Contact

1997 · directed by Robert Zemeckis

Rating

71/100

Hit

no

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.

Contact (1997), directed by Robert Zemeckis, rates 71/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Jodie Foster
• Matthew McConaughey
• James Woods
• John Hurt
• Tom Skerritt
• William Fichtner
• David Morse
• Angela Bassett
• Geoffrey Blake
• Max Martini

Crew

• Don Burgess — Director of Photography
• Arthur Schmidt — Editor
• Alan Silvestri — Original Music Composer
• James V. Hart — Screenplay
• Michael Goldenberg — Screenplay

More from Robert Zemeckis

1. Forrest Gump (1994) — 91/100 · hit
2. Back to the Future (1985) — 90/100 · hit
3. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) — 82/100 · hit
4. Cast Away (2000) — 79/100
5. Flight (2012) — 73/100
6. The Walk (2015) — 73/100

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