Contact (novel)
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Contact is a 1985 hard science fiction novel by American scientist Carl Sagan. The plot concerns contact between humanity and a more technologically advanced extraterrestrial life form.
Cover of the first edition
Contact (1997 American film)
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Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film co-produced and directed by Robert Zemeckis, based on the 1985 novel by Carl Sagan. It stars Jodie Foster as Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, a SETI s
Contact (novel)
…Ann Druyan (whom he later married) in 1979; when development of the film stalled, Sagan converted it into a novel. It was adapted in 1997 as the film Contact, starring Jodie Foster. As a child, Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway shows a strong aptitude for science and mathematics. Dissatisfied with a school lesson, she…
Theatrical release poster
Concept drawing of early NASA site idea
Location filming began in September 1996 at the Very Large Array in New Mexico
The second Machine in operation at Hokkaidō, Japan