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Director: Robert Zemeckis Run Time: 150 min. Format: 35mm Film Rating: PG Release Year: 1997
Starring: James Woods, Jodie Foster, John Hurt, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt
Screenwriters: James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg from the novel by Carl Sagan
Producers: Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis
Co-presented by the Griffith Observatory
Jodie Foster searches for extraterrestrial life in this cerebral and decidedly human tale of alien communication. In this Zemeckis-directed adaptation of the Carl Sagan novel, Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) races to interpret a possible message originating from the Vega star system. Once first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence is proven, Arroway contends with restrictive National Security Advisor Kitz (James Woods) and religious fanatics bent on containing the implications of such an event. An incredible message is found hidden in the signal, but will Arroway be the one to answer its call?
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