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Contact poster
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writer: James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg, Carl Sagan
Production: N/A
Year: 1997
MetaScore: 62/100
ImdbRating: 7.5
BoxOffice: $100,920,329
Released: 11 Jul 1997
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 14 wins & 32 nominations total

70 Clips

Myself I have one final question Dr Arroway - Contact 00:28 Myself I have one final question Dr Arroway These are government owned telescopes - Contact 00:23 These are government owned telescopes A couple billion to go - Contact 00:06 A couple billion to go Oh God - Contact 00:04 Oh God Hi Sparks - Contact 00:03 Hi Sparks Explain this to me - Contact 00:13 Explain this to me Who we lovingly call  Elmer - Contact 00:15 Who we lovingly call Elmer So I was lying there - Contact 00:32 So I was lying there Couple of billion to go - Contact 00:06 Couple of billion to go WOMAN 1 We have begun the full scale test of Earth's first system - Contact 00:09 WOMAN 1 We have begun the full scale test of Earth's first... Is anybody out there - Contact 00:05 Is anybody out there You could call me a man of the cloth - Contact 00:07 You could call me a man of the cloth Still waiting for E - Contact 00:05 Still waiting for E What I meant to say - Contact 00:20 What I meant to say I have a big problem - Contact 00:15 I have a big problem Hydrogen times pi - Contact 00:05 Hydrogen times pi Okay to go I'm okay to go - Contact 00:05 Okay to go I'm okay to go Levels around the machine - Contact 00:49 Levels around the machine We're not seeing anything abnormal down here - Contact 00:16 We're not seeing anything abnormal down here They all travel here through that transit system that you built - Contact 00:19 They all travel here through that transit system that you... I'm okay to go - Contact 00:08 I'm okay to go Do you believe in God - Contact 00:08 Do you believe in God I'm going to need a bigger antenna - Contact 00:07 I'm going to need a bigger antenna This is W9GFO here - Contact 00:05 This is W9GFO here I've had my eye on you a long time - Contact 01:02 I've had my eye on you a long time You're not real - Contact 00:23 You're not real And you're wasting your time - Contact 00:24 And you're wasting your time Clever girl - Contact 00:04 Clever girl I've been to Sunday school a few times - Contact 00:23 I've been to Sunday school a few times The powers that be have been very busy lately - Contact 00:30 The powers that be have been very busy lately I read your book - Contact 00:40 I read your book Arroway will be spending her precious telescope time listening for - Contact 00:11 Arroway will be spending her precious telescope time... This is Eleanor Arroway - Contact 00:42 This is Eleanor Arroway You ever heard of it - Contact 00:14 You ever heard of it Nice to smell you again - Contact 00:08 Nice to smell you again So what's more likely - Contact 00:18 So what's more likely Is this some test - Contact 01:05 Is this some test I work for a project called SETI - Contact 00:11 I work for a project called SETI Those are primes - Contact 00:08 Those are primes I didn't vote for you to go - Contact 00:17 I didn't vote for you to go Celestial event - Contact 00:42 Celestial event Who are we going to call now - Contact 00:08 Who are we going to call now Twenty million people died defeating that son of a bitch - Contact 00:19 Twenty million people died defeating that son of a bitch I'm not against technology - Contact 00:09 I'm not against technology So it turns out there's life on other planets - Contact 00:08 So it turns out there's life on other planets Did you love your father - Contact 00:15 Did you love your father And were permitted only one question to ask of them - Contact 00:23 And were permitted only one question to ask of them There are four hundred billion stars out there - Contact 00:33 There are four hundred billion stars out there What do you believe - Contact 00:25 What do you believe Why did you do it - Contact 00:41 Why did you do it What are we doing here - Contact 00:36 What are we doing here Your having sent this announcement all over the world may well constitute a breach of national security - Contact 00:19 Your having sent this announcement all over the world may... Is the world fundamentally a better place because of science and technology - Contact 00:18 Is the world fundamentally a better place because of science... Science fiction - Contact 00:59 Science fiction What are you studying up there - Contact 00:19 What are you studying up there I assume you read the confidential findings report from the investigating committee - Contact 00:42 I assume you read the confidential findings report from the... I wanna show you something - Contact 01:08 I wanna show you something I know you must think this is all very unfair - Contact 00:34 I know you must think this is all very unfair Mathematics is the only true universal language - Contact 00:05 Mathematics is the only true universal language Do you think there's people on other planets - Contact 00:42 Do you think there's people on other planets Seems like an awful waste of space - Contact 00:23 Seems like an awful waste of space You're an interesting species - Contact 00:35 You're an interesting species The simplest explanation tends to be the right one - Contact 00:48 The simplest explanation tends to be the right one Eleanor Ann Arroway - Contact 03:03 Eleanor Ann Arroway In the meantime - Contact 01:07 In the meantime How did you do it - Contact 00:55 How did you do it You're willing to give your life - Contact 00:52 You're willing to give your life You come to us with no evidence - Contact 04:16 You come to us with no evidence I'll tell you one thing about the universe - Contact 00:28 I'll tell you one thing about the universe Some celestial event - Contact 00:21 Some celestial event

Cast

Young Ellie - Jena Malone
Ted Arroway - David Morse
Eleanor Arroway - Jodie Foster