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| Cast | 
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| Actor/Actress | Role |  
| Adams, Amy | Dr. Louise Banks |  
| Renner, Jeremy | Ian Donnelly |  
| Whitaker, Forest | Colonel Weber |  
| Stuhlbarg, Michael | Agent Halpern |  
| Ma, Tzi | General Shang |  
| O'Brien, Mark | Captain Marks |  
| Dan, Julia Scarlett | Hannah (12 yrs. old) |  
| Pniowsky, Abigail | Hannah (8 yrs. old) |  
| Malone, Jadyn | Hannah (6 yrs. old) |  
| Guizzo, Carmela Nozza | Hannah (4 yrs. old) |  
| Shaver, Andrew | Environmental Tech |  
| Campbell, Shawn | News Reporter |  
| Day, Larry | Deputy Director of the CIA Dan Ryder |  
| Kiely, Pat | Environmental Tech |  
| Schorpion, Frank | Dr. Kettler |  
| Chartier-Dessert, Lucas | Private Lasky |  
| Van Oldenbarneveld, Lucy | CNAC Anchor |  
| Vigneault, Sonia | Dr. J. Bydwell |  
| Camacho, Mark | Richard Riley |  
| Reeves, Sabrina | Press Secretary |  
| Yuen, Russell | Chinese Scientist |  
| Casey, Julian | Australian Scientist |  
| Robinow, Tony | British Scientist |  
| Rydvald, Anana | Danish Scientist |  
| Chiang, Ruth | Chinese Scientist |  
| Marchenko, Sergiy | Russian Officer |  
| Teo, Brittany | Student with Smartphone |  
| Jadah, Chistian | Private Combs |  
| Cobden, Joe | Cryptographer #1 |  
| Brass, Lorne | Cryptographer #2 |  
| Sirois, Genevieve | Cryptographer #3 |  
| Ayoola, Abdul | Sierra Leone Representative |  
| Girma, Bineyam | Sudanese representative |  
| Elaaziz, Abdelghafour | African Representative |  
| Esteban, Daniel | Venezuelan Representative |  
| Roberts, Hal | American TV News Anchor |  
| Willson, Matthew | Preacher |  
| Turgeon-Trelles, Victor Andres | Science Team Member #1 |  
| Nangreaves, Michael | Science Team Member #2 |  
| Morais, Robert D. | Master Sergeant Douglas |  
| Haidari, Mustafa | Foreign Correspondent |  
| Kwan, Albert | Chinese Man |  
| Guerinik, Reda | Communications Operator #1 |  
| Benn, Adrien | Communications Operator #2 |  
| Samar, Sasha | Communications Operator #3 |  
| Stavert, Kathleen | Communications Operator #4 |  
| Thony, Kattia | Nurse |  
| Reid, Leisa | Nurse |  
| Skagford, Brent | Lieutenant |  
| Ahluwalia, Gurdeep | Soldier |  
| Dunstan, Brian | TV Anchor |  
| Duran, Dan | TV Anchor |  
| Graham, Lori | TV Anchor |  
| Johannes, Orla | TV Anchor |  
| Patel, Sangita | TV Anchor |  
| Sutherland, Tammie | TV Anchor |  
| Walker, Max | TV Anchor |  
| Moore, John Sanford | TV Anchor |  
| Ross, Camille | TV Anchor |  
| Sturik, Ola | TV Anchor |  
| Belfo, Karen | Skype CIA Agent (uncredited) |  
| Bellande, Chloë | MIT College girl (uncredited) |  
| Hartmann, Philippe | Halpern's Deputy Director (uncredited) |  
| Parau, Laurean Adrian | US Army Major (uncredited) |  
| Thibault, Nathaly | Gala Guest (uncredited) |  
| Baker, Leslie | Middle Aged Woman (uncredited) |  
| Jadah, Christian | Private Combs |  
| Yeuh, Alex M. | Japanese Minister |  
| Campbell, Dave | Soldier |  
| Mota, Alexander Da | Venezuelan Military |  
| Dang, Akul | Pakistani Scientist |  
| Fiola, Frank | Soldier |  
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| Director | Villeneuve, Denis |  
| Producer | Levine, Daniel S.; Levy, Shawn; Linde, David; Lunder, Karen; Ryder, Aaron; Cohen, Dan; Levine, Dan |  
| Writer | Heisserer, Eric |  
| Composer | Jóhannsson, Jóhann |  
| Studio | Paramount; 21 Laps Entertainment; FilmNation Entertainment; Lava Bear Films |  
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| Running Time | 116 |  
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| Color Mode | Color |  
| Plot Summary | 
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 | 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. |  
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| Location | Media_Center |  
| Watched | No |  
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