Contact (1997)
Contact (1997)


Plot.
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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 / Co-Producer / Story

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)

Robert Zemeckis
Director / Producer

Michael Goldenberg
Screenplay

Alan Silvestri
Original Music Composer

Carl Sagan
Novel / Co-Producer / Story

Don Burgess
Director of Photography

Joanna Johnston
Costume Design

James V. Hart
Screenplay

Steve Starkey
Producer / Second Unit Director

Victoria Burrows
Casting

Arthur Schmidt
Editor

Stephen Kearney
Assistant Sound Editor

Peggy Names
Cableman

Janice Alexander
Hairstylist

Barbara Lacy
Makeup Artist

Karen Harding
Assistant Sound Editor

Sara Bolder
Foley Editor

Bruce Lacey
Foley Editor

Ira Toles
24 Frame Playback

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

Susan Popovic
Assistant Sound Editor

Mark Wineman
24 Frame Playback

David Dresher
Assistant Sound Editor

Chad Rivetti
Second Assistant Camera

Vivian McAteer
Hairstylist

Ned Martin
First Assistant Camera

Dennie Thorpe
Foley Artist

Tony Sereno
Foley Mixer

Tony Rivetti Sr.
First Assistant Camera

Hallie D'Amore
Key Makeup Artist

Alison C. Rosa
Second Second Assistant Director

Andrew Cowitt
Assistant Sound Editor

Mary Works
Assistant Sound Editor / Assistant Dialogue Editor

Mary Helen Leasman
Foley Editor

Douglas W. Smith
Electrician

Michael A. FauntLeRoy Sr.
First Assistant Camera

Gregor Lakner
CG Artist

Joel Aron
CG Artist

Aaron Smith
Rotoscoping Artist

John Rauh
Digital Compositor

Joanie Karnowski
Rotoscoping Artist

Mary Nelson
Roto Supervisor

Dawn Llewellyn
Visual Effects Editor

Sara Gardner-Gail
Set Dresser

Jeff Doran
Digital Compositor

Geoffrey Harvey
3D Animator

Lisa Kahatriya
Rotoscoping Artist

John P. Cazin
Pyrotechnician

Jean François Fontaine
Digital Compositor

Dylan Robinson
3D Animator

Ken Ralston
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

Stephen Kennedy
Compositing Supervisor

Spencer Knapp
3D Animator

Robert Weaver
CG Artist

Ron Brinkmann
CG Supervisor

Jerome Chen
CG Supervisor

David Stump
VFX Director of Photography

M. Scott McKee
Compositing Supervisor

Gimo Chanphianamvong
Rotoscoping Artist

Gary Archer
Prosthetics

John Wright
Craft Service

Kristen Pratt
Set Designer

Beth Bernstein
Art Department Coordinator

Brad Ricker
Assistant Art Director

Josh Lusby
Set Designer

Steve Boeddeker
Sound Effects Editor

Lawrence A. Hubbs
Art Direction

Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn
Sequence Supervisor

Sam Richards
Sequence Supervisor

Lauren Alexandra Ritchie
Visual Effects Supervisor

Gregory Lundsgaard
Steadicam Operator

Betty Brikowski
Costume Supervisor

Taryn Weaver
Set Costumer

Peggy Pridemore
Location Manager

Allen E. Taylor
Production Accountant / Production Controller

Jean-Luc Russier
Makeup Artist

Sally Thornton
Assistant Art Director

Audrey L. Anzures
Hairstylist

Carolyn Elias
Hairstylist

Jerrold F. Brooks
Construction Foreman

David Manhan
Leadman

Matt Aitken
CG Supervisor

Laurence Treweek
Sequence Supervisor

Michael McGovern
Visual Effects Editor

Paul Pav
Location Manager

Teresa Eckton
Sound Effects Editor

Michael Taylor
Set Decoration

Deborah La Mia Denaver
Makeup Artist

Scott E. Handt
Construction Foreman

Frank McEldowney
Greensman

Mariko Braswell
Set Designer

James F. Claytor Sr.
Set Designer

Dean Wolcott
Set Designer

Dennis Sands
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Marian Wilde
Sound Effects Editor

Mark S. Miller
Visual Effects Producer

Ariel Velasco-Shaw
Visual Effects Supervisor

Kosta Saric
Visual Effects Editor

Josh Bleibtreu
Camera Operator

François Duhamel
Still Photographer

Jeremiah O'Driscoll
First Assistant Editor

Jane E. Russell
Unit Publicist

Roxanna Floyd
Makeup Artist

Doug J. Meerdink
Assistant Art Director

Heather J. Morrison
Visual Effects Editor

Steven J. Winslow
Camera Technician

Joel Marrow
Transportation Coordinator

Luca Kouimelis
Script Supervisor

C. Marie Davis
Visual Effects Producer

Marzette Bonar
Special Effects

Hap Weaver
Greensman

Julia Frey
Visual Effects Producer

Stephen Rosenbaum
Visual Effects Supervisor

R. Orlando Duenas
First Assistant Editor

Carin-Anne Strohmaier
First Assistant Editor

Tom Johnson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David Presley
Video Assist Operator

Ed Verreaux
Production Design

Margaret E. Elliott
Makeup Artist

Rand R. Vargas
Rigging Grip

Michael Diersing
Construction Coordinator

Evelyne Barbier
Set Designer

Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Sound Designer

Bud Davis
Stunt Coordinator

Nick Phillips
Camera Operator

Pamela Wise
Costume Supervisor

Debbie Denise
Visual Effects Producer

Jay Redd
Sequence Supervisor

Kenneth Jones
Visual Effects Supervisor

Robert LaBonge
Camera Operator

Patricia Bercsi
Set Costumer

Kenn Smiley
Set Costumer

Steve Ellsworth
Set Costumer

Douglas Murray
Sound Effects Editor

Luz Eneida Nuñez
Location Manager

Tim Monich
Dialect Coach

Bruce Crone
Art Direction

Frances Mathias
Hairstylist

Easton Michael Smith
Set Designer

Michael Noles
Video Assist Operator

David Jones
Sequence Supervisor

Joe Matza
Visual Effects Supervisor

Kenneth Karman
Music Editor

Phil Benson
Supervising Sound Editor

Eric Cook
Special Effects Coordinator

Mark O'Kane
Steadicam Operator

Michael Douglas Middleton
Still Photographer

Joan Bradshaw
Executive Producer / Unit Production Manager

Lynda Obst
Executive Producer

Rick Porras
Associate Producer

Steven J. Boyd
Associate Producer

Allen Hall
Special Effects Supervisor

Kirk A. Holland
Transportation Captain

Thomas C. Mentzer
Carpenter

Michael Condro
First Assistant Camera

Wayne Eaton
Propmaker

Randy Cantor
Transportation Captain

John B. Josselyn
Art Department Assistant

Kathleen Beall
Location Scout

Kathryn Blondell
Key Hair Stylist

Michelle Vogler
Set Production Assistant

Victor Jimenez
Digital Effects Supervisor

Ines Mongil-Echandi
Production Office Coordinator

Rob Engle
Software Engineer

Dawn Guinta
Production Supervisor

David Morton
Gaffer

Dan Brizendine
Driver

Tim Alexander
Digital Compositors

Robert E. Denne
Standby Painter

Keith VanderLaan
Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Bill Feightner
Technical Supervisor

Scot Boland
Casting Associate

William Ross
Orchestrator

Mark Marcum
24 Frame Playback

Harry Keramidas
Additional Editing

Edward J. Ertel
Projection

Bob Putynkowski
Color Timer

Darcy Fray
Production Coordinator

Steve Smith
Key Grip

Randolph Saucedo
Sound Recordist

Dave Mikutsky
Electrician

Theresa Corrao
Visual Effects Coordinator

Martin A. Kline
Visual Effects Art Director

Jessica Fasman
Assistant Costume Designer

Jeff Johnson
Set Medic

David Diaz
Transportation Co-Captain

Jeff Deyoe
Mechanical Designer

Kent Brown
Assistant Sound Editor

Nannette Rosa Collazo
Unit Manager

Earl Sampson
Boom Operator

George Denes Suhayda
Conceptual Design

James Conroy
Grip

Kevin LaRosa
Aerial Coordinator

Jay Caputo
Stunts

Timothy Wilcox
3D Artist

Robin L. Miller
Property Master

Sue Fox
Supervising ADR Editor

Lindakay Brown
ADR Editor

Bruce Moriarty
First Assistant Director

Michael Silvers
Dialogue Editor

Barbara McBane
Dialogue Editor

Ewa Sztompke
Dialogue Editor

Darryl Henley
Storyboard Artist

Gerardo Rosette
Tailor

Tony Eckert
Foley Mixer

Mimi Medel
Visual Effects Production Manager

Nikki Dalmau
Casting Coordinator

Maura Alvarez
Rotoscoping Artist

Robert Cable
Second Assistant Accountant

Darin Rivetti
Second Second Assistant Director

Clifton T. Cooper
Assistant Property Master

Renton-Paul Medcalf
Best Boy Grip

Jana Lynn Gold
Assistant Editor

Cellin Gluck
Second Assistant Director

Richard Kriegler
Conceptual Illustrator

Doreen Austria
Graphic Designer

Frank D. Parrish
Second Assistant Camera

John Nicolard
Digital Color Timer

Bart Giovanetti
Compositing Supervisor

Charlie Clavadetscher
Matchmove Supervisor

Hope Slepak
Costumer

Clyde Miller
Assistant Camera

Craig A. Mumma
Digital Effects Producer

Robin Richesson
Costume Illustrator

Steve Burg
Concept Artist

Peter Jackson
Additional Visual Effects

Nina Saxon
Title Designer

Cheryl Nardi
First Assistant Sound Editor

Roland Blancaflor
Special Effects Technician

Michael L. Fink
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

Primrose Fukuchi
Location Assistant

Nick Booth
Production Assistant

Charleen Richards-Steeves
ADR Mixer

Judd Nissen
Travel Coordinator

Christopher Casey
Swing

Kevin Bowe
Assistant Accountant

Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
Temp Sound Editor

Charlie Bonilla
Special Effects Assistant

Kelly Granite
Visual Effects Compositor

Jeff 'Moose' Howery
Dolly Grip

Carley A. Berkman
Production Secretary

Judith Bouley
Additional Casting

Mo Henry
Negative Cutter

Carl Catanese
Set Buyer

Steven C. McGee
Chief Lighting Technician

J.W. Kompare
Visual Effects Editor

Kristin Dehnert
Assistant Location Manager

Nigel Boyd
Key Costumer

Catherine Harper
Foley Artist

William Cueto
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

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 LocationsArizona · Florida · New Mexico, 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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