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    Contact (1997)

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    Astronomer and research specialist Dr Eleanor Arroway (Jodie Foster) firmly believes in extraterrestrial life. So when she receives a message from extraterrestrials explaining how humble humans can build a spacecraft and go to meet them, she wants to be the first to make “contact”.

    Matthew McConaughey plays the religious adviser battling for her soul, while Tom Skerritt and James Woods portray sceptical presidential aides.

    The digital effects are stunning and director Robert Zemeckis is at home with the action sequences and the climactic scene of Foster’s pod journey features one of the most transcendent performances in all of cinema.

    A rather over-zealous take on new age spirituality mars this otherwise impressive adaptation of Carl Sagan’s bestselling novel.

    Dr Eleanor ‘Ellie’ Arroway
    Jodie Foster
    Palmer Joss
    Matthew McConaughey
    Dr David Drumlin
    Tom Skerritt
    Rachel Constantine
    Angela Bassett
    SR Hadden
    John Hurt
    Theodore ‘Ted’ Arroway
    David Morse
    Richard Rank
    Rob Lowe
    Kent
    William Fichtner
    Michael Kitz
    James Woods
    Larry King
    Himself
    Jay Leno
    Himself
    Joseph
    Jake Busey

    Director
    Robert Zemeckis

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