Contact

CONTACT dir. Rober Zemeckis, 1997. Cast: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Jena Malone, Geoffrey Blake, William Fichtner.

Format: Digital Projection. 2 hr 30 min. PG

Contact, based on the novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, is the story of a free-thinking radio astronomer (Jodie Foster) who discovers an intelligent signal broadcast from deep space. She and her fellow scientists are able to decipher the Message and discover detailed instructions for building a mysterious Machine. Will the Machine spell the end of our world, or the end of our superstitions? Will we take our place among the races of the Galaxy or are we just an upstart species with a long way to go?

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