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| The Players:
TOP | The Players | The Story | The Review Jodie Foster (Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway); Matthew McConaughey (Palmer Joss); James Woods (Michael Kitz); John Hurt (S.R. Hadden); Tom Skeritt (David Drumlin); William Fichtner (Kent Clark); David Morse (Ted Arroway); Angela Bassett (Rachel Constantine); Rob Lowe (Richard Rank) etc.
"I'm not against technology, doctor. I'm against the men who deify it at the expense of human truth." - Palmer to Ellie "I don't know, Sparks. But I guess I'd say if it is just us... seems like an awful waste of space." - Ted to daughter Ellie, when she asks if there's people on other planets? Behind The
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This story is based on the bestseller book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and noted astronomer Dr Carl Sagan. The film was shot in Arizona, Washington D.C and NASA’s Cape Caveral in Florida, besides Arecibo, Puerto Rico where the largest radio telescope exists and photography in Fiji and Newfoundland. The Very Large Array or VLA site, a field of 27 linked dish-shaped radio telescopes located in the desert of Socoro, New Mexico was also used. Many of the locations were recreated on soundstages in Los Angeles. Dr Sagan who is the executive co-producer served as a consultant until his death last year. His wife Ann Druyan also served as executive co-producer. Contact is directed by Academy Award-winner Robert Zemeckis whose credits include Back To The Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forest Gump, Death Becomes Her among others. The Story:
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Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) has been looking for answers all of
her life. As a young girl, she would leave her bed at night to sit at her
short-wave radio, seeking response from the galaxy. Following the death
of her only parent, father Ted, Ellie devoted herself to astronomy. In
college, she chose the search for intelligent extraterrestrial messages
as her discipline. Her ambition propelled her to the top of her class and
ignited a promising career. Ellie maintained an unswerving conviction that
there is something more in the universe. Then, one morning in the desert,
from the distant star Vega, a radio message comes to Earth and Ellie receives
it. As the countries of the world unite in an effort to decode the transmission
recorded, the planet faces the message with equal parts hope and fear,
for contained within it are blueprints for a machine of intergalactic travel
capable of transporting its passenger to deep space. It could mean the
dawning of an astounding new era , or certain doom. Amid the worldwide
tumult, Ellie becomes a lightning rod of controversy. Fighting for her
rightful place as leader of the scientific investigation, she turns to
her one potential ally among those wielding influence on the world stage:
Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey), a religious scholar and government
advisor. Years earlier, Ellie and Palmer had shared a relationship that
ended. Now, estranged by their divergent beliefs, but brought together
by their joint passion for understanding the message, the scientist and
the spiritual leader find themselves struggling with their renewed mutual
attraction. As the world wrestles with the questions raised by the message,
Ellie together with other world renowned experts vie to be selected as
the single representative who will leave the Earth to explore the galaxies,
seeking the unknown extraterrestrial source ( and becoming the first person
to make contact.
