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A young woman who firmly believes in extra terrestrial life, receives a message from outer space. Decoded the message reveals the instructions on how to build a transporter.

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ProducerLynda Obst, Ann Druyan, Joan Bradshaw, Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Carl Sagan

EAN7321900150415

eBay Product ID (ePID)3944216

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ActorRobert D. Novak, Sami Chester, Laura Elena Surillo, Dan Gifford, Jena Malone, Geraldine Ferraro, Vance Valencia, John Hurt, Angela Bassett, Tabitha Soren, Max Martini, Jay Leno, Donna J. Kelley, Tom Skerritt, Matthew McConaughey, Jodie Foster, Dee Dee Myers, Leon Harris, Rob Lowe, Claire Shipman, James Woods, Bobbie Battista, Michael Chaban, Geoffrey Blake, William Fichtner, Geraldo Rivera, Natalie Allen, Timothy Mcneil, Thomas Garner, Kathleen Kennedy, Henry Strozier, Larry King, Bernard Shaw, Bryant Gumbel, Conroy Chino

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DirectorRobert Zemeckis

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageArabic\English

Run Time144 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Wide Screen

Release Year1998

FormatDVD

FeaturesInteractive Menus\Production Notes\Scene Access\Trailers\Alternate Music Tracks\Special Featurette\Audio Commentary, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles

GenreSci-Fi & Fantasy, General

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Number of Discs1

CertificatePG

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

ComposerAlan Silvestri

Production DesignerEd Verreaux

Additional InformationDevoted 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. Academy Award Nomination: Best Sound.

ReviewsNew York Times - Technologically dazzling... CONTACT becomes the most visually intoxicating 'trip' movie ever made, USA Today - Ambitious, relatively spiritual and displaying the characteristic Zemeckis craft

ScreenwriterMichael Goldenberg, James V. Hart

AuthorAnn Druyan, Carl Sagan

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

EditorArthur Schmidt

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Director of PhotographyDon Burgess

Consumer AdviceContains mild language, sex and horror