Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It is a film adaptation of Carl Sagan’s 1985 novel of the same name; Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film. Jodie Foster portrays the film’s protagonist, Dr. Eleanor “Ellie” Arroway, a SETI scientist who finds strong evidence of extraterrestrial life and is chosen to make first contact. The film also stars Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, John Hurt, Angela Bassett, Rob Lowe, Jake Busey and David Morse.
- Starring : Jodie Foster / Matthew McConaughey
- Genre : Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- Country : United States
- Language : English / Spanish / German / Russian
- Director : Robert Zemeckis
- Production : Warner Bros. / South Side Amusement Company
- Distributor : Warner Bros. / Warner Bros. Film / Warner Bros. Pictures / Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) / Umbrella Entertainment / Warner Bros Pictures / Argentina Video Home / Audio Visual Enterprises / CBS / FOX / MTV3 / Netflix / Sandrews / SubTV / Varus Video / Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland / Warner Home Video / Warner Home Vídeo
Contact movie
Contact release date
- July 11, 1997 : Canada
- July 11, 1997 : USA
- September 1, 1997 : France (Deauville Film Festival)
- September 13, 1997 : Japan
- September 17, 1997 : France
- September 19, 1997 : Switzerland (French speaking region)
- September 19, 1997 : Spain
- September 26, 1997 : UK
- September 26, 1997 : Ireland
- October 2, 1997 : Singapore
- October 3, 1997 : Switzerland (German speaking region)
- October 9, 1997 : Germany
- October 16, 1997 : Australia
- November 7, 1997 : Sweden
- July 13, 2015 : Spain (Barcelona) (re-release)
Contact cast
- Jena Malone as Young Ellie
- David Morse as Ted Arroway
- Jodie Foster as Eleanor Arroway
- Geoffrey Blake as Fisher
- William Fichtner as Kent
- Sami Chester as Vernon (as SaMi Chester)
- Timothy McNeil as Davio
- Laura Elena Surillo as Cantina Woman
- Matthew McConaughey as Palmer Joss
- Tom Skerritt as David Drumlin
- Henry Strozier as Minister
- Max Martini as Willie (as Maximilian Martini)
- Larry King as Larry King
- Thomas Garner as Ian Broderick
- Conroy Chino as KOB-TV Reporter
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan began working on the film in 1979. Together, they wrote a film treatment more than 100 pages long and set up Contact at Warner Bros. with Peter Guber and Lynda Obst as producers. When development stalled on the film, Sagan published Contact as a novel in 1985, and the film adaptation was rejuvenated in 1989. Roland Joffé and George Miller had planned to direct it, but Joffé dropped out in 1993, and Warner Bros. fired Miller in 1995. Robert Zemeckis was eventually hired to direct, and filming for Contact lasted from September 1996 to February 1997. Sony Pictures Imageworks handled most of the visual effects sequences.
The film was released on July 11, 1997. Contact grossed over $171 million worldwide. The film won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and received multiple awards and nominations at the Saturn Awards.
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