Contact

Name: Contact
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
Released: 1997-07-11
Duration: 150 min
Rating: 7.449

★ 7,4 /10 (5,088 Votes)

1997 EN 150 min

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.

Stream

Rent

Buy

Release date

11/07/1997

Votes

5,088

Popularity

13.5

Take a journey to the heart of the universe.

Genres

Drama Science Fiction Mystery

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

150 min

Budget

$90,000,000

Revenue

$171,120,329

Website

www.warnerbros.com

Jodie Foster

Ellie Arroway

Matthew McConaughey

Palmer Joss

James Woods

Michael Kitz

John Hurt

S. R. Hadden

Tom Skerritt

David Drumlin

William Fichtner

Kent

David Morse

Ted Arroway

Angela Bassett

Rachel Constantine

Geoffrey Blake

Fisher

Max Martini

Willie

Rob Lowe

Richard Rank

Jake Busey

Joseph

Tucker Smallwood

Mission Director

Jena Malone

Young Ellie

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Sami Chester

Vernon

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Timothy McNeil

Davio

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Laura Elena Surillo

Cantina Woman

Henry Strozier

Minister

Larry King

Thomas Garner

Ian Broderick

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Conroy Chino

KOB-TV Reporter

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Dan Gifford

Jeremy Roth

Vance Valencia

Senator Valencia

Donna Kelley

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Leon Harris

Claire Shipman

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Behrooz Afrakhan

Middle Eastern Anchor

Saemi Nakamura

Japanese Anchor

Maria Celeste Arraras

Latina Anchor

Tabitha Soren

Geraldo Rivera

Ian Whitcomb

British Anchor

Jay Leno

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Natalie Allen

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Robert D. Novak

Geraldine A. Ferraro

Ann Druyan

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Kathleen Kennedy

Michael Albala

Decryption Hacker

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Ned Netterville

Decryption Expert

Leo Lee

Major Domo

William Jordan

Chairman of Joint Chiefs

David St. James

Joint Chief

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Jill Dougherty

Haynes Brooke

Drumlin Aide

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John Holliman

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Bobbie Battista

Dee Dee Myers

Bryant Gumbel

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Linden Soles

Steven Ford

Major Russell

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Alexander Zemeckis

Major Russell's Son

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Janie Peterson

Major Russell's Daughter

Philippe Bergeron

French Committee Member

Jennifer Balgobin

Dr. Patel

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Anthony Hamilton

British Committee Member

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Rebecca T. Beucler

NASA Public Relations

Marc Macaulay

NASA Technician

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Pamela Wilsey

Voice of NASA (voice)

Jeffery Thomas Johnson

Mechanical

Yuji Okumoto

Electrical

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Gerry Griffin

Dynamics

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Brian Alston

Communications

Rob Elk

Pad Leader

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Mark Thomason

Security

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José Rey

Controller #8

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Todd Patrick Breaugh

New VLA Technician

Alex Veadov

Russian Cosmonaut

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Alice Kushida

Scientist

Robin Gammell

Project Official

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Richardson Morse

Mission Doctor

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Seiji Okamura

Japanese Ensign

Bernard Shaw

Mak Takano

Japanese Tech #1

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Hiroshi Tom Tanaka

Japanese Tech #2

Catherine Dao

Life Support

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Kristoffer Ryan Winters

Dynamics #2

Valorie Armstrong

Woman Senator

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Jim Hild

Reporter #5

William L. Thomas

Reporter #6

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Diego Montoya

School Boy

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Jonathan Adler

White House Official (uncredited)

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Robert Aguilar Jr.

NASA Controller #2 (uncredited)

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Mark Bailey

Four-Star General (uncredited)

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Matt Bennett

Senate Observer (uncredited)

Tony Boldi

Robert Hand (uncredited)

Christopher Boyer

Scientist (uncredited)

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Christine Brady

White House Official (uncredited)

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Ray Buffer

Press Reporter (uncredited)

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Mark Byrne

Protester (uncredited)

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Candice T. Cain

Supporter (uncredited)

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Michael Chaban

Hadden Suit (uncredited)

Aixa Clemente

President's Secretary (uncredited)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Derrick Damions

Ailing Believer (uncredited)

Elaina Erika Davis

Philanthropy Bureaucrat (uncredited)

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Joey Dente

Factory Worker (uncredited)

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Michael Egan

IMC Police Officer (uncredited)

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Jeff Elmore

Monk (uncredited)

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Pamela Fischer

Pedestrian (uncredited)

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Carl Gilliard

Controller (uncredited)

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William B. Kaplan

TV Interviewer (uncredited)

Boris Lee Krutonog

Astronaut (uncredited)

Ming Lo

Pod Systems Control (uncredited)

Sunshine Logroño

Puerto Rican Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Denise Loveday

Press Secretary (uncredited)

Neal Matarazzo

Kitz's Aide (uncredited)

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Bill Miller

Reporter (uncredited)

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Molly Mueller

Family Exchange (uncredited)

Paul L. Nolan

Ellie's Attorney (uncredited)

Marisa Petroro

Oval Office Secretary (uncredited)

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Errica Poindexter

Police Officer (uncredited)

J.A. Preston

Senator (uncredited)

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Frank Principe

Ailing Believer (uncredited)

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Billy Quinn

Security Guard (uncredited)

Thomas Reid

Senate Hearing (uncredited)

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Leo Rogstad

Ailing Believer (uncredited)

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Russell Sanderlin Sr.

Photographer (uncredited)

Frank Silva

Army Officer (uncredited)

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John A. Taylor

Senate Hearing Attendee (uncredited)

Todd Thompson

News Reporter (uncredited)

Cenk Uygur

Reporter (uncredited)

Holly Cross Vagley

Religious Zealot (uncredited)

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Eric Alan Wendell

Protester (uncredited)

Delaney Williams

Believer #1 (uncredited)

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Gregory L. Williams

Extra (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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I would readily admit this is one of my favourite science fiction films from the 90's. It's intelligent, well-acted and directed, and the special effects it has HELPS the story rather than IMPEDES it. Though she hasn't done much lately, either in the director's chair or acting, Jodie Foster is one of my favourite contemporary American actresses, and it's intriguing how her great talent's been utilized of late (ie., 'Elysium', and I'm still very mad at Spike Lee for having Christopher Plummer call her a 'cunt' in 'Inside Man'). Personally, I must admit that I myself have worried what other w…

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Random viewing but decided to finally watch after its been in my to-do bin for a while now. It didn't strike an emotional cord that I thought it would but Jodie Foster was quite good as were a respectable supporting cast. Never quite bought into the relationship between Foster and McConaughey though in fairness, probably due to the lack of screen time together (felt like maybe 15 minutes in a 2.5 hour movie). Some of the effects were alright for its time including integrating Clinton footage with the cast and the sci-fi specific visuals were alright. In the end, never was bored and found it to…

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Early on in Contact a character is introduced who goes by the name “Kent Clark,” and for the remainder of the film I simply could not get over the fact that no one ever even mentions that he is named after Bizarro’s alter ego. My theory is that this is a figurative wink to the audience, letting us know beforehand what we otherwise discover at long last: that the events that are about to unfold are nothing but an elaborate prank on the audience and, possibly, the cast. This movie exists in a limbo somewhere in between Close Encounters of the Third Kind’s unabashed childlike wonder and Ad …

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**A film that gets more right than it gets wrong, in a friendly tribute to Carl Sagan.** The theme of extraterrestrial life will always be a big deal for cinema, and is one of the most solid subjects within sci-fi. On the one hand, it has already given us a series of gems, but it also occasionally gives us films so bad that they are not worth the price of the plastic DVD. This film, for me, stays on positive ground: it gives us a solid story, intelligent enough to be believable, but it completely loses its way when it tries to introduce some action and shake things up a bit. One of the m…

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