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"Contact" is a 1997 science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis about humanity's first encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence. The film explores themes of faith, scientific discovery, and our place in the universe as a scientist works to make contact with an alien civilization.
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7.4A 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.
Cast
- Jodie Foster as Ellie Arroway
- Matthew McConaughey as Palmer Joss
- James Woods as Michael Kitz
- John Hurt as S. R. Hadden
- Tom Skerritt as David Drumlin
- William Fichtner as Kent
Themes
- based on novel or book
- nasa
- extraterrestrial technology
- new mexico
- prime number
- radio wave
- wormhole
- fanatic
- spirituality
- religion
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Contact
- Main subject
- communication with extraterrestrial intelligence
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Screenwriter
- Ann Druyan
- Cast member
- Jake Busey
- Composer
- Alan Silvestri
- Producer
- Lynda Obst
- Cinematographer
- Don Burgess
- Filming location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 144
- FilmAffinity ID
- 815526
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/movies/contact
- Image
- Contact uniforms.jpg
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- publication date
- 1997-10-09
- film editor
- Arthur Schmidt
- Commons category
- Contact (1997 American film)
- title
- Contact
- distributed by
- Netflix
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- after a work by
- Carl Sagan
- capital cost
- 90000000
- samples from work
- The Flying Nun
- set in period
- 1990s
- different from
- Contact
- review score
- 69%
- box office
- 100920329
- set in environment
- desert
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