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Contact / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a South Side Amusement Company production, a Robert Zemeckis film ; screenplay by James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg ; produced by Robert Zemeckis and Steve Starkey ; directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Zemeckis, Robert, 1952- (Added Author). Starkey, Steve. (Added Author). Hart, James V. (Added Author). Goldenberg, Michael. (Added Author). Foster, Jodie. (Added Author). McConaughey, Matthew, 1969- (Added Author). Woods, James, 1947- (Added Author). Hurt, John, 1940-2017 (Added Author). Skerritt, Tom. (Added Author). Bassett, Angela. (Added Author). Silvestri, Alan. (Added Author). Druyan, Ann, 1949- (Added Author). Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996 Contact. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) (Added Author). South Side Amusement Company. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Entertainment. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Angela Bassett. (Cast).

Summary:

After an astronomer discovers communication emanating from the star Vega, she leads an international team in deciphering it, and travels through space to contact the senders of the message.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1419885197
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2009.
  • Distributor: Distributed by Warner Home Video

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the story by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan ; Based on the novel by Carl Sagan.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
Special features includes 3 feature-length commentaries on alternate audio tracks: Jodie Foster/Robert Zmeckis and Steve Starkey/Ken Ralston and Stephen Rosenbaum, computer animation concepts and tests, special effects designs, cast and crew bios, from novel to screen, creating a fantastic event, the message, construction the pod, alien encounters.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Don Burgess ; production design, Ed Verreaux ; editor, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Alan Silvestri.
Participant or Performer Note:
Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Angela Bassett.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: Rated PG; for some intense action, mild language and a scene of sensuality.
Language Note:
In English or French with optional English, French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Subject: Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996 > Film adaptations.
Astronomers > Drama.
Women astronomers > Drama.
Human-alien encounters > Drama.
Life on other planets > Drama.
Films for hard of hearing people.
Outer space > Drama.
Genre: Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Science fiction films.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Union County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Union Carnegie Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Union Carnegie Public Library DVD CONTACT (Text) 37883000418927 Video Available -

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