Contact (1997 American film)

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Robert Zemeckis indicated: "The point of the movie is for there always to be a certain amount of doubt ." These indications consist mostly of visual cues during the "journey" that echo Ellie's experiences earlier in the film (which Ellie believed to be the result of the aliens "downloading thoughts and memories"), but the timing of the message's arrival and its eventual decoding are also highly coincidental: the message was first received shortly before Arroway and her team were to be ejected from the VLA facility and was successfully decoded only by S. R. Hadden (Arroway's only sponsor, who was close to death from cancer) after weeks of failed attempts by the team at the VLA.

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miniature shots and digital graphics. On designing the Machine, Zemeckis said, "The Machine in Sagan's novel was somewhat vague, which is fine for a book. In a movie, though, if you're going to build a giant physical structure of alien design, you have to make it believable... It had to be huge, so that the audience would feel like it was bigger than man should be tinkering with. It had to look absolutely real." The machine was then designed by concept artist Steve Burg, reusing a design he created as a "time-displacement device" for an unused scene in

519:. An international panel will select a candidate to travel in the Machine. Arroway is a leading candidate until Christian philosopher Palmer Joss, a member of the panel with whom she briefly had a romantic relationship in Puerto Rico, draws attention to her atheism. This makes the panel select Drumlin, for supposedly being a better representation of humanity (despite having never professed any faith). During the first tests, a religious terrorist, named Joseph, destroys the Machine with a suicide bomb, killing himself, Drumlin, and several others. 3716: 2386:... If this discovery is confirmed, it will surely be one of the most stunning insights into our universe that science has ever uncovered. Its implications are as far reaching and awe inspiring as can be imagined. Even as it promises answers to some of our oldest questions, it poses still others even more fundamental. We will continue to listen closely to what it has to say as we continue the search for answers and for knowledge that is as old as humanity itself but essential to our people's future. Thank you. 4441: 4403: 4386: 752:'s real name (Arouet), and that Ellie "was going to travel like an arrow through the cosmos", according to Druyan. Tarter served as a consultant on the story, realistically portraying career struggles of women scientists from the 1950s to 1970s. The writers debated whether Arroway should have a baby at the film's end. Although Guber was impressed with Sagan and Druyan's treatment, he hired various screenwriters to rewrite the script. New characters were added, one of them a Native American 5246: 1476: 1265:, and eventually into deep space. As this occurs, the radio signals start to drop out and reflect older programming, representing the distance these signals would have traveled at the speed of light, eventually becoming silent as the distance becomes much greater. The sequence eventually resolves into the iris of young Ellie's eye as she is listening on her 1467:

throughout the film, posit that science and religion are not nominally incompatible: one interviewer, after asking Arroway whether the construction of the machine—despite not knowing what will happen when it is activated—is too dangerous, suggests that it is being built on the "faith" that the alien designers, as Arroway puts it, "know what they're doing".

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protesting against the use of Clinton's digitally-composited appearance. The letter made no demands, but called the duration and manner of Clinton's appearance "inappropriate". No legal action was planned; the White House Counsel simply wanted to send a message to Hollywood to avoid unauthorized uses

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Although the revelation at the end of the film that Arroway's recording device recorded approximately 18 hours of noise is arguably conclusive proof of the fact of—if not the experience of—her "journey", several coincidences and indications throughout the film cast doubt on its authenticity. Director

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are shown, with participants discussing the implications of the message, asking whether it is proof of the existence of alien life or of God, and whether science is encroaching upon religious ground by, as one believer puts it, "talking to your god for you". The head of a religious organization casts

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that this beach would have a heightened reality. One that might make the everyday world seem like a vague daydream." To keep the question alive whether any of it was real in Arroway's mind, elements such as ocean waves running in reverse and palm tree shadows swaying with sped-up motion were applied.

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In February 1998, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ricardo Torres dismissed Coppola's claim. Although Torres agreed that Sagan violated some terms of the contract, he explained that Coppola waited too long to file his lawsuit, and that the contract might not be enforceable as it was written. Coppola

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Zemeckis stated that he intended the message of the film to be that science and religion can coexist rather than being opposing camps, as shown by the coupling of scientist Arroway with the religious Joss, as well as his acceptance that the "journey" indeed took place. This, and scattered references

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in an attempt to portray the Pope as a key supporting character. Warner Bros. was hoping to have the film ready for release by Christmas 1996, but under Miller's direction pre-production lasted longer than expected. The studio fired the director, blaming pushed-back start dates, budget concerns, and

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official Rachel Constantine discuss the confidential information that although Arroway's recording device only recorded static, it recorded approximately 18 hours of it. Arroway reunites with Joss, who professes faith in her story, and she receives ongoing financial support for the SETI program

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The project is put under tight security, and its progress is monitored around the world. Arroway discovers the signal contains over 63,000 pages of encoded data. Hadden meets with Arroway and provides her with the means to decode the pages. The decoded data reveals schematics for a Machine that may

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A Warner Bros. spokeswoman explained: "We feel we have been completely frank and upfront with the White House on this issue. They saw scripts, they were notified when the film was completed, they were sent a print well in advance of the film's July 11 opening, and we have confirmation that a print

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The climactic scene depicting the mysterious beach near the galactic core where Arroway makes contact, in particular, called for major visual innovations. The goal was an idyllic seashore with a sky blazing with stars that might exist near the core of the galaxy. Ralston said that "the thought was

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One sequence, with young Ellie running upstairs to try to retrieve her father's medicine, appears to have Ellie running just behind a camera as they move into the bathroom, but the shot resolves to show that this was part of the medicine cabinet mirror's reflection, pulling back to have Ellie open

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to show him stopped in time as he died. As the movie was filmed, they found the approach didn't fit the casting or the direction the film was going. They decided it would be most effective to create something distressing but with Ellie's dad absent from the shot, leading to the development of the

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headed by Kitz is convened, who speculates that the signal and machine were a hoax designed by Hadden, who has since passed away. Arroway requests that the committee accept the truth of her testimony on faith, declaring that while her testimony cannot be proven scientifically, it has impacted her

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before the launch of the Space Shuttle, where they studied the mechanics of the elevator, gantry area and loading arm for the design of the Machine's surrounding supports and gantry. Once the concept met with the filmmakers' approval, physical construction began on the sets for the Pod, elevator

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by Palmer Joss, which he describes as seeing God, is met by Arroway's suggestion that "some part of needed to have it"—that it was a significant personal experience but indicative of nothing greater. Joss compares his certainty that God exists to Arroway's certainty that she loved her deceased

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The decoding of the extraterrestrial message, with its architectural drawings of the machine, was created by Ken Ralston and Sony Pictures Imageworks. It was Zemeckis's and Ralston's sixth film collaboration. Imageworks created more than 350 visual effect shots, using a combination of model and

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and dying of cancer, reveals to Arroway that the U.S. government had secretly contracted his company to build a second Machine in Japan. Arroway, the only American remaining among the candidate pool, will be the one to go. Equipped with multiple recording devices, Arroway enters a pod, which is

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At the end of the film, Arroway is put into a position that she had traditionally viewed with skepticism and contempt: that of believing something with complete certainty, despite being unable to prove it in the face of not only widespread incredulity and skepticism (which she admits that as a

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Arroway loses consciousness, and upon regaining it finds herself lying in the pod, while the mission control team repeatedly tries to contact her. She learns that from the outside, the Machine only appears to have dropped the pod into a safety net. Arroway insists that she was gone for about

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and digitally manipulated in CGI to create the effect: one plate was from the cameraman leading Ellie, the second of Ellie opening the cabinet door (which was a blue screen instead of a mirror), and the third of the reflection of the photograph of Ellie and her dad when the door closes.

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SETI.org published a review of the film in 2011, where they gave a side-by-side chart of a few relevant details from the film, and how they differed from reality. One example being that, despite having 27 radio telescopes, the VLA is actually smaller and less sensitive than the Arecibo

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sequence, beginning with a view of Earth from high in the exosphere and listening in on numerous radio broadcasts emitting from the planet. The camera starts zooming backward, passing the Moon, Mars, and other features of the solar system, then to the

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was received there July 2." However, Warner Bros. did concede that they never pursued or received formal release from the White House for the use of Clinton's image. While the Counsel commented that parody and satire are protected under the

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speech", the director explained, "and I swear to God it was like it was scripted for this movie. When he said the line 'We will continue to listen closely to what it has to say', I almost died. I stood there with my mouth hanging open."

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of the President's image. Zemeckis was reminded that official White House policy "prohibits the use of the President in any way ... (that) implies a direct ... connection between the President and a commercial product or service".

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doubt on the morality of building the machine, noting: "We don't even know whether believe in God." The first machine is ultimately destroyed by a religious extremist, in the belief that building it was detrimental to humankind.

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to consult on Washington, D.C., and government protocol issues. Sagan visited the set a number of times, where he also helped with last-minute rewrites. Filming was briefly delayed with the news of his death on December 20, 1996.

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said that the film carried a more philosophical portrait of the science fiction genre than did other films, but still managed "to satisfy the cravings of the general public who simply want to be entertained". Internet reviewer

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it. It is noted as one of the film's most impressive visual effects due to the seamlessness of the transition. According to Carin-Anne Strohmaier, first assistant film editor, the shot was created through three different

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The Region 2 Special Edition DVD release contains a 5.1 isolated score track, which presents the complete score (this feature, as with many isolated scores, is not mentioned in most product descriptions of the DVD).

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Miller's insistence that the script needed five more weeks of rewriting. Robert Zemeckis, who previously turned down the director's position, decided to accept the offer. Warner Bros. granted Zemeckis total

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filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. and Sagan, who had died the previous week. Coppola claimed that Sagan's novel was based on a story the pair had developed for a television special back in 1975, titled

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Here was a woman consumed with the idea that there was something out there worth listening to, but the one thing she could never make contact with was her own child. To me, that's what the film had to be

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believed that "there is a difference when the President's image, which is his alone to control, is used in a way that would lead the viewer to believe he has said something he really didn't say".

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The first script I saw was great until the last page and a half... and then it had the sky open up and these angelic aliens putting on a light show and I said, 'That's just not going to work.'

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elucidates stirring scientific concepts and theological inquiry at the expense of satisfying storytelling, making for a brainy blockbuster that engages with its ideas, if not its characters."

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in Los Angeles, California. It was released in the United States and Canada on July 11, 1997, in 1,923 theaters, earning $ 20,584,908 in its opening weekend, ranking in second place behind

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around Earth, another version of the Goldenberg scripts had an alien wormhole swallow up the planet, transporting Earth to the center of the galaxy. Miller also asked Goldenberg to rewrite

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Carl's and my dream was to write something that would be a fictional representation of what contact would actually be like, that would convey something of the true grandeur of the universe.

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often suggests that cultural conflicts between religion and science would be brought to the fore by the apparent contact with aliens that occurs in the film. A point of discussion is the

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in New Mexico. "The weather killed us, so we were going back in and changing it enough so that the skies and colors and times of day all seem roughly the same", commented

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had planned to direct, but Joffé dropped out in 1993, and Warner Bros. fired Miller in 1995. With Zemeckis as director, filming ran from September 1996 to February 1997.

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They added the science and religion analogies as a metaphor of philosophical and intellectual interest in searching for the truth of both humanity and alien contact.

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is "one of 1997's finest motion pictures, and is a forceful reminder that Hollywood is still capable of making magic". Berardinelli likened its awe and spectacle to

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from Warner, but the studio refused. Coincidentally, in 1989, Obst was hired as a new executive at Warner and began to fast-track the film by hiring more writers.

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was digitally altered to make it appear as if he is speaking about alien contact. This was not the original plan for the film; Zemeckis had initially approached

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technology because it was a first for her. "It was a blue room. Blue walls, blue roof. It was just blue, blue, blue", Foster explained. "And I was rotated on a

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for 'dish control' in order to move the dishes in the direction we needed to effect the most dramatic shot for the story." After arduous first weeks of

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I would encourage you not to inflame this situation beyond the facts. Let us deal with this on the facts. We are monitoring what has actually happened.

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provides the inspiration for Robert Zemeckis' new film, which tells the smartest and most absorbing story about extraterrestrial intelligence since

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be a form of transportation for a single individual. Multiple nations provide funding for the construction of the Machine, which is built at the

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turned astronaut. Guber suggested that Arroway have an estranged teenage son, whom he believed would add depth to the storyline. Guber said:

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was released on July 11, 1997, and received positive reviews from critics. The film grossed over $ 171 million worldwide. It won the

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Four years later, when Drumlin is about to terminate the SETI program at the VLA, Arroway discovers a signal containing a sequence of

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McKay, David S.; et al. (1996). "Search for Past Life on Mars: Possible Relic Biogenic Activity in Martian Meteorite ALH84001".

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depicts intense debate occurring as a result of the apparent contact with aliens. Many clips of well-known debate shows such as

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to rewrite the script, who finished his second draft in late 1993. Goldenberg's second draft rekindled Warner Bros. interest in

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calculated an average score of 62 out of 100, based on 23 reviews, denoting "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by

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but felt that director Robert Zemeckis was too obsessed with visual effects rather than cohesive storytelling for the pivotal

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in 1994, Sagan continued to be involved in the production of the film. For the cast and main crew members, he conducted an

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Observatory—making Arecibo a better location for SETI work, if possibly a less photogenic filming location than the

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said. "It is a working facility, so in order for us to accomplish shots for the movie, we had to negotiate with the

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was offered the chance to direct, but he turned down the opportunity in favor of making a film based on the life of

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interior and gantry, which took almost four months. The rest of the effects were compiled digitally by Imageworks.

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Sagan and Druyan disagreed with Guber's idea, and it was not incorporated into the storyline. In 1982, Guber took

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Sagan and Ann Druyan (who were later married) finished their film treatment in November 1980. Druyan explained:

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announced he believed that in hindsight it was a mistake to allow 13 members of CNN's on-air staff (including

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On July 14, 1997, three days after the film opened in the United States, Warner Bros. received a letter from

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Early conceptual designs of the Pod were based, as in the novel, on one of the primary shapes in geometry: a

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in September 1985. The film adaptation remained in development, and Guber eventually vacated his position at

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and Iraq at a different press conference in October 1994, was lifted out of context and inserted into

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in the role of "Dynamics" in Mission Control. He was a technical advisor for Ron Howard's 1995 film

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base station. The scale-view shot of the entire universe was inspired by the short documentary film

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William J. Broad (September 29, 1998). "Astronomers Revive Scan of the Heavens for Signs of Life".

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began on September 24, 1996, and ended on February 28, 1997. The first shooting took place at the

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Later in the film, a separate fragment of generic remarks by President Clinton, speaking about

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is indescribably more accurate in its depiction of SETI than any Hollywood film in history."

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leave me feeling empty and unsatisfied", Ebert commented. On December 21, 2011, Ebert added

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In the sequence with the death of Ellie's father, they planned to use an effect similar to

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falls short in any area, it's an inability to fully develop all of its many subplots..."

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space travel into the screenplay. The characterization of Ellie Arroway was inspired by

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used for CGI rendering. Weta Digital, in particular, was responsible for designing the

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scientist she would normally share) but also evidence apparently to the contrary.

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Remarks on the Possible Discovery of Life on Mars and an Exchange With Reporters

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s visual effects sequences was a joint effort by eight VFX companies, including

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with Warner Bros. before Zemeckis' hiring, unsuccessfully sued the studio over

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Good afternoon. I'm glad to be joined by my science and technology adviser ...

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as the President of the United States. In addition to having aliens put on a

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Bernard Weinraub (July 6, 1997). "Using a Big Budget To Ask Big Questions".

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Carl and I wrote the more than 100-page treatment in November of 1980...

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In an attempt to create a sense of realism for the storyline, principal

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to play the president, but the actor turned the role down in favor of

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was dedicated to Sagan: "For Carl" appears on the screen at the fade.

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whom both Sagan and Druyan adored; Arroway was selected based on both

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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with the camera moving on a computerized arm. It was really tough."

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18 hours, but her recording devices show only static noise. A

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s release in July 1997 rekindled public interest in Sagan's 1985

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as herself, debating with Rob Lowe's character, Richard Rank, on

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as a novel in 1985, and the film reentered development in 1989.

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returned to Los Angeles for five months' worth of location and

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dropped into the Machine and seemingly travels through various

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format in December 1997. Among the special features are three

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sequence. Jodie Foster admitted that she had difficulty with

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gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.

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Peter Jackson: From Prince of Splatter to Lord of the Rings

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The real Adolf Hitler and the real Bill Clinton in Contact

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Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Feature Films

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The Hitler newsreel also required digital manipulation.

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stalled, Sagan started to turn his original idea into a

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Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation winning works

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was eventually hired to direct, using a screenplay by

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Carl Sagan Award for Public Appreciation of Science

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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

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It stars 2601: – 1977 narrowband radio signal from SETI 2075:Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects & Foley 1785:Best Individual Achievement: Effects Animation 1436:father, despite her being unable to prove it. 547:humanity. In a private conversation, Kitz and 483:that appears to have originated from the star 386:over 100 pages long and set up the project at 5276: 4789: 4500: 3010:: Taylor Trade Publishing. pp. 159–181. 1943:Best Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama 8: 5907:English-language science fiction drama films 5862:Films with screenplays by Michael Goldenberg 4363:Tibbetts, John C., and James M. Welsh, eds. 3624:"Paperback Best Sellers: September 21, 1997" 1129:The film's (second) Machine in operation at 1006:news outlet commentators were scripted into 460:from space in the hopes of finding signs of 5173:Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization 2434:Shortly after the White House's complaint, 2266:Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress 1229:errors during the location shooting at the 1053:Other second unit work took place in Fiji, 816:before he dropped out, and Obst then hired 5283: 5269: 5261: 5026: 4889: 4796: 4782: 4774: 4507: 4493: 4485: 4439: 4401: 4384: 4057:"After 10 years, few believe life on Mars" 3562: 3560: 3558: 3556: 3554: 3552: 3550: 1352: 710:, and he commissioned a development deal. 487:. This announcement leads Drumlin and the 29: 20: 5292:Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation 2997: 2995: 2993: 2991: 2989: 2987: 2985: 2983: 2981: 2759: 2757: 2724: 2722: 2688: 2686: 2684: 2682: 2680: 2678: 2676: 2605:List of films featuring extraterrestrials 2510:then appealed his suit, taking it to the 608:as Kent Clarke, a character derived from 426:Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation 4871:Search for extraterrestrial intelligence 4349:. New York City: John Wiley & Sons. 4308:"Coppola's 'Contact' claim is dismissed" 4263: 4261: 4194: 4192: 4190: 3354: 2674: 2672: 2670: 2668: 2666: 2664: 2662: 2660: 2658: 2656: 1688: 1664:largely enjoyed the first 90 minutes of 1571:On the basis of 68 reviews collected by 4301: 4299: 4297: 4232: 4230: 4228: 2616: 1868:Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 928:Concept drawing of early NASA site idea 5210:Pale Blue Dot: A Tribute to Carl Sagan 4989:The Varieties of Scientific Experience 4059:. Associated Press (on usatoday.com). 4003:from the original on November 20, 2007 3967:from the original on November 16, 2018 3778:from the original on November 14, 2020 3592:"Paperback Best Seller: July 27, 1997" 2905: 2903: 2901: 2899: 2897: 2895: 2641:from the original on November 29, 2014 2594:List of films featuring space stations 1798:ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 1356:Contact: Music from the Motion Picture 848:commenced pre-production. Miller cast 5787:Films based on science fiction novels 5046:God, the Universe and Everything Else 4320:from the original on October 25, 2012 4282:from the original on October 25, 2012 4213:from the original on October 25, 2012 4036:from the original on November 7, 2012 3897:from the original on October 31, 2014 3636:from the original on November 9, 2012 3604:from the original on November 9, 2012 3393:from the original on January 10, 2018 3362:from the original on January 10, 2018 3268:from the original on October 25, 2012 3166:from the original on February 1, 2014 3135:from the original on October 25, 2012 3121:Michael Fleming (December 16, 1996). 3102:from the original on October 25, 2012 3052:from the original on October 25, 2012 3038:John Evan Frook (December 16, 1993). 3033: 3031: 3029: 3027: 2775:from the original on December 1, 2020 840:In December 1993, Warner Bros. hired 7: 5742:American science fiction drama films 4365:The Encyclopedia of Novels Into Film 4268:Janet Shprintz (February 13, 2000). 3871:from the original on August 12, 2020 3742:from the original on August 31, 2007 3348:Anderton, Ethan (January 17, 2017). 3256:"Two 'Titanics' on collision course" 2634:British Board of Film Classification 2548:. While working for NASA during the 1504:from July 27 to September 21, 1997. 1240:The opening scene is a three-minute 895:that depicted a detailed history of 418:handled most of the visual effects. 5902:Science fiction about first contact 5747:Cultural depictions of Bill Clinton 3197:from the original on March 16, 2021 2742:from the original on April 18, 2009 2322:World Animation Celebration Awards 2070:Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards 564:as Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Ann Arroway 5568:Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 3814:from the original on March 7, 2018 2693:Benjamin Svetkey (July 18, 1997). 2108:Online Film Critics Society Awards 1619:to his "Great Movies" collection. 1602:Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1071:California Institute of Technology 792:Guber became the new president of 378:Sagan and Druyan began working on 297:as Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, a 14: 5897:Films produced by Robert Zemeckis 5852:Films with atheism-related themes 5777:Films directed by Robert Zemeckis 5757:Films about extraterrestrial life 5727:1990s science fiction drama films 4063:from the original on June 7, 2012 3699:from the original on May 12, 2023 3513:from the original on May 17, 2020 3483:from the original on May 19, 2021 3453:from the original on May 21, 2020 3329:from the original on May 19, 2021 3088:Michael Fleming (July 10, 1997). 2957:Handler, Rachel (June 29, 2022). 2707:from the original on May 19, 2007 1853:Favorite Supporting Actor – Drama 462:intelligent extraterrestrial life 5245: 5244: 4306:Paul Karon (February 17, 1998). 4055:Crenson, Matt (August 6, 2006). 3714: 3002:Norman Kagan (2003). "Contact". 1818:Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 440:Dr. Ellie Arroway works for the 301:scientist who finds evidence of 5377:The City on the Edge of Forever 4175:The President's News Conference 3655:Anita M. Busch (July 3, 1997). 3289:"Invisible tricks of the trade" 3287:Michael Mallory (May 8, 1997). 1191:News footage of then-President 1101:for special effects shots. The 1042:took place for one week at the 887:. Despite being diagnosed with 5782:Films scored by Alan Silvestri 5687:Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 5613:Star Trek: The Next Generation 5592:Star Trek: The Next Generation 5517:2010: The Year We Make Contact 4957:Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors 4239:"Zoetrope sues over 'Contact'" 4022:Rita Kempley (July 11, 1997). 2500:Children's Television Workshop 1038:filming, directed by producer 906:, the production crew watched 1: 5812:Films set in Washington, D.C. 3381:Failes, Ian (July 10, 2017). 3155:"Creating Strange New Worlds" 3004:The Cinema of Robert Zemeckis 2530:scientists give Arroway the " 2438:chairman, president, and CEO 2359:was published in the journal 2017:International Monitor Awards 1609:help explain why movies like 1481:Stockholm International Fairs 1225:. This approach helped solve 1055:Saint John, US Virgin Islands 852:in the lead role, approached 5822:Films shot at Culver Studios 5752:1990s English-language films 5308:The Incredible Shrinking Man 4457:September 8, 1995 screenplay 4104:10.1126/science.273.5277.924 3921:"Foster Passes Hearing Test" 3695:. July 14, 1997. p. 2. 2347:In 1984, a meteorite called 1162:Industrial Light & Magic 702:, Casablanca FilmWorks. She 522:Hadden, now residing on the 185:South Side Amusement Company 16:1997 film by Robert Zemeckis 5199:Carl Sagan Memorial Station 5054:Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey 4590:Back to the Future Part III 4237:Staff (December 30, 1996). 4201:"Cameo crisis on 'Contact'" 2512:California Courts of Appeal 1888:Cinema Audio Society Awards 961:National Science Foundation 794:Sony Pictures Entertainment 466:President's science advisor 283:1985 novel of the same name 5923: 5867:Hard science fiction films 5737:1997 science fiction films 5584:Terminator 2: Judgment Day 4580:Back to the Future Part II 3657:"'Contact's' starry night" 3123:"McConaughey inks with WB" 3090:"Verhoeven eyes 'Houdini'" 2458:. Johnson added that, for 2055:Best International Actress 1963:Best Dramatic Presentation 1479:Uniforms from the film at 902:During the development of 796:and tried to purchase the 495:'s opening address at the 275:science fiction drama film 5842:Films shot in Puerto Rico 5240: 5158:Carl Sagan Memorial Award 5038:Cosmos: A Personal Voyage 4710:Doc Brown Saves the World 4523: 4480:- a Tribute to Carl Sagan 4270:"Coppola loses 'Contact'" 4138:October 11, 2013, at the 2201:Best Science Fiction Film 2194: 2159: 2134: 2113:Top Ten Films of the Year 1816: 1738: 1705: 1675:Rita Kempley, writing in 1375:August 19, 1997 1235:visual effects supervisor 812:. Joffé almost commenced 781:, which was published by 489:National Security Council 402:stalled, Sagan published 35:Theatrical release poster 28: 5837:Films shot in New Mexico 5807:Films set in Puerto Rico 4909:Mars and the Mind of Man 4476:On Location: Revisiting 4367:(2nd ed. 2005) pp 69–72. 4180:January 5, 2015, at the 4161:January 5, 2015, at the 1838:Favorite Actress – Drama 1722:Best Adapted Screenplay 1650:, while adding that "If 1518:on July 1, 1997, at the 1261:, other galaxies of the 1146:Sony Pictures Imageworks 1075:White House staff member 981:Warner Hollywood Studios 916:(1968) for inspiration. 416:Sony Pictures Imageworks 5857:Fiction set around Vega 5802:Films set in New Mexico 5549:Who Framed Roger Rabbit 5493:Raiders of the Lost Ark 5485:The Empire Strikes Back 5401:1970: News coverage of 5062:Cosmos: Possible Worlds 4973:The Demon-Haunted World 4829:Faint young Sun paradox 4570:Who Framed Roger Rabbit 4452:Visual effects analysis 4447:Cinematography analysis 4199:Staff (July 15, 1997). 3996:San Francisco Chronicle 1661:San Francisco Chronicle 1497:. The book remained on 1217:One notable feature of 1073:, the VLA and a former 682:conceived the idea for 544:Congressional Committee 367:space station, and the 210:July 11, 1997 5847:Films shot in Virginia 5817:Films set in Wisconsin 5767:Films about scientists 4530:I Wanna Hold Your Hand 4343:Keay Davidson (1999). 3632:. September 21, 1997. 2868:"About the production" 2404: 2388: 1994:Humanitas Prize Awards 1823:Favorite Actor – Drama 1484: 1278:The Day After Tomorrow 1221:is its use of digital 1134: 941: 929: 862:laser lighting display 838: 773:, and with the film's 763: 719: 382:in 1979. They wrote a 305:and is chosen to make 5877:Philosophical fiction 5832:Films shot in Florida 5827:Films shot in Arizona 5797:Films set in Hokkaido 5772:Films about wormholes 5631:The Coming of Shadows 5385:2001: A Space Odyssey 4981:Billions and Billions 4941:The Cold and the Dark 4901:The Cosmic Connection 4866:The Planetary Society 4839:Voyager Golden Record 3693:The Daily News Leader 3413:"Steve Burg homepage" 2351:, thought to be from 1999:Feature Film Category 1647:2001: A Space Odyssey 1605:(1977). "Movies like 1478: 1471:Release and reception 1128: 995:created more than 25 945:Principal photography 935: 927: 913:2001: A Space Odyssey 832:. Zemeckis recalled: 771:Warner Bros. Pictures 647:as Major John Russell 617:as Rachel Constantine 303:extraterrestrial life 289:. Sagan and his wife 5792:Films set in Florida 5722:1990s American films 5189:Carl Sagan Institute 3933:on November 20, 2007 3423:on December 15, 2009 3040:"WB makes 'Contact'" 2700:Entertainment Weekly 2554:Johnson Space Center 2526:The scene where the 2487:Francis Ford Coppola 2474:, who had developed 2296:Best Special Effects 1803:Top Box Office Films 1739:Best Visual Effects 1563:on October 6, 2009. 1410:Warner Bros. Records 1393:Warner Bros. Records 1323:Kennedy Space Center 1113:, which was done at 1022:were also included. 991:. All together, the 883:to take the role in 686:in 1979. That year, 590:as Dr. David Drumlin 513:Kennedy Space Center 497:1936 Summer Olympics 262:$ 171.1 million 5882:Works by Carl Sagan 5576:Edward Scissorhands 5418:Slaughterhouse-Five 5216:Symphony of Science 5123:Linda Salzman Sagan 4917:The Dragons of Eden 4550:Romancing the Stone 4096:1996Sci...273..924M 4029:The Washington Post 3254:(August 16, 1996). 2845:on October 18, 2000 2771:. 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When 355:Arecibo Observatory 311:Matthew McConaughey 273:is a 1997 American 117:Matthew McConaughey 5887:Warner Bros. films 5618:All Good Things... 5541:The Princess Bride 5525:Back to the Future 5509:Return of the Jedi 5434:Young Frankenstein 5410:A Clockwork Orange 5232:900 Stewart Avenue 4560:Back to the Future 4515:Films directed by 4346:Carl Sagan: A Life 3953:James Berardinelli 3629:The New York Times 3597:The New York Times 3224:Thomas Dunne Books 3216:Ian Pryor (2003). 3074:The New York Times 2943:The New York Times 2805:Simon and Schuster 2480:breach of contract 2422:, press secretary 2241:Michael Goldenberg 2205:Phil Benson & 2088:NAACP Image Awards 2008:Michael Goldenberg 1976:Michael Goldenberg 1730:Michael Goldenberg 1634:James Berardinelli 1567:Critical reception 1553:audio commentaries 1500:The New York Times 1485: 1251:interstellar space 1242:computer-generated 1166:Effects Associates 1135: 967:in New Mexico and 942: 930: 818:Michael Goldenberg 783:Simon and Schuster 700:production company 345:. 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