Based on the story "Story of your life" by Ted Chiang. Originally released as a motion picture in 2016. Widescreen (16:9 screen ratio); 5.1 Dolby digital. Includes 4 previews of other motion pictures. Academy Award for Best Sound Editing 2017. Academy Award Nominee for Best Picture 2016. Board of Film Censors, Singapore: PG-13 (brief coarse language). Directed by Denis Villeneuve ; screenplay by Eric Heisserer ; produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Levine ; produced by Aaron Ryder, David Linde; director of photography, Bradford Young ; editor, Joe Walker ; music, Johann Johannsson ; production designer, Patrice Vermette ; costume designer, Renée April. Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tzi Ma. In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish with optional Spanish, English or French subtitles; Closed-captioned; English descriptive audio; closed-captioned in English.