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Contact

Take a journey to the heart of the universe.

  • Movie
  • 1997
  • PG
  • 2h 30m

Directed by Robert Zemeckis

7.5

TMDB audience rating
7.5 out of 10 from 5,275 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Jodie Foster

    Jodie FosterEllie Arroway

  • Matthew McConaughey

    Matthew McConaugheyPalmer Joss

  • James Woods

    James WoodsMichael Kitz

  • John Hurt

    John HurtS. R. Hadden

  • Tom Skerritt

    Tom SkerrittDavid Drumlin

  • William Fichtner

    William FichtnerKent

  • David Morse

    David MorseTed Arroway

  • Angela Bassett

    Angela BassettRachel Constantine

  • Geoffrey Blake

    Geoffrey BlakeFisher

  • Max Martini

    Max MartiniWillie

  • Rob Lowe

    Rob LoweRichard Rank

  • Jake Busey

    Jake BuseyJoseph

  • Tucker Smallwood

    Tucker SmallwoodMission Director

  • Jena Malone

    Jena MaloneYoung Ellie

  • Sami ChesterVernon

  • Timothy McNeilDavio

  • Laura Elena SurilloCantina Woman

  • Henry Strozier

    Henry StrozierMinister

Director
Robert Zemeckis
Writer
Michael Goldenberg, Carl Sagan and James V. Hart
Music
Alan Silvestri
Cinematography
Don Burgess