Mom...mom, please don't bother with that channel.

Momma!

More sciency than that.

Mum.

My guess is they order us to evacuate within the hour.

My husband left me.

Nausea, dizziness, headaches.

No no no! Not the top!

No, no, no... Dr. Banks you can't go in there.

Nominal, these are just for safety.

Non zero sum game.

Not everyone is able to process experiences like this.

Not the other way round.

Now backwards.

Now that's a proper introduction.

Now you heard it what do you make of it?

Numbers, Fibonacci?

Of hunting equipment and firearms

Of the puzzle that is slowly being put together

Off the coast of Australia and he led a party

Offer a weapon... question mark.

Offer weapon.

Oh, Hannah, honey, your daddy didn't leave you.

Oh, suits... suits...

Ok, exactly...so...

Ok, I'll call you later bye.

Ok, this is it. lock and load.

Ok, this is where you want to get to, right?

Ok, what happens then?

Ok.

Ok. Let's start.

Ok... Well let's get started.

Okay?

Okay.

Okay. Come back to me.

Okay... Slow down Louise.

Okay...um...

On everyone's list when it comes to translations.

On overtime for law enforcement.

One in Siberia and the other off the coast of the Black Sea...

One of the sailors pointed at the animals

One of the smartest thing we could do right now, would be to give them a show of force.

Only way to reach them is to physically drive there and yell at the border guards which we are doing.

Or basis for visual communication.

Or face destruction.

Or is their motivation so instinctive

Or is their motivation so instinctive

Otherwise this is going to take 10 times as long.

Our policy of being open with the aliens.

Our science team is attempting to decode the sets?

Outside being able to see them and hear them,

****stan, Russia and Sudan

Perhaps you'd like that as a fraction.

Permission to abort?

Planet

Please

Priority One. What do they want, Where are they from?

Problem is, not everyone shares

Pull it up.

Purpose of heptapod. Earth. What is your purpose?

Put this on and wear them all times.

Ready or not.

Really rare disease.

Regardless, we have a protocol for scenarios like this.

Remember what happened to the Aborigines.

Right here.

Ringing in your ears, like you have tinnitus

Roll up your sleeves.

Russia and Sudan are following China.

Russia just executed one of their own experts to keep their secret.

Said the aliens have 24 hours to leave Chinese territory,

Say what I feel more often. I don't know.

Screw it

Search base camp now.

Security detail inbound, sir.

See those jokers that we are working with?

Send security.

Sets. I dont know what that means.

Setting up equipment...

Seven feet. Heptapod.

Shang is about to start something.

She's taking off protection. Dr. Banks!

Should we abort?

Sir, Donnelly is taking off his hazmat suit.

Sir, they're here.

Sir... there's a satline here dialling China.

So get prepared.

So how do we clarify their intentions beyond those two words?

So is there any physical contact with the..

So we aren't sharing it with our enemies. We have to consider the idea

So we can learn Heptapod, if we survive

So what are we gonna call them?

So what can you tell me?

So what is this?

So you can see what's to come

So you may experience some side effects

So you're gonna have to give me more than that

So you're saying it's not ours?

So you're saying they could suffocate us if they wanted to?

So, first we need to make sure that they understand what a question is.

So, Hannah...

So, what are we calling this? Session 37?

So, what do they look like?

So, you still have top secret clearance

So... we just don't know.

Some assembly required.

Someone on their science team was broadcasting wide.

Something about a vantage.

Something not even my superior has done.

Sorry I couldn't hear what you were saying.

Sorry, honey.

Sorry.

Stick em up!

Stick to your list.

Stop focussing on the 1s. Look at the 0s.

Stop.

Suits, honor and flowers. I don't...

Suits, honor, flowers...

T 4 minutes remaining. you need to see this through.

Take a look at this section. It seems to be talking about time.

Team Two, exit your vehicle and continue to the decontamination tent.

Technology, apparatus, method

Thank God, I got you.

Thank you.

That hop around and put their babies in their pouch,

That I did not know existed.

That our visitors are prodding us to fight among ourselves,

That they don't understand a wide question at all

That we understand their answer.

That's it. Thanks.

That's like, um, the Earth is a planet.

That's problematic for us right now.

That's when we go in.

That's where they call it the UFO

That's why I'm in your office and not in Berkeley.

Thats a wrong move. As long as they stay, we have to stay.

The air between the shells is untroubled

The Air Force and Infantry are standing by.

The air seems to circulate inside the chamber, so...

The ATF has put a temporary ban on new gun licenses,

The booster is a kick to your system

The British with India, Germans with Rwanda.

The captain.. we will lift off in 5 minutes.

The chemical composition of their spaceship is unknown.

The communications blackout from all 12 landing sites

The day they departed.

The difference between a specific you...

The difference between a weapon and a tool.

The feed wasn't interrupted by the explosion.

The language you speak determines how you think.

The most plausible theory is that they chose places on earth

The nature of a request for information

The next most plausible theory is that Sheena Easton

The object apparently touched down

The objects measure at least 1500ft tall...

The only reason why I am here is

The Pentagon's convinced our Shell will retaliate.

The President has declared a mandatory dusk to dawn curfew

The President this morning has declared a state of emergency

The procedure takes just a few minutes, then we'll get started.

The same government who ruined our healthcare and bankrupted our military.

The session is finished. You can't go back in, it's dangerous...

The show is called Mommy and Daddy talk to animals.

The show is called: Mommy and Daddy talk to animals.

The story of Portuguese begins in the Kingdom of Galicia...

The suits are clumsy at first.

The voice you're about to hear belongs to Chinese military chief.

The weapon is their language.

The world's most decorated experts can't crack that one

Their website claims the arrival of the aliens

Their written language has no forward or backward direction.

Then it dawned on me.

Then we need to clarify

There are a lot of ways you can interpret what he said.

There are days that define your story beyond your life.

There is no signs of radiation poisoning yet.

There're too many gaps. Nothing's complete.

There's a wall, like a glass wall, you can't get to them

There's got to be a way to get the message.

There's no time. Many become one...

There's still no signs of what might be called first contact.

These are all grade school words.

These communication traps

They are positioning their military to blow the alien vessel right out of the sky.

They arrive.

They can't seem to follow our algebra.

They do so without detection.

They even got a name for it in Hungary.

They gave it all to us. Do you understand what that means?

They have names.

They will take care of your bags...

This is Agent David Halpern, the CIA.

This is all of it

This is Dr. Ian Donnelly, he'll be running this team here

This is from a site in Hokkaido.

This is the alien message said to have provoked

This is why you both here.

This is worldwide. It is happening right now.

This site is no longer secure. We're standing by to evacuate.

This... this segment is a lot busier.

To close their doors to the public.

To content of pressure for us everytime they open their door.

To declare war against the aliens.

TO HANNAH

To meet you in person.

To our allies, maybe. But at this stage, it's little too late.

To protest the government's handling of the crisis.

To unite with China and take a similar stance.

Today, we're talking about Portuguese

Tonight, the first photograph of the aliens goes viral.

TRANSLATING HEPTAPOD

TRANSLATING HEPTAPOD

Trust me, you can understand communication

Trying to answer this in any meaningful way is hampered by the fact that,

Trying to teach them how to speak and read?

Two are reported to have penetrated Russian airspace.

Two days.

Two hours ago we pulled this audio off a secured channel in Russia.

Two.

Uh.. we're up in 15... You got any new intel?

UNITED KINGDOM SAVE OUR SPECIES!

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE BY LOUISE BANKS

Unlike all written human languages,

Until only one faction prevails.

USE WEAPON

USE WEAPON

Using 2 hands, starting from either side.

Victory... defeat. You see the problem?

Violence continues to spread across the US today in the wake of the 12 landings

Wait, go back.

Wait. Hold on a second. There is.

Wait... Just a minute.

Wait... No! Wait!

Wake up, Mummy.

Want to see my project for Miss. Garrett's class?

We are a world with no single leader.

We are falling asleep at the wheel, people!

We are going to cut this report to tell you breaking news

We are not the only ones to have one of these in our backyard.

We are so bound by time.

We are waiting to hear if this is perhaps an experimental vessel or...

We both love you very much.

We can hope for the best, but our orders are to prepare for retaliation.

We can't tell what they were saying, but they responded to hello, so...

We could be facing a full scale invasion.

We did our best but it wasn't enough.

We don't know about heptapods.

We don't know if they understand

We entertain the idea that if it is a kind of vessel,

We found the source of the phone call.

We get there in a few minutes.

We got a satellite feed here, who he's talking to if you want to look.

We had to make up our own TV show.

We have nothing.

We have orders to do the same.

We have our friends in ****stan to thank

WE HELP HUMANITY

We just need 5 minutes. Don't sweat it.

We may have to evacuate

We need answers as soon as possible.

WE NEED HUMANITY HELP

We need to ask the big question.

We need to be talking to each other! You wanna talk to them? find out what this means.

We need to find out do they make conscious choices,

We need to sit on this information till we know what it means.

We need to talk to the other sites, we need to help them with what they got from the other heptapods.

We want to know why they all landed.

We're also confirming this to be one of the 12 pieces

We're done here.

We're gonna go down there,

We're just getting started. Good Morning.

We're on the move.

We're sorry.

We've been attempting to hail Capt. Marks.

We've never formally met but two years ago,

WEAPON OPENS TIME

Weber came and got him maybe 10 minutes ago.

Well,

Well, do I sound nervous?

Well, I mean

Well, let's say that I taught them chess instead of English.

Well, they are not leaving.

What ?

What are you doing?

What are you up with?

What are you?

What better way to force us to work together for once?

What day is it, do you know baby?

What did they say?

What do I say?

What do they want, where they from.

What do you see?

What does that say?

What happened in there was an attack.

What happens now?

What have you figured out?

What is that?

What is that?

What is that?

What is your purpose here?

What kind of radiation exposure are we walking into?

What the hell is she doing?

What they're saying right here, is that, this is one of twelve.

What time is it?

What we need is to get all the other nations online

What?

What's he doing?

What's this term here?

What's this word?

Whatever they learnt in the last session has them spooked.

When they play audio back at us from an unseen source

When was the last time either of you have eaten?

Where did you come from?

Where does that get you?

Where is Abbott?

Where is everyone?

Where is Ian?

Where language was seen as an expression of art.

Which raises the question: Is this how they think?

While authorities assess the object.

Who are they?

Who are you?

Who wants to divide us.

Who've been watching too much TV.

Whose first and last question

Whose phone is it?

Why did they park where they did?

Why does it feel worse?

Why hand it out to us in pieces? Why not just give it all over?

Why is my name Hannah?

Why send twelve? Why not just one?

Why they are here, this is a priority.

Why?

Will be shared immediately with all the other landing sites

Will sell your blood test look

With a huge build up of forces at their landing sites,

With as many as 5,000 National Guard being deployed to the state of Montana, alone.

With the lowest incidents of lightning strikes.

Would you change things?