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Bo Berget
rated 5

nothing there, nothing here …

3 months ago
markwiggers
Mark Wiggers
rated 10

If you like Arrival and Interstellar, this is for you. One of my favorites.

4 weeks ago
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Cast & Crew

Robert Zemeckis
Director
Bill Clinton
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Hurt
As S. R. Hadden
Rob Lowe
As Richard Rank
James Woods
As Michael Kitz
Tom Skerritt
As David Drumlin
Jay Leno
As Jay Leno
Angela Bassett
As Rachel Constantine

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A team of scientists searching for signs of extraterrestrial life receive a mysterious signal from deep space. As they work to decode the message, they discover plans for a machine that could change humanity forever. But when their attempt to build it is compromised, one scientist must fight to keep her place in the project and uncover the truth about our place in the universe.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Contact include Unbreakable, Donnie Darko, Fire in the Sky, K-PAX, Signs, The 6th Day.

When was Contact released in theaters? Toggle content

Contact was released in theaters on July 11, 1997.