A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality. false 2018-09-27 23:06:59 Contact Robert Zemeckis Carl Sagan James V. Hart Michael Goldenberg Ann Druyan Carl Sagan James V. Hart Michael Goldenberg Ann Druyan plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=D7tGBg38rzc plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=_lSNilbANSo 7.431 1997 GB-PG tt0118884 686 1997-07-11 1997-07-11 68 150 Take a journey to the heart of the universe. United States of America Drama Science Fiction Mystery South Side Amusement Company Warner Bros. Pictures based on novel or book nasa extraterrestrial technology new mexico prime number radio wave wormhole fanatic spirituality religion scientist sabotage ham radio astronomy alien contact mechanical engineering observatory eccentric man radio telescope /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/library/de/de449c76e9e50407656f8c0c74d29cbd/poster.jpg /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/library/de/de449c76e9e50407656f8c0c74d29cbd/backdrop.jpg Jodie Foster Ellie Arroway Actor 0 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/J/Jodie Foster/folder.jpg Matthew McConaughey Palmer Joss Actor 1 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/M/Matthew McConaughey/folder.jpg James Woods Michael Kitz Actor 2 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/J/James Woods/folder.jpg John Hurt S. R. Hadden Actor 3 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/J/John Hurt/folder.jpg Tom Skerritt David Drumlin Actor 4 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/T/Tom Skerritt/folder.jpg William Fichtner Kent Actor 5 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/W/William Fichtner/folder.jpg David Morse Ted Arroway Actor 6 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/D/David Morse/folder.jpg Angela Bassett Rachel Constantine Actor 7 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/A/Angela Bassett/folder.jpg Geoffrey Blake Fisher Actor 8 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/G/Geoffrey Blake/folder.jpg Max Martini Willie Actor 9 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/M/Max Martini/folder.jpg Rob Lowe Richard Rank Actor 10 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/R/Rob Lowe/folder.jpg Jake Busey Joseph Actor 11 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/J/Jake Busey/folder.jpg Tucker Smallwood Mission Director Actor 12 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/T/Tucker Smallwood/folder.jpg Jena Malone Young Ellie Actor 13 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/J/Jena Malone/folder.jpg Sami Chester Vernon Actor 14 Steve Starkey Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/S/Steve Starkey/folder.jpg Robert Zemeckis Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/R/Robert Zemeckis/folder.jpg Steven J. Boyd Associate Producer Producer Joan Bradshaw Executive Producer Producer Lynda Obst Executive Producer Producer Rick Porras Associate Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/R/Rick Porras/folder.jpg Carl Sagan Co-Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/C/Carl Sagan/folder.jpg Ann Druyan Co-Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/A/Ann Druyan/folder.jpg tt0118884