Where was The Arrival filmed?
1996 film directed by David Twohy
The Arrival (1996) was filmed in Mexico City, Montreal, Big Pine and Owens Valley Radio Observatory, 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, in Canada, Mexico, the United States. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as California. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 4 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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Towns & cities
Montreal
Canada
largest city in Quebec, Canada
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Towns & cities
Mexico City
Mexico
capital and largest city of Mexico
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Towns & cities
Big Pine
United States
census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Owens Valley Radio Observatory
United States
radio astronomy observatory in California, United States
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in California, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable (a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote), so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: United States
Also shot in these places
- 300 2006
- Catch Me If You Can 2002
- Life of Pi 2012
- The Day After Tomorrow 2004
- Arrival 2016
- The Aviator 2004
- The Terminal 2004
- Once Upon a Time in America 1984
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008
- X-Men: Days of Future Past 2014
- The Notebook 2004
- X-Men: Apocalypse 2016
Set in the same places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Arrival have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
300 (2006), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Life of Pi (2012), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.