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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
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... 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 You're not real - Contact 00:23 You're not real 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 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 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 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 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
Vernon (as SaMi Chester) - Sami Chester
Cantina Woman - Laura Elena Surillo
Palmer Joss - Matthew McConaughey
David Drumlin - Tom Skerritt
Minister - Henry Strozier
Willie - Max Martini
Larry King - Larry King
Ian Broderick - Thomas Garner
KOB-TV Reporter - Conroy Chino
Jeremy Roth - Dan Gifford
Michael Kitz - James Woods
Senator Valencia - Vance Valencia
Rachel Constantine - Angela Bassett
Donna Kelley (as Donna J. Kelley) - Donna Kelley
Leon Harris - Leon Harris
Claire Shipman - Claire Shipman
Middle Eastern Anchor - Behrooz Afrakhan
Japanese Anchor - Saemi Nakamura
Latina Anchor - Maria Celeste Arraras
Tabitha Soren - Tabitha Soren
Geraldo Rivera - Geraldo Rivera
British Anchor - Ian Whitcomb
Jay Leno - Jay Leno
Natalie Allen - Natalie Allen
Robert D. Novak - Robert D. Novak
Geraldine A. Ferraro - Geraldine A. Ferraro
Ann Druyan - Ann Druyan
Richard Rank - Rob Lowe
Joseph - Jake Busey
Kathleen Kennedy - Kathleen Kennedy
Decryption Hacker - Michael Albala
Decryption Expert - Ned Netterville
Major Domo - Leo Lee
S.R. Hadden - John Hurt
Chairman of Joint Chiefs - William Jordan
Joint Chief - David St. James
Jill Dougherty - Jill Dougherty
Drumlin Aide - Haynes Brooke
John Holliman - John Holliman
Bobbie Battista - Bobbie Battista
Dee Dee Myers - Dee Dee Myers
Bryant Gumbel - Bryant Gumbel
Linden Soles - Linden Soles
Major Russell - Steven Ford
Major Russell's Son (as Alex Zemeckis) - Alexander Zemeckis
Major Russell's Daughter - Janie Peterson
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 - Marc Macaulay
Voice of NASA - Pamela Wilsey
Mission Director - Tucker Smallwood
Mechnical (as Jeff Johnson) - Jeffery Thomas Johnson
Electrical - Yuji Okumoto
Dynamics - Gerry Griffin
Communications - Brian Alston
Pad Leader - Rob Elk
Security - Mark Thomason
Controller #8 - José Rey
New VLA Technician - Todd Patrick Breaugh
Russian Cosmonaut - Alex Veadov
Scientist - Alice Kushida
Project Official - Robin Gammell
Mission Doctor - Richardson Morse
Japanese Ensign - Seiji Okamura
Bernard Shaw - Bernard Shaw
Japanese Tech #1 - Mak Takano
Japanese Tech #2 (as Tom Tanaka) - Hiroshi Tom Tanaka
Life Support - Catherine Dao
Woman Senator - Valorie Armstrong
Reporter #5 - Jim Hild
Reporter #6 (as Bill Thomas) - William L. Thomas
School Boy - Diego Montoya
White House Official - Jonathan Adler
NASA Controller #2 - Robert Aguilar Jr.
Self - Voice Through Space (archive sound) - Neil Armstrong
Four-Star General - Mark Bailey
Senate Observer - Matt Bennett
Robert Hand - Tony Boldi
Scientist - Christopher Boyer
White House Official - Christine Brady
Press Reporter - Ray Buffer
Protester - Mark Byrne
Supporter - Candice T. Cain
President's Secretary - Aixa Clemente
Self (archive footage) - Bill Clinton
Ailing Believer - Derrick Damions
Philanthropy Bureaucrat - Elaina Erika Davis
Factory Worker - Joey Dente
IMC Police Officer - Michael Egan
Pedestrian - Pamela Fischer
Controller - Carl Gilliard
Self (archive footage) - Adolf Hitler
TV Interviewer - William B. Kaplan
Self - Voice Through Space (archive sound) - Martin Luther King
Astronaut - Boris Lee Krutonog
Pod Systems Control - Ming Lo
Puerto Rican Taxi Driver - Sunshine Logroño
Press Secretary - Denise Loveday
Self - Voice Through Space (archive sound) - Douglas MacArthur
Kitz's Aide - Neal Matarazzo
Self - Voice Through Space (archive sound) - Joseph McCarthy
Student Reporter at NASA - Cassidy McMillan
Family Exchange - Molly Mueller
Self - Voice Through Space (archive sound) - Richard Nixon
Ellie's Attorney - Paul L. Nolan
Oval Office Secretary - Marisa Petroro
Police Officer - Errica Poindexter
Senator - J.A. Preston
Ailing Believer - Frank Principe
Security Guard - Billy Quinn
Senate Hearing - Thomas Reid
Ailing Believer - Leo Rogstad
Self - Voice Through Space (archive sound) - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Photographer - Russell Sanderlin Sr.
Reporter #3 - Kelli Schloemer
Army Officer - Frank Silva
Senate Hearing Attendee - John A. Taylor
News Reporter - Todd Thompson
Reporter - Cenk Uygur
Religious Zealot - Holly Cross Vagley
Protester - Eric Alan Wendell
Believer #1 - Delaney Williams
Self - Voice Through Space (archive sound) - Walter Winchell