Movie Description Devoted astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway undertakes an emotional and spiritual journey after receiving the message she's waited for all her life--a mysterious signal beamed in from alien beings, who pass along instructions for building and piloting a craft that will presumably survive the passage from Earth to their home. While struggling to fund her mission, Arroway also struggles with her feelings about the nature of things, particularly after meeting a charismatic New Age believer who questions her disbelief in God. A deliberately-paced, meditative adaptation of the eponymous novel by Ann Druyan and "pop" astronomer Carl Sagan, who died during production.
| Credits | | Producer: | Ann Druyan, Carl Sagan, Joan Bradshaw, Lynda Obst, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey | | Cast: | Angela Bassett, Laura Elena Surillo, Max Martini, Thomas Garner |
Editorial Reviews "...Ambitious, relatively spiritual and displaying the characteristic Zemeckis craft..." USA Today - p.8D - Mike Clark
"...Technologically dazzling....CONTACT becomes the most visually intoxicating 'trip' movie ever made..." New York Times - p.C3 - Stephen Holden (07/11/1997)
"...Zemeckis has filled his movie with intriguing characters, played by good actors..." Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (07/11/1997)
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