Jodie Foster
Eleanor Ann 'Ellie' Arroway
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Contact is a film based on Carl Sagan's novel about a SETI scientist who makes first contact with aliens. The film stars Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, and James Woods, and explores themes of science, religion, and humanity.
Contact: Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Jena Malone, David Morse, Jodie Foster, Geoffrey Blake. Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.
- (296K)
- Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Robert Zemeckis
- 1997-07-11
In this Zemeckis-directed adaptation of the Carl Sagan novel, Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) races to interpret a possible message originating from the Vega star...
- (68)
- Robert Zemeckis
- PG
- Jodie Foster
Find out who starred in the sci-fi film Contact, directed by Robert Zemeckis and based on Carl Sagan's novel. See the full cast and crew list, including Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, and more.
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.
- Robert Zemeckis
- PG
- 32
When David Drumlin (Tom Skerritt) shuts-down the project, Ellie seeks for private funds to reopen her research in New Mexico. An anonymous millionaire provides the necessary funds and Ellie proceeds with her work. Four years later, she is contacted by alien forms from Vega that send a coded message.
Dec 21, 2011 · “Contact” is a film that takes place at the intersection of science, politics and faith. Those are three subjects that don’t always fit easily together. In the film, an alien intelligence transmits an image of three pages of encrypted symbols.
