film "Contact"

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drama film film science fiction film

The film "Contact" is a 1997 science fiction drama, based on Carl Sagan’s novel, that follows a scientist’s discovery of an extraterrestrial signal and the ensuing political, scientific, and spiritual conflicts over humanity’s first contact with alien intelligence.

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film "Contact" canonical 4
novel "Contact" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial Carl Sagan ⓘ
basedOn Contact (novel) ⓘ
boxOfficeWorldwideUSD ~171,000,000 ⓘ
castMember Angela Bassett ⓘ
David Morse ⓘ
Jake Busey ⓘ
James Woods ⓘ
Jena Malone ⓘ
Jodie Foster ⓘ
John Hurt ⓘ
John de Lancie ⓘ
Matthew McConaughey ⓘ
Rob Lowe ⓘ
Tom Skerritt ⓘ
William Fichtner ⓘ
cinematographyBy Don Burgess NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Robert Zemeckis ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion theatrical ⓘ
editedBy Arthur Schmidt NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation Arizona ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
genre drama ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
space exploration film ⓘ
hasAward Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound nomination

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama nomination (Jodie Foster)

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation ⓘ
surface form: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation nomination

Saturn Award for Best Actress win (Jodie Foster) ⓘ
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film (nominated) ⓘ
surface form: Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film nomination
mainCharacter Ellie Arroway ⓘ
surface form: Dr. Eleanor Arroway
MPAARating PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy Alan Silvestri ⓘ
narrativeLocation Hokkaido ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableVisualEffectsCompany Sony Pictures Imageworks ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Jodie Foster ⓘ
producer Lynda Obst ⓘ
Robert Zemeckis ⓘ
Steve Starkey ⓘ
productionCompany South Side Amusement Company ⓘ
Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1997-07-11 ⓘ
releaseYear 1997 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 150 ⓘ
screenwriter James V. Hart ⓘ
Michael Goldenberg ⓘ
setInPeriod late 20th century ⓘ
subject SETI ⓘ
extraterrestrial life ⓘ
first contact ⓘ
religion and science ⓘ

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Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope → featuredIn → film "Contact" ⓘ
subject surface form: Very Large Array
Very Large Array radio telescope (near Magdalena) → featuredIn → film "Contact" ⓘ
subject surface form: Very Large Array
Joss → appearsIn → film "Contact" ⓘ
subject surface form: Palmer Joss
Vega signal project → appearsIn → film "Contact" ⓘ
Contact → basedOn → film "Contact" ⓘ
this entity surface form: novel "Contact"