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Contact

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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 1419885197
  • ISBN: 9781419885198
  • ISBN: 9780790733227
  • ISBN: 0790733226
  • Physical Description: videodisc
    1 videodisc (150 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Special ed. ; Widescreen.
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment, [1997]
  • Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009]

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Based on the novel by Carl Sagan. 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:
MPAA rating: Rated PG; for some intense action, mild language and a scene of sensuality.
System Details Note:
DVD, widescreen presentation; NTSC region 1; dual layer; Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby surround stereo.; dual-layer.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
In English or French with optional English, French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Subject: Outer space Drama
Astronomers Drama
Women astronomers Drama
Human-alien encounters Drama
Life on other planets Drama
Outer space Drama
Sagan, Carl 1934-1996 Adaptations cinématographiques
Espace extra-atmosphérique
Astronomes
Femmes astronomes
Rencontres avec les extraterrestres
Vie extraterrestre
Longs métrages
Adaptations cinématographiques
Films de science-fiction
Vidéos pour handicapés auditifs
Grabaciones vídeo para los de audición disminuida
Discos videos digitales (DVD)
Astronomers
Human-alien encounters
Life on other planets
Women astronomers
Outer space
Genre: Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Science fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Science fiction films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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  • 5 out of 5 copies are currently available at PINES. (Show)
  • 1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Flint River Regional Library System. (Show)
  • 1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Peachtree City Library.

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