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Calorie Rating: 215
Released: 1997-07-11
MPAA Rating: PG
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

Bruce Moriarty
First Assistant Director
Steve Starkey
Second Unit Director
Darin Rivetti
Second Second Assistant Director

Cellin Gluck
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

Alan Silvestri
Original Music Composer

Don Burgess
Director of Photography
Joanna Johnston
Costume Design

James V. Hart
Screenplay

Stephen Kearney
Assistant Sound Editor
Peggy Names
Cableman

Barbara Lacy
Makeup Artist
Karen Harding
Assistant Sound Editor

Sara Bolder
Foley Editor
Bruce Lacey
Foley Editor
Ira Toles
24 Frame Playback

Gary Rizzo
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Susan Popovic
Assistant Sound Editor
Mark Wineman
24 Frame Playback

David Dresher
Assistant Sound Editor
Chad Rivetti
Second Assistant Camera
Vivian McAteer
Hairstylist

Ned Martin
First Assistant Camera
Dennie Thorpe
Foley Artist
Tony Sereno
Foley Mixer

Tony Rivetti Sr.
First Assistant Camera
Hallie D'Amore
Key Makeup Artist
Andrew Cowitt
Assistant Sound Editor

Mary Works
Assistant Sound Editor

Michael A. FauntLeRoy Sr.
First Assistant Camera
Joel Aron
CG Artist

Aaron Smith
Rotoscoping Artist
John Rauh
Digital Compositor
Joanie Karnowski
Rotoscoping Artist

Mary Nelson
Roto Supervisor
Dawn Llewellyn
Visual Effects Editor

Jeff Doran
Digital Compositor
Geoffrey Harvey
3D Animator
Lisa Kahatriya
Rotoscoping Artist

John P. Cazin
Pyrotechnician
Jean François Fontaine
Digital Compositor
Dylan Robinson
3D Animator

Ken Ralston
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Stephen Kennedy
Compositing Supervisor
Spencer Knapp
3D Animator

Ron Brinkmann
CG Supervisor
Jerome Chen
CG Supervisor

David Stump
VFX Director of Photography
M. Scott McKee
Compositing Supervisor
Gimo Chanphianamvong
Rotoscoping Artist

Gary Archer
Prosthetics
John Wright
Craft Service
Kristen Pratt
Set Designer

Beth Bernstein
Art Department Coordinator
Brad Ricker
Assistant Art Director
Josh Lusby
Set Designer

Steve Boeddeker
Sound Effects Editor
Lawrence A. Hubbs
Art Direction
Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn
Sequence Supervisor

Sam Richards
Sequence Supervisor
Lauren Alexandra Ritchie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Gregory Lundsgaard
Steadicam Operator

Betty Brikowski
Costume Supervisor
Taryn Weaver
Set Costumer
Peggy Pridemore
Location Manager

Allen E. Taylor
Production Accountant
Jean-Luc Russier
Makeup Artist
Sally Thornton
Assistant Art Director

Carolyn Elias
Hairstylist
Jerrold F. Brooks
Construction Foreman

Gary Rizzo
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Matt Aitken
CG Supervisor

Laurence Treweek
Sequence Supervisor
Michael McGovern
Visual Effects Editor
Paul Pav
Location Manager

Teresa Eckton
Sound Effects Editor
Michael Taylor
Set Decoration

Scott E. Handt
Construction Foreman
Mariko Braswell
Set Designer

Dean Wolcott
Set Designer
Dennis Sands
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Marian Wilde
Sound Effects Editor
Mark S. Miller
Visual Effects Producer
Ariel Velasco-Shaw
Visual Effects Supervisor

Kosta Saric
Visual Effects Editor
Josh Bleibtreu
Camera Operator
François Duhamel
Still Photographer

Jeremiah O'Driscoll
First Assistant Editor
Jane E. Russell
Unit Publicist
Roxanna Floyd
Makeup Artist

Doug J. Meerdink
Assistant Art Director
Heather J. Morrison
Visual Effects Editor
Steven J. Winslow
Camera Technician

Joel Marrow
Transportation Coordinator
C. Marie Davis
Visual Effects Producer
Marzette Bonar
Special Effects

Hap Weaver
Greensman
Julia Rivas Frey
Visual Effects Producer
Stephen Rosenbaum
Visual Effects Supervisor

R. Orlando Duenas
First Assistant Editor
Carin-Anne Strohmaier
First Assistant Editor
Tom Johnson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David Presley
Video Assist Operator
Ed Verreaux
Production Design

Rand R. Vargas
Rigging Grip
Michael Diersing
Construction Coordinator
Evelyne Barbier
Set Designer

Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bud Davis
Stunt Coordinator
Nick Phillips
Camera Operator

Pamela Wise
Costume Supervisor
Debbie Denise
Visual Effects Producer
Jay Redd
Sequence Supervisor

Kenneth Jones
Visual Effects Supervisor
Robert LaBonge
Camera Operator
Patricia Bercsi
Set Costumer

Kenn Smiley
Set Costumer
Steve Ellsworth
Set Costumer
Douglas Murray
Sound Effects Editor

Luz Eneida Nuñez
Location Manager
Tim Monich
Dialect Coach
Bruce Crone
Art Direction

Frances Mathias
Hairstylist
Michael Noles
Video Assist Operator

David Jones
Sequence Supervisor
Joe Matza
Visual Effects Supervisor
Kenneth Karman
Music Editor

Phil Benson
Supervising Sound Editor
Randy Thom
Sound Designer
Eric Cook
Special Effects Coordinator

Mark O'Kane
Steadicam Operator
Michael Douglas Middleton
Still Photographer
Joan Bradshaw
Executive Producer

Carl Sagan
Co-Producer
Lynda Obst
Executive Producer
Rick Porras
Associate Producer

Steven J. Boyd
Associate Producer
Allen Hall
Special Effects Supervisor

Kirk A. Holland
Transportation Captain
Michael Condro
First Assistant Camera

Wayne Eaton
Propmaker
Randy Cantor
Transportation Captain
John B. Josselyn
Art Department Assistant

Kathleen Beall
Location Scout
Kathryn Blondell
Key Hair Stylist
Michelle Vogler
Set Production Assistant

Victor Jimenez
Digital Effects Supervisor
Ines Mongil-Echandi
Production Office Coordinator
Rob Engle
Software Engineer

Dawn Guinta
Production Supervisor

William B. Kaplan
Production Sound Mixer
Tim Alexander
Digital Compositors
Robert E. Denne
Standby Painter

Keith VanderLaan
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Bill Feightner
Technical Supervisor
Joan Bradshaw
Unit Production Manager

Scot Boland
Casting Associate
William Ross
Orchestrator
Mark Marcum
24 Frame Playback

Harry Keramidas
Additional Editing
Bob Putynkowski
Color Timer

Darcy Fray
Production Coordinator
Steve Smith
Key Grip
Allen E. Taylor
Production Controller

Randolph Saucedo
Sound Recordist
Dave Mikutsky
Electrician
Theresa Corrao
Visual Effects Coordinator

Martin A. Kline
Visual Effects Art Director
Jessica Fasman
Assistant Costume Designer
Jeff Johnson
Set Medic

David Diaz
Transportation Co-Captain
Jeff Deyoe
Mechanical Designer
Kent Brown
Assistant Sound Editor

Earl Sampson
Boom Operator
George Denes Suhayda
Conceptual Design

Kevin LaRosa
Aerial Coordinator

Ann Druyan
Co-Producer

Robin L. Miller
Property Master
Sue Fox
Supervising ADR Editor

Lindakay Brown
ADR Editor
Michael Silvers
Dialogue Editor
Barbara McBane
Dialogue Editor

Ewa Sztompke
Dialogue Editor
Darryl Henley
Storyboard Artist

Tony Eckert
Foley Mixer
Mimi Medel
Visual Effects Production Manager
Nikki Dalmau
Casting Coordinator

Maura Alvarez
Rotoscoping Artist
Robert Cable
Second Assistant Accountant
Clifton T. Cooper
Assistant Property Master

Jana Lynn Gold
Assistant Editor
Richard Kriegler
Conceptual Illustrator

Doreen Austria
Graphic Designer
Frank D. Parrish
Second Assistant Camera
John Nicolard
Digital Color Timer

Bart Giovanetti
Compositing Supervisor
Charlie Clavadetscher
Matchmove Supervisor
Hope Slepak
Costumer

Clyde Miller
Assistant Camera
Craig A. Mumma
Digital Effects Producer
Robin Richesson
Costume Illustrator

Steve Burg
Concept Artist
Peter Jackson
Additional Visual Effects
Nina Saxon
Title Designer

Cheryl Nardi
First Assistant Sound Editor
Roland Blancaflor
Special Effects Technician
Mary Works
Assistant Dialogue Editor

Michael L. Fink
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Primrose Fukuchi
Location Assistant
Nick Booth
Production Assistant

Judd Nissen
Travel Coordinator

Kevin Bowe
Assistant Accountant
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
Temp Sound Editor
Charlie Bonilla
Special Effects Assistant

Kelly Granite
Visual Effects Compositor
Carley A. Berkman
Production Secretary

Judith Bouley
Additional Casting
Mo Henry
Negative Cutter

Steven C. McGee
Chief Lighting Technician
J.W. Kompare
Visual Effects Editor
Kristin Dehnert
Assistant Location Manager

Nigel Boyd
Key Costumer
Catherine Harper
Foley Artist
William Cueto
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Dan Plum
Stunts

Scott Levy
Sound Recordist