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Director:Robert Zemeckis
Overview:
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.
Release:
1997 / 07 / 11
Rating:
7.421
Genres & Subgenres:
Drama
Sci-Fi
Mystery
Tags:
Jodie Foster
as
Ellie Arroway
Matthew McConaughey
as
Palmer Joss
James Woods
as
Michael Kitz
John Hurt
as
S. R. Hadden
Tom Skerritt
as
David Drumlin
William Fichtner
as
Kent
David Morse
as
Ted Arroway
Angela Bassett
as
Rachel Constantine
Max Martini
as
Willie
Rob Lowe
as
Richard Rank
Jake Busey
as
Joseph
Tucker Smallwood
as
Mission Director
Jena Malone
as
Young Ellie
Larry King
as
Larry King
Saemi Nakamura
as
Japanese Anchor
Jay Leno
as
Jay Leno
Michael Albala
as
Decryption Hacker
Leo Lee
as
Major Domo
Steven Ford
as
Major Russell
Marc Macaulay
as
NASA Technician
Alex Veadov
as
Russian Cosmonaut
Robin Gammell
as
Project Official
Bill Clinton
as
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Neal Matarazzo
as
Kitz's Aide (uncredited)
Marisa Petroro
as
Oval Office Secretary (uncredited)
Delaney Williams
as
Believer #1 (uncredited)