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Contact

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

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Year

Genre

drama, mystery, sci-fi

Box Office

$100,920,329

Production

South Side Amusement Company,Warner Bros. Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 14 wins & 32 nominations total

Homepage

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

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Young Ellie

Ted Arroway

Eleanor Arroway

Fisher

Kent

William Fichtner

Vernon (as SaMi Chester)

Davio

Cantina Woman

Laura Elena Surillo

Palmer Joss

Matthew McConaughey

David Drumlin

Minister

Willie

Larry King

Ian Broderick

KOB-TV Reporter

Jeremy Roth

Michael Kitz

Senator Valencia

Rachel Constantine

Donna Kelley (as Donna J. Kelley)

Leon Harris

Claire Shipman

Middle Eastern Anchor

Behrooz Afrakhan

Japanese Anchor

Latina Anchor

Maria Celeste Arraras

Tabitha Soren

Geraldo Rivera

British Anchor

Jay Leno

Natalie Allen

Robert D. Novak

Robert D. Novak

Geraldine A. Ferraro

Geraldine A. Ferraro

Ann Druyan

Richard Rank

Joseph

Kathleen Kennedy

Kathleen Kennedy

Decryption Hacker

Decryption Expert

Ned Netterville

Major Domo

S.R. Hadden

Chairman of Joint Chiefs

Joint Chief

David St. James

Jill Dougherty

Drumlin Aide

John Holliman

Bobbie Battista

Bobbie Battista

Dee Dee Myers

Bryant Gumbel

Linden Soles

Major Russell

Major Russell's Son (as Alex Zemeckis)

Alexander Zemeckis

Major Russell's Daughter

French Committee Member (as Phillip Bergeron)

Philippe Bergeron

Dr. Patel

Jennifer Balgobin

British Committee Member (as Anthony Fife Hamilton)

Anthony Hamilton

NASA Public Relations

Rebecca T. Beucler

NASA Technician

Voice of NASA

Mission Director

Tucker Smallwood

Mechnical (as Jeff Johnson)

Jeffery Thomas Johnson

Electrical

Dynamics

Communications

Pad Leader

Security

Controller #8

New VLA Technician

Todd Patrick Breaugh

Russian Cosmonaut

Scientist

Project Official

Mission Doctor

Richardson Morse

Japanese Ensign

Bernard Shaw

Japanese Tech #1

Japanese Tech #2 (as Tom Tanaka)

Hiroshi Tom Tanaka

Life Support

Dynamics #2

Kristoffer Ryan Winters

Woman Senator

Valorie Armstrong

Reporter #5

Reporter #6 (as Bill Thomas)

William L. Thomas

School Boy

White House Official

NASA Controller #2

Robert Aguilar Jr.

Self - Voice Through Space (archive sound)

Four-Star General

Senate Observer

Robert Hand

Scientist

Christopher Boyer

White House Official

Christine Brady

Press Reporter

Protester

Supporter

Candice T. Cain

President's Secretary

Self (archive footage)

Ailing Believer

Derrick Damions

Philanthropy Bureaucrat

Elaina Erika Davis

Factory Worker

IMC Police Officer

Monk

Pedestrian

Controller

Self (archive footage)

TV Interviewer

William B. Kaplan

Self - Voice Through Space (archive sound)

Martin Luther King

Astronaut

Boris Lee Krutonog

Pod Systems Control

Puerto Rican Taxi Driver

Sunshine LogroÃ±o

Press Secretary

Self - Voice Through Space (archive sound)

Douglas MacArthur

Kitz's Aide

Self - Voice Through Space (archive sound)

Joseph McCarthy

Student Reporter at NASA

Cassidy McMillan

Family Exchange

Self - Voice Through Space (archive sound)

Ellie's Attorney

Oval Office Secretary

Police Officer

Errica Poindexter

Senator

Ailing Believer

Security Guard

Senate Hearing

Ailing Believer

Self - Voice Through Space (archive sound)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Photographer

Russell Sanderlin Sr.

Reporter #3

Kelli Schloemer

Army Officer

Senate Hearing Attendee

News Reporter

Reporter

Religious Zealot

Holly Cross Vagley

Extra

Richard Allen Waite

Protester

Eric Alan Wendell

Believer #1

Delaney Williams

Extra

Gregory L. Williams

Self - Voice Through Space (archive sound)

Walter Winchell

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Some celestial event - Contact

Some celestial event

MAN 1: - Clearly, I've never been there, but... - Contact

MAN 1: - Clearly, I've never been there, but...

MAN 3: - Whether or not their president is a crook. - Contact

MAN 3: - Whether or not their president is a crook.

MAN 9: - The Communist party......or have you ever been a member of the Communist party? - Contact

MAN 9: - The Communist party......or have you ever been a...

MAN 14: And we continue this final edition of our Maxwell House Good News of 1939. - Contact

MAN 14: And we continue this final edition of our Maxwell...

GIRL CQ this is W 9 GFOCQ this is W 9 GFO here Come back - Contact

GIRL CQ this is W 9 GFOCQ this is W 9 GFO here Come back

CQ CQ this is W 9 GFO Is anybody out there - Contact

CQ CQ this is W 9 GFO Is anybody out there

ELLIE: Can we hear all the way to New York? - Contact

ELLIE: Can we hear all the way to New York?

Dad, could we talk to Mom? - Contact

Dad, could we talk to Mom?

I don't think even the biggest radio could reach that far. - Contact

I don't think even the biggest radio could reach that...

All right, no more stalling. - Contact

All right, no more stalling.

Oh, Ellie, that's a beauty. - Contact

Oh, Ellie, that's a beauty.

- Hey, Dad? - Contact

CQ, CQ. - Contact

I'm gonna need a bigger antenna - Contact

I'm gonna need a bigger antenna

MAN: What do you think, Doctor Arroway? - Contact

MAN: What do you think, Doctor Arroway?

Lt'll do. - Contact

Go back. - Contact

And Dr Arroway will be spending her precious telescope time listening for umListening forLittle green men - Contact

And Dr Arroway will be spending her precious telescope time...

One down, a couple billion to go. - Contact

One down, a couple billion to go.

What are you studying up thereThe usualYou know Nebulae quasars pulsars stuff like thatWhat are you What are you writingThe usual Nouns adverbs adjective here and there - Contact

What are you studying up thereThe usualYou know Nebulae...

I work on a project called SETISearch for Extraterrestrial IntelligenceWow Man that is out there - Contact

I work on a project called SETISearch for Extraterrestrial...

You better keep this. - Contact

You better keep this.

Will you have dinner with me tonight? - Contact

Will you have dinner with me tonight?

Ellie Still waiting for E T To callWell I understand we're having a little Good to see you tooAsshole - Contact

Ellie Still waiting for E T To callWell I understand...

Still waiting for E - Contact

Still waiting for E

What's wrong with science being practical Even profitableNothing as long as your motive is the search for truthWhich is exactly what the pursuit of science is - Contact

What's wrong with science being practical Even...

PALMER I'm not against technology doctorI'm against the men who deify it at the expense of human truth - Contact

PALMER I'm not against technology doctorI'm...

Kent, I've been meaning to have a word with you. - Contact

Kent, I've been meaning to have a word with you.

I think that hurt my chances with that interview. - Contact

I think that hurt my chances with that interview.

You could call me a man of the clothwithout the cloth - Contact

You could call me a man of the clothwithout the cloth

You know there are four hundred billion stars out therejust in our galaxy aloneIf only one out of a million of those had planetsall right and ifjust one out of a million of those had lifeand ifjust one out of a million of those had intelligent lifethere - Contact

You know there are four hundred billion stars out therejust...

PALMER: So I was lying there, just looking at the sky. - Contact

PALMER: So I was lying there, just looking at the sky.

I've been to Sunday school a few timesUh huh AndWell I just kept asking all these really annoying questions likeAll right then where did Mrs Cain come fromAnd pretty soon they called my dad and they asked himif he wouldn't mind just keeping me home from - Contact

I've been to Sunday school a few timesUh huh AndWell I...

That's gotta be tough. - Contact

That's gotta be tough.

What do you say......we pack a picnic tomorrow morning and hike up to old Mount Arecibo? - Contact

What do you say......we pack a picnic tomorrow morning and...

- Ellie, did I miss something? - Contact

- Ellie, did I miss something?

YOUNG ELLIE: Dad! - Contact

YOUNG ELLIE: Dad!

Dad, there's another one. - Contact

Dad, there's another one.

Dad. I'll get the medicine. - Contact

Dad. I'll get the medicine.

Ellie. I know it's hard to understand this now......but we aren't always meant to know why things happen the way they do. - Contact

Ellie. I know it's hard to understand this now......but...

YOUNG ELLIE: CQ......this is W-9 GFO. - Contact

YOUNG ELLIE: CQ......this is W-9 GFO.

This is W 9 GFO Do you copyDad this is Ellie Come backThis is Eleanor Arrowaytransmitting on 14 2 megahertzDadAre you thereCome backDadAre you thereDad this is Ellie - Contact

This is W 9 GFO Do you copyDad this is Ellie Come backThis...

This is Eleanor Arroway......transmitting on 14.2 megahertz. - Contact

This is Eleanor Arroway......transmitting on 14.2 megahertz.

Ellie. Hi, Kent. What are you doing up so early, huh? I was thinking......we'd make a pretty good te - Contact

Ellie. Hi, Kent. What are you doing up so early, huh? I was...

Hey, watch it. - Contact

And two probabilities One there is intelligent lifebut it's so far away you'll never contact it in your lifetimeAnd two You're making a decisionThere's nothing but noble gases and carbon compounds and you're wasting your timeIn the meantime you won't be - Contact

And two probabilities One there is intelligent lifebut...

Hey, Kent. - Contact

ELLIE: This is a unique time in our history, in the history of any civilization. - Contact

ELLIE: This is a unique time in our history, in the history...

We must confess that your proposal seems less like scienceand more like science fictionScience fictionYou're rightIt's crazyIn fact it's even worse than that NutsYou wanna hear something nuttyA couple guys wanted to build something called an airplaneYou - Contact

We must confess that your proposal seems less like...

You're right. - Contact

I'm sorry. - Contact

MAN: Oh! - Contact

Welcome back, Dr. - Contact

Welcome back, Dr.

Uh These are government owned telescopes they can lease to whomeverAnd they don't want the high priestess of the desert using them anymoreWhatStaring at static on TV for hours listening to washing machinesDid you really think these stories wouldn't get - Contact

Uh These are government owned telescopes they can lease to...

Fine. But I'm not stopping. If I have to go it alone, I'll go it alone. I've done it before. - Contact

Fine. But I'm not stopping. If I have to go it alone,...

Are you anti technology Are you anti sciencePALMER No not at allThe question that I'm asking is thisAre we happier as a human raceIs the world fundamentally a better place because of science and technologyWe shop at home we surf the Webbut at the same - Contact

Are you anti technology Are you anti sciencePALMER No not at...

Is the world fundamentally a better place because of science and technologyWe shop at home we surf the Webbut at the same time we feel emptierand more cut off from each other than at any other time in human history - Contact

Is the world fundamentally a better place because of science...

I think it's because we're looking for the meaning. - Contact

I think it's because we're looking for the...

Right ascension 18 hours 36 minutes 56 2 secondsDeclination plus 36 degrees 46 minutes56 2 secondsConfirmRight ascension 18 hours 36 minutes 56 2 secondsHey is anybody awake in there I'm moving the arrayConfirm Boss has a bogeyRight ascension 18 hours 36 - Contact

Right ascension 18 hours 36 minutes 56 2 secondsDeclination...

Talk to me, guys. - Contact

Talk to me, guys.

Hydrogen times pi - Contact

Hydrogen times pi

Listen to that. - Contact

Listen to that.

How's the spying tonight, guys? - Contact

How's the spying tonight, guys?

Come on. - Contact

Those are primesTwo three five seven those are all prime numbersThere's no way that's a natural phenomenon - Contact

Those are primesTwo three five seven those are all prime...

FISHER: Okay, 101. - Contact

FISHER: Okay, 101.

MAN 1: The rumors are flying, the implications extraordinary. - Contact

MAN 1: The rumors are flying, the implications...

Explain this to meIf the source of the signal is so sophisticated why the remedial mathExactly why don't they speak EnglishMaybe because 70 percent of the planet speaks other languages - Contact

Explain this to meIf the source of the signal is so...

Mathematics is the only truly universal language - Contact

Mathematics is the only truly universal language

Your having sent this all over the world may constitute a breach of national securityThis isn't a person to person callYou can't think that a civilization sending this would intend it just for AmericansI'm saying you might have consulted usThe contents - Contact

Your having sent this all over the world may constitute a...

What do you make of that, Fish? - Contact

What do you make of that, Fish?

ELLIE: It's just noise. - Contact

ELLIE: It's just noise.

Center that segment. - Contact

Center that segment.

What the hell...? - Contact

What the hell...?

All right, freeze. - Contact

All right, freeze.

Rotate 90 degrees counterclock... - Contact

Rotate 90 degrees counterclock...

Does anybody speak German? - Contact

Does anybody speak German?

Twenty million people died defeating that son of a bitchand he's our first ambassador to outer spaceActually The broadcast from the '36 Olympicswas the first television transmission that went into spaceThat they recorded it and sent it back is saying - Contact

Twenty million people died defeating that son of a bitchand...

Thank you, Rachel. - Contact

Thank you, Rachel.

So it turns out there's life on other planetsBoy this is really gonna change the Miss Universe contest - Contact

So it turns out there's life on other planetsBoy this...

That's right. - Contact

What...? Somebody broke in... Hello? Hey, listen, I don't know who you are, but you broke into the d - Contact

What...? Somebody broke in... Hello? Hey, listen, I...

MAN 1: You should feel fortunate. - Contact

MAN 1: You should feel fortunate.

MAN 2 Dr ArrowayI presumeMr HaddenI've had my eye on you a long time doctorI consider you one of my most valuable long term investmentsAnd when it comes to my investmentsI always do my homeworkEleanor Ann Arrowayborn 25th August 1964De Pere - Contact

MAN 2 Dr ArrowayI presumeMr HaddenI've had my eye on...

...I presume? - Contact

I know a good bet when I see one. - Contact

I know a good bet when I see one.

The powers that be have been very busy latelyfalling over each other to position themselves for the game of the millenniumMaybe I can help deal you back inI didn't realize that I was outNo maybe not outbut certainly being handed your hat - Contact

The powers that be have been very busy latelyfalling over...

Maybe I can help deal you back in. - Contact

Maybe I can help deal you back in.

I've had a long time to make enemies, doctor. - Contact

I've had a long time to make enemies, doctor.

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

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writer: James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg, Carl Sagan

Production: South Side Amusement Company,Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: drama, mystery, sci-fi

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

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