Contact
7.4/10
Rating
150 min
Runtime
1997
Release Year
Robert Zemeckis
Director
Cast
Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt
Quick Synopsis
In the film "Contact," a radio astronomer working at a deep-space observatory detects the first confirmed radio signal from an extraterrestrial source. As governments and scientists around the world rush to decode the message and determine how to respond, she faces challenging choices that test her personal beliefs, the pursuit of scientific truth, and her understanding of reality.
Detailed Synopsis of Contact
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
