Movie · Sci-Fi · Drama

In this Zemeckis-directed adaptation of the Carl Sagan novel, Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) races to interpret a possible message originating from the Vega star system. Once first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence is proven, Arroway contends with restrictive National Security Advisor Kitz (James Woods) and religious fanatics bent on containing the implications of such an event. An incredible message is found hidden in the signal, but will Arroway be the one to answer its call?

1997 · 2h 30m
Director Robert Zemeckis

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In this Zemeckis-directed adaptation of the Carl Sagan novel, Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) races to interpret a possible message originating from the Vega star system. Once first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence is proven, Arroway contends with restrictive National Security Advisor Kitz (James Woods) and religious fanatics bent on containing the implications of such an event. An incredible message is found hidden in the signal, but will Arroway be the one to answer its call?

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Average 6.9
Reviews 67
Fresh 46
Rotten 21

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Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1997
Run Time
2 hr 30 min
Rated
น 13+
Region of Origin
United States
© 1997 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved

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Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Thai (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Arabic , Danish (Denmark) , Dutch (Netherlands) , Finnish (Finland) , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek (Greece) , Hebrew , Italian (Italy) , Norwegian (Norway) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Russian , Slovenian , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish (Sweden) , Thai , Turkish

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.