Take a journey to the heart of the universe.
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.
Directed byRobert Zemeckis
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- July 11, 1997
- Budget
- $90,000,000
- Revenue
- $171,120,329
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Cast & crew
Jodie Foster
Ellie Arroway
Matthew McConaughey
Palmer Joss
James Woods
Michael Kitz
John Hurt
S. R. Hadden
Tom Skerritt
David Drumlin
William Fichtner
Kent
David Morse
Ted Arroway
Angela Bassett
Rachel Constantine
Geoffrey Blake
Fisher
Max Martini
Willie
- Directed by
- Robert Zemeckis
- Written by
- Michael Goldenberg
James V. Hart
- Produced by
- Steve Starkey
Robert Zemeckis
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