Two-time Oscar-winner Jodie Foster ("Panic Room") and Matthew McConaughey ("The Wedding Planner") star in this gripping story of a radio astronomer who 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 vies to fulfill her dream of becoming the first human being to make contact with alien beings. Co-starring Oscar-nominee and Emmy-winner James Woods ("Any Given Sunday," "True Crime"), Oscar-nominee John Hurt ("Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"), Emmy-winner Tom Skerritt (TV's "Picket Fences"), Oscar-nominee Angela Bassett ("How Stella Got Her Groove Back") and Rob Lowe (TV's "The West Wing"). Directed by Academy Award-winner Robert Zemeckis ("Cast Away," "What Lies Beneath"). Based on the novel by renowned author/physicist Carl Sagan.

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4.6 out of 5
22 Ratings

22 Ratings

10+ COMMON SENSE

Thoughtful adaptation of Sagan novel; violence, peril.

Information

Studio
Warner Bros.
Genre
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released
Copyright
© 1997 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.

Languages

Primary
German (Stereo, Dolby)
Additional

English (Stereo, Dolby)

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