Devoted astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway undertakes an emotional and spiritual journey after receiving the message she's waited for all her life--a mysterious signal beamed in from alien beings, who pass along instructions for building and piloting a craft that will presumably survive the passage from Earth to their home. While struggling to fund her mission, Arroway also struggles with her feelings about the nature of things, particularly after meeting a charismatic New Age believer who questions her disbelief in God. A deliberately-paced, meditative adaptation of the eponymous novel by Ann Druyan and "pop" astronomer Carl Sagan, who died during production.

Theatrical release: July 11, 1997.

CONTACT grossed more than $100 million at the domestic box office and more than $170 million worldwide.

DVD Features:

Region 1 Encoding
Snap Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - French
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Jodie Foster - Star
2. Robert Zemeckis - Director, Steve Starkey - Producer
3. Ken Ralston, Stephen Rosenbaum - Visual Effects
Behind the Scenes Footage - 1. Computer animation concepts and tests
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Art - 1. Special Effects Designs
Production Notes

Jodie Foster: American Actress/Director, NELL (1994)
Matthew McConaughey: American actor, SAHARA, FOOL'S GOLD
James Woods: American Actor
John Hurt: British Actor
Tom Skerritt: American actor
Angela Bassett: American actress, WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT
Rob Lowe: American actor, THE WEST WING
William Fichtner: Actor
Geoffrey Blake: Actor/"Ferngully"
Jena Malone: Actress
Sami Chester: 
Timothy McNeil: 
Laura Elena Surillo: 
Henry Strozier: 
Michael Chaban: 
Max Martini: 
Larry King: Talk show host
Thomas Garner: 
Conroy Chino: 
Dan Gifford: Investigative journalist/filmmaker, Actor
Vance Valencia: American Actor/"8 Mil..."

Robert Zemeckis: American Director/Screenwriter

Carl Sagan: 
Ann Druyan: 
Joan Bradshaw: 
Lynda Obst: Producer
Robert Zemeckis: American Director/Screenwriter
Steve Starkey: American Producer/ FORREST GUMP, CAST AWAY

James V. Hart: 
Michael Goldenberg: 

Alan Silvestri: Composer, VAN HELSING (2004)

Arthur Schmidt: Editor, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEA

"...Ambitious, relatively spiritual and displaying the characteristic Zemeckis craft..."
"...Technologically dazzling....CONTACT becomes the most visually intoxicating 'trip' movie ever made..."
"...Zemeckis has filled his movie with intriguing characters, played by good actors..."