Name: Contact
Genre: Drama, Mystery-Suspense, Science Fiction, Thriller
Released: 1997
Duration: 2 h 30 min

Contact (1997)

Directed by Robert Zemeckis

Genres - Drama, Mystery-Suspense, Science Fiction, Thriller | Release Date - Jul 11, 1997 | Run Time - 150 min. | Countries - United States of America | MPAA Rating - PG

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Description by Wikipedia

Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film in Panavision directed by Robert Zemeckis, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Carl Sagan. Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film. It stars Jodie Foster as Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, a SETI scientist who finds evidence of extraterrestrial life and is chosen to make first contact. It also stars Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, John Hurt, Angela Bassett, Rob Lowe, Jake Busey, and David Morse. It features the Very Large Array in New Mexico, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, the Mir space station, and the Space Coast surrounding Cape Canaveral.

Movie Info

Official Site

https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/contact

Budget

$90,000,000

Box Office

$171,120,329

Themes

Death/Extinction | Mind-Bending/Experimental | Space/Aliens | Spiritual/Religious

Attributes

Filming Location: Arizona, Florida, New Mexico
Narrative Location: Florida, Hokkaido, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Washington, D.C., Wisconsin
Subject: communication with extraterrestrial intelligence, extraterrestrial life, faith, first contact fiction, religion, science
Time Period: 1990s