Contact (1997)
Contact (1997)


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Cast & Crew.

Jodie Foster
Ellie Arroway

Matthew McConaughey
Palmer Joss

James Woods
Michael Kitz

John Hurt
S. R. Hadden

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

Larry King
Larry King

Thomas Garner
Ian Broderick

Conroy Chino
KOB-TV Reporter

Dan Gifford
Jeremy Roth

Vance Valencia
Senator Valencia

Donna Kelley
Donna Kelley

Leon Harris
Leon Harris

Claire Shipman
Claire Shipman

Behrooz Afrakhan
Middle Eastern Anchor

Saemi Nakamura
Japanese Anchor

Maria Celeste Arraras
Latina Anchor

Tabitha Soren
Tabitha Soren

Geraldo Rivera
Geraldo Rivera

Ian Whitcomb
British Anchor

Jay Leno
Jay Leno

Natalie Allen
Natalie Allen

Robert D. Novak
Robert D. Novak

Geraldine A. Ferraro
Geraldine A. Ferraro

Ann Druyan
Ann Druyan / Story / Co-Producer

Kathleen Kennedy
Kathleen Kennedy

Michael Albala
Decryption Hacker

Ned Netterville
Decryption Expert

Leo Lee
Major Domo

William Jordan
Chairman of Joint Chiefs

David St. James
Joint Chief

Jill Dougherty
Jill Dougherty

Haynes Brooke
Drumlin Aide

John Holliman
John Holliman

Bobbie Battista
Bobbie Battista

Dee Dee Myers
Dee Dee Myers

Bryant Gumbel
Bryant Gumbel

Linden Soles
Linden Soles

Steven Ford
Major Russell

Alexander Zemeckis
Major Russell's Son

Janie Peterson
Major Russell's Daughter

Philippe Bergeron
French Committee Member

Jennifer Balgobin
Dr. Patel

Anthony Hamilton
British Committee Member

Rebecca T. Beucler
NASA Public Relations

Marc Macaulay
NASA Technician

Pamela Wilsey
Voice of NASA (voice)

Jeffery Thomas Johnson
Mechanical

Yuji Okumoto
Electrical

Gerry Griffin
Dynamics

Brian Alston
Communications

Rob Elk
Pad Leader

Mark Thomason
Security

José Rey
Controller #8

Todd Patrick Breaugh
New VLA Technician

Alex Veadov
Russian Cosmonaut

Alice Kushida
Scientist

Robin Gammell
Project Official

Richardson Morse
Mission Doctor

Seiji Okamura
Japanese Ensign

Bernard Shaw
Bernard Shaw

Mak Takano
Japanese Tech #1

Hiroshi Tom Tanaka
Japanese Tech #2

Catherine Dao
Life Support

Kristoffer Ryan Winters
Dynamics #2

Valorie Armstrong
Woman Senator

Jim Hild
Reporter #5

William L. Thomas
Reporter #6

Diego Montoya
School Boy

Jonathan Adler
White House Official (uncredited)

Robert Aguilar Jr.
NASA Controller #2 (uncredited)

Mark Bailey
Four-Star General (uncredited)

Matt Bennett
Senate Observer (uncredited)

Tony Boldi
Robert Hand (uncredited)

Christopher Boyer
Scientist (uncredited)

Christine Brady
White House Official (uncredited)

Ray Buffer
Press Reporter (uncredited)

Mark Byrne
Protester (uncredited)

Candice T. Cain
Supporter (uncredited)

Michael Chaban
Hadden Suit (uncredited)

Aixa Clemente
President's Secretary (uncredited)

Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Derrick Damions
Ailing Believer (uncredited)

Elaina Erika Davis
Philanthropy Bureaucrat (uncredited)

Joey Dente
Factory Worker (uncredited)

Michael Egan
IMC Police Officer (uncredited) / Stand In

Jeff Elmore
Monk (uncredited)

Pamela Fischer
Pedestrian (uncredited)

Carl Gilliard
Controller (uncredited)

William B. Kaplan
TV Interviewer (uncredited) / Production Sound Mixer

Boris Lee Krutonog
Astronaut (uncredited)

Ming Lo
Pod Systems Control (uncredited)

Sunshine Logroño
Puerto Rican Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Denise Loveday
Press Secretary (uncredited)

Neal Matarazzo
Kitz's Aide (uncredited)

Bill Miller
Reporter (uncredited)

Molly Mueller
Family Exchange (uncredited)

Paul L. Nolan
Ellie's Attorney (uncredited)

Marisa Petroro
Oval Office Secretary (uncredited)

Errica Poindexter
Police Officer (uncredited)

J.A. Preston
Senator (uncredited)

Frank Principe
Ailing Believer (uncredited)

Billy Quinn
Security Guard (uncredited)

Thomas Reid
Senate Hearing (uncredited)

Leo Rogstad
Ailing Believer (uncredited)

Russell Sanderlin Sr.
Photographer (uncredited)

Frank Silva
Army Officer (uncredited)

John A. Taylor
Senate Hearing Attendee (uncredited)

Todd Thompson
News Reporter (uncredited)

Cenk Uygur
Reporter (uncredited)

Holly Cross Vagley
Religious Zealot (uncredited)

Eric Alan Wendell
Protester (uncredited)

Delaney Williams
Believer #1 (uncredited)

Gregory L. Williams
Extra (uncredited)

Arthur Schmidt
Editor

Robert Zemeckis
Director / Producer

Steve Starkey
Producer / Second Unit Director

Victoria Burrows
Casting

Alan Silvestri
Original Music Composer

Michael Goldenberg
Screenplay

Carl Sagan
Novel / Co-Producer / Story

Don Burgess
Director of Photography

James V. Hart
Screenplay

Joanna Johnston
Costume Design

Dennie Thorpe
Foley Artist

Tony Rivetti Sr.
First Assistant Camera

Hallie D'Amore
Key Makeup Artist

Alison C. Rosa
Second Second Assistant Director

Peggy Names
Cableman

Tony Sereno
Foley Mixer

David Dresher
Assistant Sound Editor

Michael A. FauntLeRoy Sr.
First Assistant Camera

Susan Popovic
Assistant Sound Editor

Mark Wineman
24 Frame Playback

Vivian McAteer
Hairstylist

Gary Rizzo
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Douglas W. Smith
Electrician

Stephen Kearney
Assistant Sound Editor

Bruce Lacey
Foley Editor

Janice Alexander
Hairstylist

Andrew Cowitt
Assistant Sound Editor

Mary Helen Leasman
Foley Editor

Ira Toles
24 Frame Playback

Karen Harding
Assistant Sound Editor

Mary Works
Assistant Sound Editor / Assistant Dialogue Editor

Barbara Lacy
Makeup Artist

Sara Bolder
Foley Editor

Ned Martin
First Assistant Camera

Chad Rivetti
Second Assistant Camera

David Stump
VFX Director of Photography

John Rauh
Digital Compositor

Sara Gardner-Gail
Set Dresser

Ron Brinkmann
CG Supervisor

Jean François Fontaine
Digital Compositor

Joel Aron
CG Artist

Jerome Chen
CG Supervisor

Dawn Llewellyn
Visual Effects Editor

Geoffrey Harvey
3D Animator

Joanie Karnowski
Rotoscoping Artist

Mary Nelson
Roto Supervisor

John P. Cazin
Pyrotechnician

Gregor Lakner
CG Artist

Aaron Smith
Rotoscoping Artist

Spencer Knapp
3D Animator

Stephen Kennedy
Compositing Supervisor

M. Scott McKee
Compositing Supervisor

Jeff Doran
Digital Compositor

Dylan Robinson
3D Animator

Gimo Chanphianamvong
Rotoscoping Artist

Ken Ralston
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

Robert Weaver
CG Artist

Lisa Kahatriya
Rotoscoping Artist

Gary Archer
Prosthetics

John Wright
Craft Service

Michael Diersing
Construction Coordinator

Carolyn Elias
Hairstylist

Deborah La Mia Denaver
Makeup Artist

Frances Mathias
Hairstylist

Paul Pav
Location Manager

Kenneth Jones
Visual Effects Supervisor

Taryn Weaver
Set Costumer

Michael Taylor
Set Decoration

Audrey L. Anzures
Hairstylist

Scott E. Handt
Construction Foreman

Jerrold F. Brooks
Construction Foreman

C. Marie Davis
Visual Effects Producer

Marzette Bonar
Special Effects

Hap Weaver
Greensman

Michael Douglas Middleton
Still Photographer

Jean-Luc Russier
Makeup Artist

Sally Thornton
Assistant Art Director

Frank McEldowney
Greensman

Kristen Pratt
Set Designer

Randy Thom
Sound Designer / Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Lauren Alexandra Ritchie
Visual Effects Supervisor

Joe Matza
Visual Effects Supervisor

Evelyne Barbier
Set Designer

Dennis Sands
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Julia Rivas Frey
Visual Effects Producer

David Presley
Video Assist Operator

Pamela Wise
Costume Supervisor

Roxanna Floyd
Makeup Artist

Beth Bernstein
Art Department Coordinator

Doug J. Meerdink
Assistant Art Director

Easton Michael Smith
Set Designer

Phil Benson
Supervising Sound Editor

Ariel Velasco-Shaw
Visual Effects Supervisor

Heather J. Morrison
Visual Effects Editor

Josh Bleibtreu
Camera Operator

François Duhamel
Still Photographer

Joel Marrow
Transportation Coordinator

Jane E. Russell
Unit Publicist

David Manhan
Leadman

Eric Cook
Special Effects Coordinator

Mark O'Kane
Steadicam Operator

Luz Eneida Nuñez
Location Manager

Tim Monich
Dialect Coach

Margaret E. Elliott
Makeup Artist

Teresa Eckton
Sound Effects Editor

Debbie Denise
Visual Effects Producer

Jay Redd
Sequence Supervisor

Betty Brikowski
Costume Supervisor

Patricia Bercsi
Set Costumer

Carin-Anne Strohmaier
First Assistant Editor

Ed Verreaux
Production Design

Josh Lusby
Set Designer

Steve Boeddeker
Sound Effects Editor

Marian Wilde
Sound Effects Editor

Robert LaBonge
Camera Operator

Rand R. Vargas
Rigging Grip

Kenn Smiley
Set Costumer

Lawrence A. Hubbs
Art Direction

Tom Johnson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David Jones
Sequence Supervisor

Michael Noles
Video Assist Operator

Steven J. Winslow
Camera Technician

Peggy Pridemore
Location Manager

James F. Claytor Sr.
Set Designer

Dean Wolcott
Set Designer

Douglas Murray
Sound Effects Editor

Matt Aitken
CG Supervisor

Michael McGovern
Visual Effects Editor

Nick Phillips
Camera Operator

Bruce Crone
Art Direction

Mariko Braswell
Set Designer

Stephen Rosenbaum
Visual Effects Supervisor

Luca Kouimelis
Script Supervisor

Mark S. Miller
Visual Effects Producer

Kosta Saric
Visual Effects Editor

Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn
Sequence Supervisor

Sam Richards
Sequence Supervisor

Laurence Treweek
Sequence Supervisor

Gregory Lundsgaard
Steadicam Operator

R. Orlando Duenas
First Assistant Editor

Kenneth Karman
Music Editor

Allen E. Taylor
Production Accountant / Production Controller

Brad Ricker
Assistant Art Director

Bud Davis
Stunt Coordinator

Steve Ellsworth
Set Costumer

Jeremiah O'Driscoll
First Assistant Editor

Joan Bradshaw
Executive Producer / Unit Production Manager

Steven J. Boyd
Associate Producer

Rick Porras
Associate Producer

Lynda Obst
Executive Producer

Allen Hall
Special Effects Supervisor

Kirk A. Holland
Transportation Captain

Jessica Fasman
Assistant Costume Designer

Randy Cantor
Transportation Captain

Ines Mongil-Echandi
Production Office Coordinator

Edward J. Ertel
Projection

Rob Engle
Software Engineer

Jay Caputo
Stunts

Steve Smith
Key Grip

Keith VanderLaan
Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Kevin LaRosa
Aerial Coordinator

Kathleen Beall
Location Scout

Kathryn Blondell
Key Hair Stylist

Jeff Johnson
Set Medic

David Diaz
Transportation Co-Captain

Michael Condro
First Assistant Camera

Wayne Eaton
Propmaker

John B. Josselyn
Art Department Assistant

Bill Feightner
Technical Supervisor

George Denes Suhayda
Conceptual Design

James Conroy
Grip

Thomas C. Mentzer
Carpenter

Dan Brizendine
Driver

Randolph Saucedo
Sound Recordist

Robert E. Denne
Standby Painter

Victor Jimenez
Digital Effects Supervisor

Michelle Vogler
Set Production Assistant

Darcy Fray
Production Coordinator

Martin A. Kline
Visual Effects Art Director

Dave Mikutsky
Electrician

Dawn Guinta
Production Supervisor

Mark Marcum
24 Frame Playback

Tim Alexander
Digital Compositors

Harry Keramidas
Additional Editing

William Ross
Orchestrator

Kent Brown
Assistant Sound Editor

Jeff Deyoe
Mechanical Designer

Nannette Rosa Collazo
Unit Manager

David Morton
Gaffer

Earl Sampson
Boom Operator

Bob Putynkowski
Color Timer

Theresa Corrao
Visual Effects Coordinator

Scot Boland
Casting Associate

Timothy Wilcox
3D Artist

Michael Silvers
Dialogue Editor

Robin L. Miller
Property Master

Ewa Sztompke
Dialogue Editor

Barbara McBane
Dialogue Editor

Lindakay Brown
ADR Editor

Bruce Moriarty
First Assistant Director

Sue Fox
Supervising ADR Editor

Darryl Henley
Storyboard Artist

Hope Slepak
Costumer

Catherine Harper
Foley Artist

Nigel Boyd
Key Costumer

Darin Rivetti
Second Second Assistant Director

Clifton T. Cooper
Assistant Property Master

Carl Catanese
Set Buyer

Gerardo Rosette
Tailor

Christopher Casey
Swing

Charleen Richards-Steeves
ADR Mixer

Tony Eckert
Foley Mixer

Richard Kriegler
Conceptual Illustrator

Nina Saxon
Title Designer

Cellin Gluck
Second Assistant Director

Cheryl Nardi
First Assistant Sound Editor

Robin Richesson
Costume Illustrator

Steve Burg
Concept Artist

Doreen Austria
Graphic Designer

William Cueto
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Charlie Bonilla
Special Effects Assistant

Renton-Paul Medcalf
Best Boy Grip

Mimi Medel
Visual Effects Production Manager

Clyde Miller
Assistant Camera

Maura Alvarez
Rotoscoping Artist

Charlie Clavadetscher
Matchmove Supervisor

Nick Booth
Production Assistant

Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
Temp Sound Editor

Kevin Bowe
Assistant Accountant

Robert Cable
Second Assistant Accountant

Peter Jackson
Additional Visual Effects

Michael L. Fink
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

Primrose Fukuchi
Location Assistant

Frank D. Parrish
Second Assistant Camera

John Nicolard
Digital Color Timer

Bart Giovanetti
Compositing Supervisor

Kelly Granite
Visual Effects Compositor

Jeff 'Moose' Howery
Dolly Grip

Nikki Dalmau
Casting Coordinator

J.W. Kompare
Visual Effects Editor

Jana Lynn Gold
Assistant Editor

Craig A. Mumma
Digital Effects Producer

Judd Nissen
Travel Coordinator

Kristin Dehnert
Assistant Location Manager

Roland Blancaflor
Special Effects Technician

Steven C. McGee
Chief Lighting Technician

Judith Bouley
Additional Casting

Mo Henry
Negative Cutter

Carley A. Berkman
Production Secretary

Lucille OuYang
Second Assistant Director
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Details.
Release DateJuly 11, 1997
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 30m
Content RatingPG
Budget$90,000,000
Box Office$171,120,329
Filming LocationsNew Mexico · Arizona · Florida, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film in Panavision co-produced and directed by Robert Zemeckis, based on the 1985 novel by Carl Sagan. 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. Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, John Hurt, Angela Bassett, Rob Lowe, Jake Busey, and David Morse co-star. It features the Very Large Array in New Mexico, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, the Mir space station, and the Space Coast surrounding Cape Canaveral.
Sagan and his wife, Ann Druyan, began working on Contact in 1979. They wrote a film treatment and set up the project at Warner Bros. with Peter Guber and Lynda Obst as producers. When development stalled, Sagan published Contact as a novel in 1985, and the film reentered development in 1989. Roland Joffé and George Miller planned to direct, but Joffé dropped out in 1993, and Warner Bros. fired Miller in 1995. With Zemeckis as director, filming ran from September 1996 to February 1997. Sony Pictures Imageworks handled the visual and special effects. Sagan died before the film was completed.
Contact was released on July 11, 1997, and received positive reviews, winning the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and two Saturn Awards. It grossed over $171 million worldwide.
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