TY - ADVS AU - Bassett,Angela AU - Druyan,Ann AU - Foster,Jodie AU - Goldenberg,Michael AU - Hart,James V. AU - Hurt,John AU - McConaughey,Matthew AU - Sagan,Carl AU - Silvestri,Alan AU - Skerritt,Tom AU - Starkey,Steve AU - Woods,James AU - Zemeckis,Robert ED - South Side Amusement Company. ED - Warner Bros. Entertainment. ED - Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) ED - Warner Home Video (Firm) TI - Contact SN - 1419885197 PY - 2009/// CY - Burbank, CA PB - Warner Bros. Entertainment, Distributed by Warner Home Video KW - Sagan, Carl, KW - Astronomers KW - Drama KW - Human-alien encounters KW - Life on other planets KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Women astronomers KW - Outer space KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Film adaptations KW - Science fiction films N1 - Based on the story by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan; Originally released as a motion picture in 1997; Special features includes 3 feature-length commentaries on alternate audio tracks: Jodie Foster/Robert Zmeckis and Steve Starkey/Ken Ralston and Stephen Rosenbaum, computer animation concepts and tests, special effects designs, cast and crew bios, from novel to screen, creating a fantastic event, the message, construction the pod, alien encounters; Director of photography, Don Burgess ; production design, Ed Verreaux ; editor, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Alan Silvestri; Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Angela Bassett; MPAA rating: Rated PG; for some intense action, mild language and a scene of sensuality N2 - 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 ER -