Contact

Release Date:

Jul 11, 1997

MPAA Rating:

PG

Running Time:

2:30

Genre:

Science Fiction

Director:

Robert Zemeckis

Cast:

Jodie Foster	Eleanor Ann 'Ellie' Arroway
Matthew McConaughey	Palmer Joss
James Woods	Michael Kitz
John Hurt	S.R. Hadden
Tom Skerritt	David Drumlin
William Fichtner	Kent Clark
David Morse	Ted Arroway
Angela Bassett	Rachel Constantine
Geoffrey Blake	Fisher
Maximilian Martini	Willie
Rob Lowe	Richard Rank
Jake Busey	Joseph
Jena Malone	Young Ellie
Tucker Smallwood	Mission Director

Producers:

Joan Bradshaw , Lynda Obst , Steve Starkey , Robert Zemeckis

Writers:

Carl Sagan, James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg

Language:

English

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In this Zemeckis-directed adaptation of the Carl Sagan novel, Dr. Ellie Arroway races to interpret a possible message originating from the Vega star system. Once first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence is proven, Arroway contends with restrictive National Security Advisor Kitz and religious fanatics bent on containing the implications of such an event. An incredible message is found hidden in the signal, but will Arroway be the one to answer its call?

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