Contact [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a South Side Amusement Company production, a Robert Zmeckis film ; screenplay by James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg ; produced by Robert Zemeckis and Steve Starkey ; directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Angela Bassett. Based on the story by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan. Originally released as a motion picture in 1997. Special features includes 3 feature-length commentaries on alternate audio tracks: Jodie Foster/Robert Zmeckis and Steve Starkey/Ken Ralston and Stephen Rosenbaum, computer animation concepts and tests, special effects designs, cast and crew bios, from novel to screen, creating a fantastic event, the message, construction the pod, alien encounters.
Summary:
After an astronomer discovers communication emanating from the star Vega, she leads an international team in deciphering it, and travels through space to contact the senders of the message.
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