Contact

Rating: 8/10 Drama Mystery Science Fiction

Release Year: 1997 Language: en

Overview

Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.

Cast Members

Jena Malone as Young Ellie David Morse as Ted Arroway Jodie Foster as Ellie Arroway Geoffrey Blake as Fisher William Fichtner as Kent Sami Chester as Vernon Timothy McNeil as Davio Laura Elena Surillo as Cantina Woman Matthew McConaughey as Palmer Joss Tom Skerritt as David Drumlin Henry Strozier as Minister Max Martini as Willie Larry King as Larry King Thomas Garner as Ian Broderick Conroy Chino as KOB-TV Reporter Dan Gifford as Jeremy Roth James Woods as Michael Kitz Vance Valencia as Senator Valencia Angela Bassett as Rachel Constantine Donna Kelley as Donna Kelley Leon Harris as Leon Harris Claire Shipman as Claire Shipman Behrooz Afrakhan as Middle Eastern Anchor Saemi Nakamura as Japanese Anchor Maria Celeste Arraras as Latina Anchor Tabitha Soren as Tabitha Soren Geraldo Rivera as Geraldo Rivera Ian Whitcomb as British Anchor Jay Leno as Jay Leno Natalie Allen as Natalie Allen Robert D. Novak as Robert D. Novak Geraldine A. Ferraro as Geraldine A. Ferraro Ann Druyan as Ann Druyan Rob Lowe as Richard Rank Jake Busey as Joseph Kathleen Kennedy as Kathleen Kennedy Michael Albala as Decryption Hacker Ned Netterville as Decryption Expert Leo Lee as Major Domo John Hurt as S. R. Hadden William Jordan as Chairman of Joint Chiefs David St. James as Joint Chief Jill Dougherty as Jill Dougherty Haynes Brooke as Drumlin Aide John Holliman as John Holliman Bobbie Battista as Bobbie Battista Dee Dee Myers as Dee Dee Myers Bryant Gumbel as Bryant Gumbel Linden Soles as Linden Soles Steven Ford as Major Russell Alexander Zemeckis as Major Russell's Son Janie Peterson as Major Russell's Daughter Philippe Bergeron as French Committee Member Jennifer Balgobin as Dr. Patel Anthony Hamilton as British Committee Member Rebecca T. Beucler as NASA Public Relations Marc Macaulay as NASA Technician Pamela Wilsey as Voice of NASA (voice) Tucker Smallwood as Mission Director Jeffery Thomas Johnson as Mechanical Yuji Okumoto as Electrical Gerry Griffin as Dynamics Brian Alston as Communications Rob Elk as Pad Leader Mark Thomason as Security José Rey as Controller #8 Todd Patrick Breaugh as New VLA Technician Alex Veadov as Russian Cosmonaut Alice Kushida as Scientist Robin Gammell as Project Official Richardson Morse as Mission Doctor Seiji Okamura as Japanese Ensign Bernard Shaw as Bernard Shaw Mak Takano as Japanese Tech #1 Hiroshi Tom Tanaka as Japanese Tech #2 Catherine Dao as Life Support Kristoffer Ryan Winters as Dynamics #2 Valorie Armstrong as Woman Senator Jim Hild as Reporter #5 William L. Thomas as Reporter #6 Diego Montoya as School Boy Jonathan Adler as White House Official (uncredited) Robert Aguilar Jr. as NASA Controller #2 (uncredited) Mark Bailey as Four-Star General (uncredited) Matt Bennett as Senate Observer (uncredited) Tony Boldi as Robert Hand (uncredited) Christopher Boyer as Scientist (uncredited) Christine Brady as White House Official (uncredited) Ray Buffer as Press Reporter (uncredited) Mark Byrne as Protester (uncredited) Candice T. Cain as Supporter (uncredited) Michael Chaban as Hadden Suit (uncredited) Aixa Clemente as President's Secretary (uncredited) Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Derrick Damions as Ailing Believer (uncredited) Elaina Erika Davis as Philanthropy Bureaucrat (uncredited) Joey Dente as Factory Worker (uncredited) Michael Egan as IMC Police Officer (uncredited) Jeff Elmore as Monk (uncredited) Pamela Fischer as Pedestrian (uncredited) Carl Gilliard as Controller (uncredited) William B. Kaplan as TV Interviewer (uncredited) Boris Lee Krutonog as Astronaut (uncredited) Ming Lo as Pod Systems Control (uncredited) Sunshine Logroño as Puerto Rican Taxi Driver (uncredited) Denise Loveday as Press Secretary (uncredited) Neal Matarazzo as Kitz's Aide (uncredited) Cassidy McMillan as Student Reporter at NASA (uncredited) Bill Miller as Reporter (uncredited) Molly Mueller as Family Exchange (uncredited) Paul L. Nolan as Ellie's Attorney (uncredited) Marisa Petroro as Oval Office Secretary (uncredited) Errica Poindexter as Police Officer (uncredited) J.A. Preston as Senator (uncredited) Frank Principe as Ailing Believer (uncredited) Billy Quinn as Security Guard (uncredited) Thomas Reid as Senate Hearing (uncredited) Leo Rogstad as Ailing Believer (uncredited) Russell Sanderlin Sr. as Photographer (uncredited) Frank Silva as Army Officer (uncredited) John A. Taylor as Senate Hearing Attendee (uncredited) Todd Thompson as News Reporter (uncredited) Cenk Uygur as Reporter (uncredited) Holly Cross Vagley as Religious Zealot (uncredited) Eric Alan Wendell as Protester (uncredited) Delaney Williams as Believer #1 (uncredited) Gregory L. Williams as Extra (uncredited)