| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Jodie Foster |
Ellie Arroway
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| Matthew McConaughey |
Palmer Joss
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| James Woods |
Michael Kitz
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| John Hurt |
S.R. Hadden
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| Tom Skerritt |
David Drumlin
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| William Fichtner |
Kent
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| David Morse |
Ted Arroway
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| Angela Bassett |
Rachel Constantine
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| Geoffrey Blake |
Fisher
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| Maximillian Martini |
Willie
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| Jodie Foster |
Dr. Eleanor Ann 'Ellie' Arroway
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| Jena Malone |
Young Ellie
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| Matthew McConaughey |
Father Palmer Joss
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| William Fichtner |
Kent Clark
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| Sami Chester |
Vernon
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| Timothy McNeil |
Davio
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| Laura Elena Surillo |
Cantina Woman
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| Tom Skerritt |
Dr. David Drumlin
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Sci-Fi; Romance; Adventure; Fantasy |
| Director |
Robert Zemeckis |
| Writer |
Carl Sagan |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG |
| Running Time |
2 hr 33 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
|
| Plot |
| The search for life outside our solar system becomes a personal and spiritual quest for a young researcher. Ellie Arroway ( Jodie Foster ) is a scientist who lost her faith in God after her parents died when she was a child. However, Ellie has learned to develop a different sort of faith in the seemingly unknowable: working with a group that monitors radio waves from space, Ellie hopes that some day she will receive a coherent message from another world that will prove that there is a world beyond our own. Ellie's hard work is rewarded when her team picks up a signal that does not appear to be of earthly origin. Ellie decodes the message, which turns out to be plans for a space craft, which she takes as an invitation for a meeting with the aliens. Ellie and her fellow researchers soon run into interference from a White House scientific advisor, David Drumlin ( Tom Skerritt ), who cuts off their funding and tries to take credit for their achievements. However, Ellie receives moral support from Palmer Joss ( Matthew McConaughey ), a spiritual teacher who advises President Clinton and tries to persuade her to accept the existence of a higher power, and financial backing from S.R. Hadden ( John Hurt ), a multi-millionaire willing to fund her attempts to contact the source of the message. Contact was based on a novel by Carl Sagan , who advised director Robert Zemeckis during the film's production until his death in 1996. — Mark Deming |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
91 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Purchase Date |
8/1/2003 |
| Tape Label |
29 |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
VHS |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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