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Contact / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a South Side Amusement Company production, a Robert Zmeckis film ; screenplay by James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg ; produced by Robert Zemeckis and Steve Starkey ; directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Bassett, Angela, (actor.). Druyan, Ann, 1949- (Added Author). Foster, Jodie, (actor.). Goldenberg, Michael, (screenwriter.). Hart, James V., (screenwriter.). Hurt, John, 1940- (actor.). McConaughey, Matthew, 1969- (actor.). Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Contact. (Added Author). Silvestri, Alan. (Added Author). Skerritt, Tom, (actor.). Starkey, Steve, (producer.). Woods, James, 1947- (actor.). Zemeckis, Robert, 1952- (producer,, director.). South Side Amusement Company. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), (production company.). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Angela Bassett. (Cast).

Summary:

After an astronomer discovers communication emanating from the star Vega, she leads an international team in deciphering it, and travels through space to contact the senders of the message.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (135 min.) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros., [2013]
  • Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the story by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan.
Originally released as a motion picture by Warner Bros., 1997.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Don Burgess ; production design, Ed Verreaux ; editor, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Alan Silvestri.
Participant or Performer Note:
Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Angela Bassett.
Target Audience Note:
CHV rating: PG.
MPAA rating: PG; for some intense action, mild language and a scene of sensuality.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
French language version also available.
System Details Note:
Content available as a streaming video.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed March 16, 2015).
Subject: Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996 > Film adaptations.
Astronomers > Drama.
Human-alien encounters > Drama.
Life on other planets > Drama.
Women astronomers > Drama.
Outer space > Drama.
Genre: Streaming video.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Science fiction films.


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