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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.
1997 · Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 150 min · Drama · Science Fiction · Mystery · 54 frames
Tagline
Take a journey to the heart of the universe.
Crew
- Screenplay: James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg
- Cinematography: Don Burgess
- Edited by: Arthur Schmidt
- Music: Alan Silvestri
- Production design: Ed Verreaux
- Produced by: Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis
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
- David Morse as Ted Arroway
- Angela Bassett as Rachel Constantine
- Geoffrey Blake as Fisher
- Max Martini as Willie
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Russian, Spanish
- Studios: South Side Amusement Company, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $90,000,000
- Box office: $171,120,329
- Themes: based on novel or book, nasa, extraterrestrial technology, new mexico, prime number, radio wave, wormhole, fanatic, spirituality, religion
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