Contact
(1997)
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Synopsis
"We are not alone..." Two-time Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster and Hollywood's brightest new star, Matthew McConaughey, shine in this spellbinding drama of a dedicated astronomer's quest to make first Contact. Despite scorn from her colleagues, Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway (Foster--The Accused, The Silence of the Lambs) devoutly eavesdrops on the universe. And then, one fateful morning, she hears a cryptic signal. As the world's scientists scramble to decode "the message," Ellie must struggle to become Earth's single emissary on a journey beyond theory or experience. Seeking support, she turns to her only ally--and former lover - --religious scholar and top-level government advisor, Palmer Joss (McConaughey--A Time to Kill). Separated by very different beliefs, they reunite in their passion for knowledge and truth. From Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan's best-seller comes the story of a visionary scientist's unshakable conviction that somewhere in this boundless universe an intelligence yearns for Contact.
Directors
Robert Zemeckis, Steve Berg, Joan Bradshaw, Don Burgess, Victoria Burrows, Ann Druyan, Allen L. Hall, Joanna Johnston, Ian Kelly, Lynda Obst, David Rubin, Arthur Schmidt, Steve Starkey, Randy Thom, William B. Kaplan, Tom Johnson, Robert Zemeckis, Warner Bros., James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg, Alan Silvestri, Ann Druyan, Phil Benson, Sara Bolder, Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg, William B. Kaplan, Joan Bradshaw, Lynda Obst, Carl Sagan
Production year
1997
Rating
PG
Studio
Warner Bros.
Runtime
153 minutes
Cast
Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt