Overview:
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.| Status: | Released (1997-07-11) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 14 wins & 32 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $100,920,329 |
| Screen: | James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg, Carl Sagan |
| Productions: | South Side Amusement Company, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | Pусский, Español, English |
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Casts
- 1038: Jodie Foster - Ellie Arroway
- 10297: Matthew McConaughey - Palmer Joss
- 4512: James Woods - Michael Kitz
- 5049: John Hurt - S. R. Hadden
- 4139: Tom Skerritt - David Drumlin
- 886: William Fichtner - Kent
- 52: David Morse - Ted Arroway
Crews
- 24: Robert Zemeckis - Director - Directing
- 10293: Carl Sagan - Novel - Writing
- 10295: James V. Hart - Screenplay - Writing
- 10296: Michael Goldenberg - Screenplay - Writing
- 37: Alan Silvestri - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 36: Don Burgess - Director of Photography - Camera
- 38: Arthur Schmidt - Editor - Editing
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I would readily admit this is one of my favourite science fiction films from the 90's. It's intelligent, well-acted and directed, and the special effects it has HELPS the story rather than IMPEDES it. Though she hasn't done much lately, either in the director's chair or acting, Jodie ....
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Random viewing but decided to finally watch after its been in my to-do bin for a while now. It didn't strike an emotional cord that I thought it would but Jodie Foster was quite good as were a respectable supporting cast. Never quite bought into the relationship between Foster and Mc ....
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Early on in Contact a character is introduced who goes by the name “Kent Clark,” and for the remainder of the film I simply could not get over the fact that no one ever even mentions that he is named after Bizarro’s alter ego. My theory is that this is a figurative wink to the aud ....
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**A film that gets more right than it gets wrong, in a friendly tribute to Carl Sagan.** The theme of extraterrestrial life will always be a big deal for cinema, and is one of the most solid subjects within sci-fi. On the one hand, it has already given us a series of gems, but it ....
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