Contact

Year

1997

Duration

143 minutes

Genres

Drama, Science Fiction and Fantasy

Language

English

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Based on a bestselling novel by noted astronomer Carl Sagan, Contact is an engrossing tale of space travel, faith and personal discovery. Since childhood, Ellie Arroway has been searching out extraterrestrial messages. Disregarding the scorn of the scientific community, she maintains an unswerving conviction that there is something more to the universe. And when that something finally arrives to prove that she was right all along, the world unites in an effort to decode the transmission and unlock the secrets that it holds.

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Robert Zemeckis

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This film contains mild sex and a couple of uses of mild bad language.

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Contact: Film Guide

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Arrival: Film Guide

Contact: Film Guide

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