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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.
DramaScience FictionMysterybased on novel or booknasaextraterrestrial technologynew mexicoprime numberradio wavewormholefanaticspiritualityreligionscientistsabotage
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, epic and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
Who loves it, who doesn't
82 profiled raters. Loved most by The Sinceres; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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Cast
- Jodie FosterEllie Arroway
- Matthew McConaugheyPalmer Joss
- James WoodsMichael Kitz
- John HurtS. R. Hadden
- Tom SkerrittDavid Drumlin
- William FichtnerKent
- David MorseTed Arroway
- Angela BassettRachel Constantine
- Geoffrey BlakeFisher
- Max MartiniWillie
Crew
- Robert ZemeckisDirector
- James V. HartScreenplay
- Michael GoldenbergScreenplay
- Carl SaganNovel
- Don BurgessDirector of Photography
- Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
- Arthur SchmidtEditor
- Steve StarkeyProducer
- Robert ZemeckisProducer
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Pairings
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