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Contact (1997)

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 8:15 pm
by ASN
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DetailsContact (1997)
RATING7.5/10 from 260k Votes
GENREDrama, Mystery, SciFi
DirectorRobert Zemeckis
WriterJames V Hart
ActorsJodie Foster , Matthew McConaughey , Tom Skerritt , John Hurt , Jena Malone , David Morse , Geoffrey Blake , William Fichtner , Sami Chester , Timothy McNeil , Laura Elena Surillo , Henry Strozier , Max Martini , Larry King , Thomas Garner
PLOTDr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.
More DetailsMPAA Rating : PG
Country of Origin: USA
Language: English, Spanish, German, Russian
More Info : IMDb Link
Subtitles : YIFYsubtitles , OpenSubtitles

Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway has long been interested in contact to faraway lands, a love fostered in her childhood by her father, Ted Arroway (David Morse), who died when she was nine-years-old, leaving her orphaned. Her current work in monitoring for extraterrestrial life is based on that love and is in part an homage to her father. Ever since funding from the National Science Foundation (N.S.F.) was pulled on her work, which is referred to some, including her N.S.F. superior David Drumlin (Tom Skerritt), as more science fiction than science, Ellie, with a few of her rogue scientist colleagues, have looked for funding from where ever they could get it to continue their work. When Ellie and her colleagues hear chatter originating from the vicinity of the star Vega, Ellie feels vindicated. But that vindication is short lived when others, including politicians, the military, religious leaders, and other scientists, such as Drumlin, try to take over her work. When the messages received from space are decoded, the project takes on a whole new dimension, which strengthens for Ellie the quest for the truth. Thrown into the mix are the unknown person who has up until now funded most of Ellie's work and what his motivations are, and Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey), a renowned author and theologian, who despite their fundamental differences in outlook, is mutually attracted to Ellie, that attraction based in part on intellect and their common goal of wanting to know the truth.

[IMDb Code] : tt0118884 0118884

[Genres] : GenreDrama, GenreMystery, GenreSciFi

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Re: Contact (1997)

PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 3:15 pm
by Kosovali41
Thanks

Contact 1997

PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:46 pm
by Warnerslali
I tried to ask this on the C2C boards before the final collapse a couple weeks ago and it got lost in teh shuffle.

In the book Contact do they ever explain why they couldnt just send someone through the machine again?

It works for the movie as a movie ending, but I was just wondering if the book ever gave a reason.