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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.
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Rating: 7.427/10 (4506 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 🍅 10
Status: Released
Original Language: en
Released: 1997-07-11
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Cast

Jodie Foster
as Ellie Arroway
Matthew McConaughey
as Palmer Joss
James Woods
as Michael Kitz
John Hurt
as S. R. Hadden
Tom Skerritt
as David Drumlin
William Fichtner
as KentGallery




Crew
Robert Zemeckis
Director
Director
James V. Hart
Screenplay
Screenplay
Michael Goldenberg
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