Title: Contact

Tagline: If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.

Original Name: Contact

Aka: Contacto

Studio: South Side Amusement Company | Warner Bros. Pictures





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Release Date: 1997-07-11

Rating: 7.5 / 10

Certification: PG

Genre: Drama | Science Fiction | Mystery



Overview:

Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway has long been interested in contact to faraway lands, a love fostered in her childhood by her father, Ted Arroway (David Morse), who died when she was nine-years-old, leaving her orphaned. Her current work in monitoring for extraterrestrial life is based on that love and is in part an homage to her father. Ever since funding from the National Science Foundation (N.S.F.) was pulled on her work, which is referred to some, including her N.S.F. superior David Drumlin (Tom Skerritt), as more science fiction than science, Ellie, with a few of her rogue scientist colleagues, have looked for funding from where ever they could get it to continue their work. When Ellie and her colleagues hear chatter originating from the vicinity of the star Vega, Ellie feels vindicated. But that vindication is short lived when others, including politicians, the military, religious leaders, and other scientists, such as Drumlin, try to take over her work. When the messages received from space are decoded, the project takes on a whole new dimension, which strengthens for Ellie the quest for the truth. Thrown into the mix are the unknown person who has up until now funded most of Ellie's work and what his motivations are, and Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey), a renowned author and theologian, who despite their fundamental differences in outlook, is mutually attracted to Ellie, that attraction based in part on intellect and their common goal of wanting to know the truth.





Cast:

Jodie Foster ... Eleanor 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

Max Martini ... Willie

Rob Lowe ... Richard Rank

Jake Busey ... Joseph

Jena Malone ... Young Ellie

Tucker Smallwood ... Mission Director

Sami Chester ... Vernon

Henry Strozier ... Minister

Haynes Brooke ... Drumlin Aide

Timothy McNeil ... Davio

Laura Elena Surillo ... Cantina Woman

Michael Chaban ... Hadden Suit

Larry King ... Himself

Thomas Garner  ... Ian Broderick

Conroy Chino ... KOB-TV Reporter

Dan Gifford ... Jeremy Roth

Vance Valencia ... Senator Valencia

Donna Kelley ... Herself

Leon Harris ... Himself

Tabitha Soren ... Herself

Geraldo Rivera ... Himself

Ian Whitcomb ... British Anchor

Jay Leno ... Himself

Michael Albala ... Decryption Hacker

Ned Netterville ... Decryption Expert

Leo Lee ... Major Domo

William Jordan ... Chairman of Joint Chiefs

David St. James ... Joint Chief

Steven Ford ... Major Russell

Alexander Zemeckis ... Major Russell's Son

Janie Peterson ... Major Russell's Daughter

Philippe Bergeron ... French Committee Member

Jennifer Balgobin ... Dr. Patel

Bill Clinton ... Self (archive footage)





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Duration: 2h 29mn

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SubTitles: English





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