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Contact [videorecording] / a South Side Amusement Company production ; directed by Robert Zemeckis ; produced by Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey ; screenplay, James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg.

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."--Provided by the distributor.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780790733227
  • ISBN: 0790733226
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (150 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.
  • Edition: Special edition.
  • Publisher: Burbank, California : Warner Brothers, 1997.
  • Producer: Novato, California : South Side American Company, 1997.
  • Distributor: Burbank, California : Warner Home Video, 1997.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Warner Bros. presents a South Side Amusement Company production ; directed by Robert Zemeckis ; screenplay by James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg ; produced by Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey ; executive producers, Joan Bradshaw, Lynda Obst ; a Robert Zemeckis film.
Based on the story by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
Special features: Cast & crew (biographies); From novel to screen; Creating a fantastic event; The message; Constructing the pod; Alien encounters: Audio commentaries (3 feature-length commentaries on alternate audio tracks: Jodie Foster, Robert Zemeckis (director) and Steve Starkey (producer), and Ken Ralston (senior visual effects supervisor) and Stephen Rosenbaum (visual effects supervisor)), The special effects (The making of the opening shot, The making of the NASA machine destruction, The making of the Harrier landing, High speed compositing reel), Computer animated concepts (The machine fly-by, Hadden's plane, NASA control room), Theatrical trailers, Special edition credits.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Don Burgess ; production design, Ed Verreaux ; edited by Arthur Schmidt ; music by Alan Silvestri ; costumes designed by Joanna Johnston.
Participant or Performer Note:
Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, David Morse, Angela Bassett, Geoffrey Blake, Maximilian Martini, Rob Lowe, Jake Busey, Jena Malone, Tucker Smallwood.
Target Audience Note:
Rated PG.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Language Note:
English and French language tracks, with French and Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Subject: Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996 > Film adaptations.
Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996.
Astronomers > Drama.
Women astronomers > Drama.
Human-alien encounters > Drama.
Life on other planets > Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre: Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Science fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.

Available copies

  • 5 of 6 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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