Robert Zemeckis. (directed by) Writing Credits ( WGA) Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Music by Alan Silvestri. (music by) Cinematography by Don Burgess. director of photography Editing by Arthur Schmidt. (edited by) Casting By Victoria Burrows. (casting by) Production Design by Ed Verreaux Art Direction by Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis, based on the 1985 novel by Carl Sagan. Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film. It stars Jodie Foster as Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, a SETI scientist who finds evidence of extraterrestrial life and is chosen to make first contact.
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20 Play trailer 0:32 2 Videos 89 Photos Drama Mystery Sci-Fi Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine. Director Robert Zemeckis Writers James V. Hart Michael Goldenberg Carl Sagan Stars Jodie Foster Matthew McConaughey Tom Skerritt Tom Skerritt Alien, Top Gun, MASH Jena Malone The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, Donnie Darko William Fichtner The Dark Knight, Heat, Armageddon Geoffrey Blake Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Cast Away David Morrissey The Reaping, Nowhere Boy, Basic Instinct 2 Jake Busey Tom Skerritt David Drumlin William Fichtner Kent David Morse Ted Arroway Angela Bassett Rachel Constantine Geoffrey Blake Fisher Max Martini Willie Rob Lowe Richard Rank Jake Busey Joseph Tucker Smallwood Mission Director Jena Malone Young Ellie Sami Chester Vernon Timothy McNeil Davio Laura Elena Surillo Cantina Woman Henry Strozier Minister Alison C. Rosa Second Second Assistant Director Steve Starkey Second Unit Director Writers Carl Sagan Novel James V. Hart Screenplay Michael Goldenberg Screenplay Ann Druyan Story Actors & actresses
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Ellie Arroway Matthew McConaughey Palmer Joss James Woods Michael Kitz John Hurt S.R. Hadden Tom Skerritt David Drumlin William Fichtner Kent David Morse Michael Kitz J John Hurt S. R. Hadden T Tom Skerritt David Drumlin W William Fichtner Kent Clark D David Morse Ted Arroway A Angela Bassett Rachel Constantine G Geoffrey Blake Fisher M Max Martini. Contact: Trailer 1 View All Videos Contact Photos See all photos Movie Info In this Zemeckis-directed adaptation of the Carl Sagan novel, Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) races to interpret a. Ellie loses the prize to her boss, David Drumlin ( Tom Skerritt ), an opportunist who has taken credit for her pioneering work in SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). That she eventually ends up making the trip owes something to the actions of another true believer. Advertisement
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Ellie Arroway Matthew McConaughey Palmer Joss James Woods Michael Kitz John Hurt S. R. Hadden Tom Skerritt David Drumlin William Fichtner Kent David Morse That novel was published in 1985. Interestingly, Robert Zemeckis was offered the film in the early 1990s, but declined, favouring a thus-far unmade film about Harry Houdini instead. When George.
An oral history of Contact, the sci-fi movie that defied Hollywood norms and made it big anyway. By Rachel Handler, a features writer at Vulture and New York. "I think people were surprised by. Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) has long been interested in contact with faraway lands, a love fostered in her childhood by her father, Ted Arroway (David Morse), who dies when she was nine-years-old, leaving her an orphan.
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This conviction is complicated by the fact that she does not believe in God or the supernatural; perhaps her SETI is a displaced version of that childhood need. In Puerto Rico, she meets Palmer, a young man who does believe in God. They have a brief but tender and important love affair, and then, when the dubious Drumlin pulls the plug on her. Check out the official Contact (1997) trailer starring Jodie Foster! Let us know what you think in the comments below. Watch on FandangoNOW: https://www.fan.
