Contact

Two-time Oscar-winner Jodie Foster (Panic Room) and Matthew McConaughey (The Wedding Planner) star in this gripping story of a radio astronomer who 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 vies to fulfill her dream of becoming the first human being to make contact with alien beings. Co-starring Oscar-nominee and Emmy-winner James Woods (Any Given Sunday, True Crime), Oscar-nominee John Hurt (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), Emmy-winner Tom Skerritt (TV's Picket Fences), Oscar-nominee Angela Bassett (How Stella Got Her Groove Back) and Rob Lowe (TV's The West Wing). Directed by Academy Award-winner Robert Zemeckis (Cast Away, What Lies Beneath). Based on the novel by renowned author/physicist Carl Sagan.