Contact Director: Robert Zemeckis Cast: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt
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- DVD Release Date: 12/30/1997
- Rating:
FOR PARENTS
- Common Sense Rates this for Ages: More
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Interactive menus; Production notes; Theatrical trailers; Scene access; Languages: English, Français; Subtitles: English, Français, Español
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1. Universal eye view [3:51]
2. Life out there? [3:36]
3. Listening for little green men [3:50]
4. Palmer Joss [2:32]
5. Science and the cloth [2:15]
6. Close...for a moment [4:50]
7. God's will? [4:20]
8. Pulling the plug [3:23]
9. The tiniest bit of vision [2:28]
10. Three months notice [2:35]
11. A signal [10:01]
12. Not a person-to-person call [3:22]
13. Message in German [2:22]
14. Presidential remarks [2:17]
15. A spokesperson's follow-up [3:35]
16. Feeding frenzy [3:18]
17. Late-night rendezvous [1:51]
18. Ellie in a nutshell [3:12]
19. Decoding the message [7:00]
20. A face in the crowd [1:41]
21. Requiring proof [2:27]
22. Who gets to go? [2:30]
23. The candidates [2:10]
24. Worth a human life [3:11]
25. A question of belief [5:22]
26. Day of the test [5:43]
27. Security breach [2:01]
28. Tragedy [2:45]
29. "Wanna take a ride?" [2:54]
30. Precautions [3:45]
31. Passenger aboard [4:58]
32. Okay to go [3:59]
33. Launch [4:42]
34. Indescribable [2:19]
35. Figures on a beach [3:29]
36. Small moves [2:58]
37. Unexplainable [1:44]
38. Kitz's agenda: a Hadden hoax [3:31]
39. Not alone [2:51]
40. Same goal [2:11]
41. An interesting fact [:47]
42. Precious grains; dedication [2:36]
43. End Credits [8:02]
Editorial Reviews
The search for life outside our solar system becomes a personal and spiritual quest for a young researcher. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) is a scientist who lost her faith in God after her parents died when she was a child. However, Ellie has learned to develop a different sort of faith in the seemingly unknowable: working with a group that monitors radio waves from space, Ellie hopes that some day she will receive a coherent message from another world that will prove that there is a world beyond our own. Ellie's hard work is rewarded when her team picks up a signal that does not appear to be of earthly origin. Ellie decodes the message, which turns out to be plans for a space craft, which she takes as an invitation for a meeting with the aliens. Ellie and her fellow researchers soon run into interference from a White House scientific advisor, David Drumlin (Tom Skerritt), who cuts off their funding and tries to take credit for their achievements. However, Ellie receives moral support from Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey), a spiritual teacher who advises President Clinton and tries to persuade her to accept the existence of a higher power, and financial backing from S.R. Hadden (John Hurt), a multi-millionaire willing to fund her attempts to contact the source of the message. Contact was based on a novel by Carl Sagan, who advised director Robert Zemeckis during the film's production until his death in 1996. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Why We Rated This Appropriate for Ages 10 and UP
What to watch out for
- Language:
Some strong language.
- Violence:
Character killed. Some tense moments.
- Messages
- Sex:
Mild.
- Consumerism:
Not an issue.
- Drugs:
Not an issue.
What Parents Need to Know
About Contact
Parents need to know that there is one episode of sabotage that results in violence, in addition to the one-night-stand (Ellie and Palmer shown in bed together), and some strong language.
Families Can Talk About
Families can talk about whether the reactions of the people in the movie to evidence of extra-terrestrial intelligence are what they would expect. Why do some people object so strongly to communicating with creatures outside our world? What do scientists think about God and what do theologians think of science? What is the role of government? What do they think of the way the extraterrestrials shaped their communications to reassure Ellie?
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