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Calorie Rating: 215
Released: 1997-07-11
Running Time: 153 Minutes
Budget: 90000000
Revenue 171120329
Homepage: https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/contact/
Studios: South Side Amusement Company, Warner Bros. Pictures,


A radio astronomer 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 must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.

Director / Directors

Alison C. Rosa
Second Second Assistant Director
Luca Kouimelis
Script Supervisor

Steve Starkey
Second Unit Director
Bruce Moriarty
First Assistant Director
Cellin Gluck
Second Assistant Director

Darin Rivetti
Second Second Assistant Director
Lucille OuYang
Second Assistant Director


Cast

Jodie Foster
Character: Ellie Arroway
Matthew McConaughey
Character: Palmer Joss
James Woods
Character: Michael Kitz

John Hurt
Character: S. R. Hadden
Tom Skerritt
Character: David Drumlin
William Fichtner
Character: Kent

David Morse
Character: Ted Arroway
Angela Bassett
Character: Rachel Constantine
Geoffrey Blake
Character: Fisher

Max Martini
Character: Willie
Rob Lowe
Character: Richard Rank
Jake Busey
Character: Joseph

Tucker Smallwood
Character: Mission Director
Jena Malone
Character: Young Ellie
Sami Chester
Character: Vernon

Timothy McNeil
Character: Davio
Laura Elena Surillo
Character: Cantina Woman
Henry Strozier
Character: Minister

Larry King
Character: Larry King
Thomas Garner
Character: Ian Broderick
Conroy Chino
Character: KOB-TV Reporter

Dan Gifford
Character: Jeremy Roth
Vance Valencia
Character: Senator Valencia
Donna Kelley
Character: Donna Kelley

Leon Harris
Character: Leon Harris
Claire Shipman
Character: Claire Shipman
Behrooz Afrakhan
Character: Middle Eastern Anchor

Saemi Nakamura
Character: Japanese Anchor
Maria Celeste Arraras
Character: Latina Anchor
Tabitha Soren
Character: Tabitha Soren

Geraldo Rivera
Character: Geraldo Rivera
Ian Whitcomb
Character: British Anchor
Jay Leno
Character: Jay Leno

Natalie Allen
Character: Natalie Allen
Robert D. Novak
Character: Robert D. Novak
Geraldine A. Ferraro
Character: Geraldine A. Ferraro

Ann Druyan
Character: Ann Druyan
Kathleen Kennedy
Character: Kathleen Kennedy
Michael Albala
Character: Decryption Hacker

Ned Netterville
Character: Decryption Expert
Leo Lee
Character: Major Domo
William Jordan
Character: Chairman of Joint Chiefs

David St. James
Character: Joint Chief
Jill Dougherty
Character: Jill Dougherty
Haynes Brooke
Character: Drumlin Aide

John Holliman
Character: John Holliman
Bobbie Battista
Character: Bobbie Battista
Dee Dee Myers
Character: Dee Dee Myers

Bryant Gumbel
Character: Bryant Gumbel
Linden Soles
Character: Linden Soles
Steven Ford
Character: Major Russell

Alexander Zemeckis
Character: Major Russell's Son
Janie Peterson
Character: Major Russell's Daughter
Philippe Bergeron
Character: French Committee Member

Jennifer Balgobin
Character: Dr. Patel
Anthony Hamilton
Character: British Committee Member
Rebecca T. Beucler
Character: NASA Public Relations

Marc Macaulay
Character: NASA Technician
Pamela Wilsey
Character: Voice of NASA (voice)
Jeffery Thomas Johnson
Character: Mechanical

Yuji Okumoto
Character: Electrical
Gerry Griffin
Character: Dynamics
Brian Alston
Character: Communications

Rob Elk
Character: Pad Leader
Mark Thomason
Character: Security
José Rey
Character: Controller #8

Todd Patrick Breaugh
Character: New VLA Technician
Alex Veadov
Character: Russian Cosmonaut
Alice Kushida
Character: Scientist

Robin Gammell
Character: Project Official
Richardson Morse
Character: Mission Doctor
Seiji Okamura
Character: Japanese Ensign

Bernard Shaw
Character: Bernard Shaw
Mak Takano
Character: Japanese Tech #1
Hiroshi Tom Tanaka
Character: Japanese Tech #2

Catherine Dao
Character: Life Support
Kristoffer Ryan Winters
Character: Dynamics #2
Valorie Armstrong
Character: Woman Senator

Jim Hild
Character: Reporter #5
William L. Thomas
Character: Reporter #6
Diego Montoya
Character: School Boy

Jonathan Adler
Character: White House Official (uncredited)
Robert Aguilar Jr.
Character: NASA Controller #2 (uncredited)
Mark Bailey
Character: Four-Star General (uncredited)

Matt Bennett
Character: Senate Observer (uncredited)
Tony Boldi
Character: Robert Hand (uncredited)
Christopher Boyer
Character: Scientist (uncredited)

Christine Brady
Character: White House Official (uncredited)
Ray Buffer
Character: Press Reporter (uncredited)
Mark Byrne
Character: Protester (uncredited)

Candice T. Cain
Character: Supporter (uncredited)
Michael Chaban
Character: Hadden Suit (uncredited)
Aixa Clemente
Character: President's Secretary (uncredited)

Bill Clinton
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Derrick Damions
Character: Ailing Believer (uncredited)
Elaina Erika Davis
Character: Philanthropy Bureaucrat (uncredited)

Joey Dente
Character: Factory Worker (uncredited)
Michael Egan
Character: IMC Police Officer (uncredited)
Jeff Elmore
Character: Monk (uncredited)

Pamela Fischer
Character: Pedestrian (uncredited)
Carl Gilliard
Character: Controller (uncredited)
William B. Kaplan
Character: TV Interviewer (uncredited)

Boris Lee Krutonog
Character: Astronaut (uncredited)
Ming Lo
Character: Pod Systems Control (uncredited)
Sunshine Logroño
Character: Puerto Rican Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Denise Loveday
Character: Press Secretary (uncredited)
Neal Matarazzo
Character: Kitz's Aide (uncredited)
Bill Miller
Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Molly Mueller
Character: Family Exchange (uncredited)
Paul L. Nolan
Character: Ellie's Attorney (uncredited)
Marisa Petroro
Character: Oval Office Secretary (uncredited)

Errica Poindexter
Character: Police Officer (uncredited)
J.A. Preston
Character: Senator (uncredited)
Frank Principe
Character: Ailing Believer (uncredited)

Billy Quinn
Character: Security Guard (uncredited)
Thomas Reid
Character: Senate Hearing (uncredited)
Leo Rogstad
Character: Ailing Believer (uncredited)

Russell Sanderlin Sr.
Character: Photographer (uncredited)
Frank Silva
Character: Army Officer (uncredited)
John A. Taylor
Character: Senate Hearing Attendee (uncredited)

Todd Thompson
Character: News Reporter (uncredited)
Cenk Uygur
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Holly Cross Vagley
Character: Religious Zealot (uncredited)

Eric Alan Wendell
Character: Protester (uncredited)
Delaney Williams
Character: Believer #1 (uncredited)
Gregory L. Williams
Character: Extra (uncredited)


Production and Crew

James V. Hart
Screenplay

Alan Silvestri
Original Music Composer
Don Burgess
Director of Photography


Joanna Johnston
Costume Design
Vivian McAteer
Hairstylist

Hallie D'Amore
Key Makeup Artist
Barbara Lacy
Makeup Artist
Gary Rizzo
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Andrew Cowitt
Assistant Sound Editor
David Dresher
Assistant Sound Editor
Karen Harding
Assistant Sound Editor

Stephen Kearney
Assistant Sound Editor
Susan Popovic
Assistant Sound Editor
Mary Works
Assistant Sound Editor

Peggy Names
Cableman
Dennie Thorpe
Foley Artist
Sara Bolder
Foley Editor

Bruce Lacey
Foley Editor
Tony Sereno
Foley Mixer

Ira Toles
24 Frame Playback
Mark Wineman
24 Frame Playback

Ned Martin
First Assistant Camera
Tony Rivetti Sr.
First Assistant Camera
Michael A. FauntLeRoy Sr.
First Assistant Camera

Chad Rivetti
Second Assistant Camera
John P. Cazin
Pyrotechnician

Spencer Knapp
3D Animator
Dylan Robinson
3D Animator
Geoffrey Harvey
3D Animator

Stephen Kennedy
Compositing Supervisor
M. Scott McKee
Compositing Supervisor
Joel Aron
CG Artist

Ron Brinkmann
CG Supervisor

Jerome Chen
CG Supervisor
John Rauh
Digital Compositor
Jeff Doran
Digital Compositor

Jean François Fontaine
Digital Compositor
David Stump
VFX Director of Photography
Gimo Chanphianamvong
Rotoscoping Artist

Joanie Karnowski
Rotoscoping Artist
Aaron Smith
Rotoscoping Artist
Lisa Kahatriya
Rotoscoping Artist

Mary Nelson
Roto Supervisor
Ken Ralston
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Dawn Llewellyn
Visual Effects Editor

Gary Archer
Prosthetics
John Wright
Craft Service
Ed Verreaux
Production Design

Bruce Crone
Art Direction
Lawrence A. Hubbs
Art Direction
Michael Taylor
Set Decoration

Frances Mathias
Hairstylist
Carolyn Elias
Hairstylist

Roxanna Floyd
Makeup Artist

Jean-Luc Russier
Makeup Artist
Beth Bernstein
Art Department Coordinator
Doug J. Meerdink
Assistant Art Director

Sally Thornton
Assistant Art Director
Brad Ricker
Assistant Art Director
Michael Diersing
Construction Coordinator

Scott E. Handt
Construction Foreman
Jerrold F. Brooks
Construction Foreman
Marzette Bonar
Special Effects

Hap Weaver
Greensman

Evelyne Barbier
Set Designer
Mariko Braswell
Set Designer

Josh Lusby
Set Designer
Kristen Pratt
Set Designer

Dean Wolcott
Set Designer
Phil Benson
Supervising Sound Editor
Steve Boeddeker
Sound Effects Editor

Teresa Eckton
Sound Effects Editor
Douglas Murray
Sound Effects Editor
Marian Wilde
Sound Effects Editor

Randy Thom
Sound Designer
Tom Johnson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Rizzo
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Dennis Sands
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Eric Cook
Special Effects Coordinator

Matt Aitken
CG Supervisor
C. Marie Davis
Visual Effects Producer
Debbie Denise
Visual Effects Producer

Julia Rivas Frey
Visual Effects Producer
Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn
Sequence Supervisor
David Jones
Sequence Supervisor

Mark S. Miller
Visual Effects Producer
Jay Redd
Sequence Supervisor
Sam Richards
Sequence Supervisor

Ariel Velasco-Shaw
Visual Effects Supervisor
Laurence Treweek
Sequence Supervisor
Kosta Saric
Visual Effects Editor

Stephen Rosenbaum
Visual Effects Supervisor
Lauren Alexandra Ritchie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Heather J. Morrison
Visual Effects Editor

Michael McGovern
Visual Effects Editor
Joe Matza
Visual Effects Supervisor
Kenneth Jones
Visual Effects Supervisor

Bud Davis
Stunt Coordinator
Josh Bleibtreu
Camera Operator
Robert LaBonge
Camera Operator

Nick Phillips
Camera Operator
Mark O'Kane
Steadicam Operator
Gregory Lundsgaard
Steadicam Operator

François Duhamel
Still Photographer
Michael Douglas Middleton
Still Photographer
Michael Noles
Video Assist Operator

David Presley
Video Assist Operator
Steven J. Winslow
Camera Technician
Rand R. Vargas
Rigging Grip

Betty Brikowski
Costume Supervisor
Pamela Wise
Costume Supervisor
Patricia Bercsi
Set Costumer

Steve Ellsworth
Set Costumer
Kenn Smiley
Set Costumer
Taryn Weaver
Set Costumer

R. Orlando Duenas
First Assistant Editor
Jeremiah O'Driscoll
First Assistant Editor
Carin-Anne Strohmaier
First Assistant Editor

Kenneth Karman
Music Editor
Joel Marrow
Transportation Coordinator
Luz Eneida Nuñez
Location Manager

Paul Pav
Location Manager
Peggy Pridemore
Location Manager
Jane E. Russell
Unit Publicist

Allen E. Taylor
Production Accountant
Tim Monich
Dialect Coach
Steven J. Boyd
Associate Producer

Joan Bradshaw
Executive Producer
Lynda Obst
Executive Producer
Rick Porras
Associate Producer

Carl Sagan
Co-Producer
Allen Hall
Special Effects Supervisor

Kirk A. Holland
Transportation Captain
John B. Josselyn
Art Department Assistant
George Denes Suhayda
Conceptual Design

Kathleen Beall
Location Scout
Robert E. Denne
Standby Painter
Michael Condro
First Assistant Camera

Steve Smith
Key Grip
Kevin LaRosa
Aerial Coordinator

Jessica Fasman
Assistant Costume Designer
Kathryn Blondell
Key Hair Stylist
Keith VanderLaan
Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Victor Jimenez
Digital Effects Supervisor

Allen E. Taylor
Production Controller
Ines Mongil-Echandi
Production Office Coordinator

Wayne Eaton
Propmaker
Jeff Johnson
Set Medic
Michelle Vogler
Set Production Assistant

Rob Engle
Software Engineer
Randolph Saucedo
Sound Recordist

Bill Feightner
Technical Supervisor
Randy Cantor
Transportation Captain

David Diaz
Transportation Co-Captain
Joan Bradshaw
Unit Production Manager
Bob Putynkowski
Color Timer

Dave Mikutsky
Electrician
Scot Boland
Casting Associate

Darcy Fray
Production Coordinator
Dawn Guinta
Production Supervisor
Earl Sampson
Boom Operator

Kent Brown
Assistant Sound Editor
William Ross
Orchestrator
William B. Kaplan
Production Sound Mixer

Mark Marcum
24 Frame Playback
Tim Alexander
Digital Compositors

Theresa Corrao
Visual Effects Coordinator
Martin A. Kline
Visual Effects Art Director
Harry Keramidas
Additional Editing

Jeff Deyoe
Mechanical Designer

Ann Druyan
Co-Producer
Barbara McBane
Dialogue Editor
Robin L. Miller
Property Master

Ewa Sztompke
Dialogue Editor
Michael Silvers
Dialogue Editor
Sue Fox
Supervising ADR Editor

Lindakay Brown
ADR Editor
Darryl Henley
Storyboard Artist
Robin Richesson
Costume Illustrator

Hope Slepak
Costumer
Nigel Boyd
Key Costumer

Clifton T. Cooper
Assistant Property Master
Steve Burg
Concept Artist
Richard Kriegler
Conceptual Illustrator

Doreen Austria
Graphic Designer

Nina Saxon
Title Designer
Mary Works
Assistant Dialogue Editor

Cheryl Nardi
First Assistant Sound Editor
Catherine Harper
Foley Artist
Tony Eckert
Foley Mixer

Charlie Bonilla
Special Effects Assistant
Roland Blancaflor
Special Effects Technician
Peter Jackson
Additional Visual Effects

Michael L. Fink
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Kelly Granite
Visual Effects Compositor
J.W. Kompare
Visual Effects Editor

Mimi Medel
Visual Effects Production Manager
Clyde Miller
Assistant Camera

Frank D. Parrish
Second Assistant Camera
Judith Bouley
Additional Casting

Nikki Dalmau
Casting Coordinator
Jana Lynn Gold
Assistant Editor
John Nicolard
Digital Color Timer

Mo Henry
Negative Cutter
Kristin Dehnert
Assistant Location Manager
Primrose Fukuchi
Location Assistant

Kevin Bowe
Assistant Accountant
William Cueto
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Steven C. McGee
Chief Lighting Technician

Bart Giovanetti
Compositing Supervisor
Craig A. Mumma
Digital Effects Producer
Charlie Clavadetscher
Matchmove Supervisor

Nick Booth
Production Assistant
Carley A. Berkman
Production Secretary
Maura Alvarez
Rotoscoping Artist

Robert Cable
Second Assistant Accountant
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
Temp Sound Editor
Judd Nissen
Travel Coordinator

Dan Plum
Stunts

Scott Levy
Sound Recordist