Contact
A great sci-fi film written by scientist Carl Sagan before he died. The film stars Jodie Foster, as she struggles to raise funding and deal with the sometimes unfair bureaucratic and political business of being a scientist, trying to stay funded and looking for life in space.
Then one day, a signal, from space, with mathematical codes embedded. The codes are blueprints for building a machine, but no one knows what the machine does.
Overall the film is really long, but really good. It shows the struggles and maneuvering of people on from all political and scientific walks of life, and touches on the religious ramifications, and what one might expect if something like this was to really take place.
Trapped in the middle of all this is Foster’s character, trying to stay a true scientist, not wanting to get involved in the politics or the religious fanatics. That straight and narrow view almost costs her, her career.
Budget: $90 million
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring:
Jodie Foster
David Morse
Jena Malone
William Fichtner
Matthew McConaughey
Tom Skerritt
James Woods
