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Overview
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Release Date:
11 July 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
Get ready to take a chance on something that just might end up being the most profoundly impactful moment for humanity, for the history... of history. more
Plot:
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of intelligent aliens, who send plans for a mysterious machine. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 8 wins
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16 nominations
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(39 articles)
Contact on Blu-Ray
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User Comments:
No film has moved me more than this one, ever
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jena Malone | ... | Young Ellie |
 | David Morse | ... | Ted Arroway |
 | Jodie Foster | ... | Eleanor Arroway |
 | Geoffrey Blake | ... | Fisher |
 | William Fichtner | ... | Kent |
 | Sami Chester | ... | Vernon (as SaMi Chester) |
| Timothy McNeil | ... | Davio |
| Laura Elena Surillo | ... | Cantina Woman |
 | Matthew McConaughey | ... | Palmer Joss |
 | Tom Skerritt | ... | David Drumlin |
| Henry Strozier | ... | Minister |
| Michael Chaban | ... | Hadden Suit |
 | Max Martini | ... | Willie (as Maximilian Martini) |
 | Larry King | ... | Himself |
 | Thomas Garner | ... | Ian Broderick |
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some intense action, mild language and a scene of sensuality.
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Runtime:
150 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG (certificate #35448) |
Iceland:12 |
Brazil:12 |
South Korea:12 |
New Zealand:M |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Belgium:KT |
Chile:TE |
Finland:K-12/9 |
Germany:12 (bw) |
Italy:T |
Netherlands:AL |
Norway:7 |
Peru:PT |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
UK:PG
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The vehicle in which Ellie Arroway travels through the wormhole system is a sphere surrounded by a dodecahedron, the fourth Platonic solid. This beautiful figure with twelve pentagonal faces was considered by some Greek philosophers to represent the structure of the Universe. It was favored by Carl Sagan, and appears many times in his TV science series "Cosmos" (1980).
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Plot holes: The suggestion that a man-made Earth-orbiting satellite could have been used to simulate a signal emanating from a star is absurd. A satellite within Earth's or the Sun's gravitational fields can not carry enough fuel to maintain a position in front of a distant star for more than a fraction of a second out of every several hours. And since the signal was tracked from several locations on Earth, the sky would have to be filled with hoax satellites to fool more than one listening station.
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Spoofed in "Family Guy: Da Boom (#2.3)" (1999)
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The Twilight Zone
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This, for me, is a masterpiece. I have enjoyed it more with each viewing.
Carl Sagan was a great man. He promoted science in the way it should be, portraying the profound mysteriousness of our universe with humility, and without dogma. In his book, the Demon-Haunted World, he quoted Einstein:
"All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have".
Contact conveys this simple message in a subtle yet immensely powerful way. The performances are some of the most compelling I have seen, particularly by Jodie Foster and David Morse.
Just magnificent.