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Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-07-11
- Runtime
- 150 min
- Genres
- Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- South Side Amusement Company, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jodie Foster as Ellie Arroway
- Matthew McConaughey as Palmer Joss
- James Woods as Michael Kitz
- John Hurt as S. R. Hadden
- Tom Skerritt as David Drumlin
- William Fichtner as Kent
- David Morse as Ted Arroway
- Angela Bassett as Rachel Constantine
- Geoffrey Blake as Fisher
- Max Martini as Willie
- Rob Lowe as Richard Rank
- Jake Busey as Joseph
Crew
- Robert Zemeckis - Director
- Michael Goldenberg - Screenplay
- James V. Hart - Screenplay
- Carl Sagan - Story
- Ann Druyan - Story
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