Title Contact Overview Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality. Tagline If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space. Genres Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery Keywords based on novel, nasa, new mexico, extraterrestrial technology, prime number, star, radio wave, wormhole, fanatic, spirituality, religion, scientist, sabotage, ham radio, alien contact, mechanical engineering, observatory, eccentric man, radio telescope Production Companies Warner Bros., South Side Amusement Company Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 150 Release Year 1997
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 171 million USD