1997 Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
Jodie Foster Matthew McConaughey James Woods John Hurt Tom Skerritt William Fichtner David Morse Angela Bassett Geoffrey Blake Max Martini Rob Lowe Jake Busey Jena Malone Tucker Smallwood Sami Chester Henry Strozier Haynes Brooke Timothy McNeil Laura Elena Surillo Michael Chaban Larry King Thomas Garner Conroy Chino Dan Gifford Vance Valencia Donna Kelley Leon Harris Claire Shipman Behrooz Afrakhan Show All…
Nick Phillips Robert LaBonge David Morton Mark O'Kane Josh Bleibtreu Gregory Lundsgaard Clyde Miller James Conroy
Dean Wolcott Easton Michael Smith Michael Taylor Josh Lusby Kristen Pratt Evelyne Barbier Mariko Braswell James F. Claytor Sr. Sara Gardner-Gail
Debbie Denise Martin A. Kline Julia Frey Stephen Rosenbaum Kenneth Jones Ariel Velasco-Shaw C. Marie Davis Mark S. Miller Lauren Alexandra Ritchie Joe Matza
Tom Johnson Steve Boeddeker Dennie Thorpe Tony Eckert Catherine Harper Teresa Eckton Randy Thom William B. Kaplan Tony Sereno Gary Rizzo Phil Benson Douglas Murray Marian Wilde Dennis S. Sands Sue Fox Sara Bolder Mary Helen Leasman Bruce Lacey Randolph Saucedo
Joanna Johnston Pamela Wise Kenn Smiley Steve Ellsworth Betty Brikowski Patricia Bercsi Taryn Weaver
Keith VanderLaan Deborah La Mia Denaver Margaret E. Elliott Gary Archer Jean-Luc Russier Roxanna Floyd Barbara Lacy
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Haven't seen this in 15 years and the moment I realized the fanatical Christian terrorist was Jake Busey it felt like the earth shifted under my feet
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the director of 'Cure' and 'Pulse' has said that Robert Zemeckis is perhaps "the American film director who makes the most authentic films today." Not sure I would go that far, but this movie owns and was unfairly maligned when it first came out for its earnest, heart on the sleeve, humanist sentimentality. Sure, it's a little corny, but the ending of this movie is moving, beautiful and takes seriously the big ideas about faith, science, the existence of God and our place in the universe in a way most films are too scared to touch for fear of being square. Out of all the ideas in this film's secular theology, I appreciated the most the idea that…
Populist, relatively grounded, extremely self-impressed sci-fi, with lots of bluntly expository scenes where the characters articulate, often at great length, both the themes and the science. Actually more thrilling, not less, for its clumsy sentiment and gee-whiz philosophy. There's this infectious awe in the face of the universe's vastness and our species' relative preciousness, despite taking place mostly in offices, ramshackle labs, and courtrooms.
“We have the means, the understanding, the technology...to allow SPIDERS to talk with CATS!”
- Dr. Charlie Kelly
The sheer concept of “science fiction” automatically lends itself to unrealism. And yet, there are levels of “realistic” to which sci-fi films can be reasonably equated. This is not to say that only the most grounded scenarios can be considered realistic; just because something cannot be easily rationalized by our current state of technological advancement, does not, in my mind, deem it unrealistic. Rather, science fiction is meant to pose the question: if X piece of technology or scientific concept existed, how would humans react and how would it be incorporated into our society? This is the metric by which I judge…
Something about how this movie is both Arrival and Interstellar rolled up into one 20 years before either of the two were even made.
Contact is a drama about faith that Warner Bros. deceptively marketed as science fiction. It also promises us an alien and gives us Jodie Foster's dad instead. But Contact surprises as often as it disappoints.
Based on Carl Sagan's book, considered by many to be the best science-fiction novel ever written (primarily amongst those who don't read science fiction), Contact handles its fantastic material with a light touch that is scientifically persuasive.
Foster is a scientist who works with canyon-sized satellites to study radio transmissions from space in search of extraterrestrial life. Her contemporaries sneer at her chosen field, and she fights an up-hill battle keeping her stigmatised branch of research funded. After picking up an unusual pulse from the…
