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Academy Award Sound 1998 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama 1998 · Nominated
Academy Award Sound 1998 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama 1998 · Nominated
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 system. Once first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence is proven, Arroway contends with restrictive National Security Advisor Kitz (James Woods) and religious fanatics bent on...