
When Dr. Eleanor Arroway receives a message from aliens, they tell humans to build a machine so they can communicate with the aliens. Now Dr. Arroway must decide whether she should stay safe or risk her life to contact the aliens.
Paul L. NolanEllie's Attorney (uncredited)
David MorseTed Arroway
Henry StrozierMinister
Alex VeadovRussian Cosmonaut
Marc MacaulayNASA TechnicianJodie Foster was interested in this movie as early as 1995. After initially deciding to drop out, her interest was resparked by a new revision of the script.
[Kent is blind]
Dr. Kent Clark:
Nice to smell you again, Mr. Kitz.
Michael Kitz:
You too.
Dr. Kent Clark:
[aside] Wouldn't have pegged him as a Polo man.
Factual errors: At Arecibo, Ellie monitors 1221.5 MHz. This is in the GPS L2 frequency band (1227.6 +/- 10.23 MHz), rendering it unusable for SETI because of the interference.
Written by Dominic Frontiere and Sid Wayne
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