" You must think like a Vegan, which means, functioning on Multiple Levels "

Rating: 8/10 (15 July 2009)

Among the most notable men of Science in our century, Carl Segan must surely earned his place as one of the greatest. It would have been a great privilege, Indeed, an honor, to have met him. Sadly, those who did not take advantage of his presence, lost more than an opportunity. It comes as no surprise then, when having the chance to read his book, " Contact " or at least seeing the movie, many more did not. What a loss. The movie is to say the least awesome and inspirational as it translates the thoughts of Mr. Sagan himself. The story is of a young girl named Eli Arroway, the pride and joy of her scientist father Dr. Ted Arroway, played sympathetically by David Morse. She grows up to be present when Earth receives it's first interstellar message from outer space. She would have been out-of-luck and dealt quickly out of the game 'of the millennium ' had it not been for her benefactor, powerful S.R.Hadden. (John Hurt) Innicially, selected to be the first Representative from Earth to go on an incredible journey across Time and Space, to another Galaxy, she is abruptly and rudely replaced by her boss, David Drumlin (Tom Skerritt) who goes first. (Literally) James Woods plays the tiresome Government heavy Michael Kitz who seems to be everywhere as chief of paranoia. Regardless of what positive good Arroway expects, Kitz suspects only the worse. The Galatic expanse the audience views while on board the space craft, is enough to bring out the poet in anyone with imagination. The film is nothing short of fantastic, darkly interesting and educational as Sagan would have wanted it. I believe when man lands on Mars, one of the first cities we establish there will be named after him. Great film and a future Classic. ****