Contact (1997)

Name: Contact
Released: 1997
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt

• Movies, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

• 150 min

7.4

Take a journey to the heart of the universe.

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Casting: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, David Morse, Angela Bassett, Geoffrey Blake, Max Martini, Rob Lowe, Jake Busey, Tucker Smallwood, Jena Malone, Sami Chester, Timothy McNeil, Laura Elena Surillo, Henry Strozier, Larry King, Thomas Garner , Conroy Chino, Dan Gifford, Vance Valencia, Donna Kelley, Leon Harris, Claire Shipman, Behrooz Afrakhan, Saemi Nakamura, Maria Celeste Arraras, Tabitha Soren, Geraldo Rivera, Ian Whitcomb, Jay Leno, Natalie Allen, Robert D. Novak, Geraldine A. Ferraro, Ann Druyan, Kathleen Kennedy, Michael Albala, Ned Netterville, Leo Lee, William Jordan, David St. James, Jill Dougherty, Haynes Brooke, John Holliman, Bobbie Battista, Dee Dee Myers, Bryant Gumbel, Linden Soles, Steven Ford, Alexander Zemeckis, Janie Peterson, Philippe Bergeron, Jennifer Balgobin, Anthony Hamilton, Rebecca T. Beucler, Marc Macaulay, Pamela Wilsey, Jeffery Thomas Johnson, Yuji Okumoto, Gerry Griffin, Brian Alston, Rob Elk, Mark Thomason, José Rey, Todd Patrick Breaugh, Alex Veadov, Alice Kushida, Robin Gammell, Richardson Morse, Seiji Okamura, Bernard Shaw, Mak Takano, Hiroshi Tom Tanaka, Catherine Dao, Kristoffer Ryan Winters, Valorie Armstrong, Jim Hild, William L. Thomas, Diego Montoya, Jonathan Adler, Robert Aguilar Jr., Mark Bailey, Matt Bennett, Tony Boldi, Christopher Boyer, Christine Brady, Ray Buffer, Mark Byrne, Candice T. Cain, Michael Chaban, Aixa Clemente, Bill Clinton, Derrick Damions, Elaina Erika Davis, Joey Dente, Michael Egan, Jeff Elmore, Pamela Fischer, Carl Gilliard, William B. Kaplan, Boris Lee Krutonog, Ming Lo, Sunshine Logroño, Denise Loveday, Neal Matarazzo, Bill Miller, Molly Mueller, Paul L. Nolan, Marisa Petroro, Errica Poindexter, J.A. Preston, Frank Principe, Billy Quinn, Thomas Reid, Leo Rogstad, Russell Sanderlin Sr., Frank Silva, John A. Taylor, Todd Thompson, Cenk Uygur, Holly Cross Vagley, Eric Alan Wendell, Delaney Williams, Gregory L. Williams
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1997-07-11
Status: Released

Tags: based on novel or book, nasa, extraterrestrial technology, new mexico, prime number, radio wave, wormhole, fanatic, spirituality, religion, scientist, sabotage, ham radio, astronomy, alien contact, mechanical engineering, observatory, philosophical, eccentric man, radio telescope, wonder, introspective, inspirational, defiant

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.