Release Date | 1997-07-11 |
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Runtime | 150 minutes |
Genres | Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery |
Stars | Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt |
Directors | Don Burgess, Arthur Schmidt, Steve Starkey, Carl Sagan, Michael Goldenberg |
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.