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Contact (1997) [PG]

Release Date:
July 11, 1997

Original Title:
Contact

Alternate Titles:
Contact
Kontakt
コンタクト
コンタクト：1997
接触未来
超時空接觸

Genres:
Drama | Mystery | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
South Side Amusement Company
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BG: C  BR: L  CH: 12  CZ: U  DE: 12  DK: 11  ES: 7  FI: K-12  FR: TP  GB: PG  HU: 12  IE: 12  IT: T  KR: 12  NL: 6|12  NZ: M  PL: 12  PT: M/12  SE: 7  US: PG 

Runtime: 150

Take a journey to the heart of the universe.

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A radio astronomer 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 must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.

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24 Frame Playback:
Mark Marcum
Ira Toles
Mark Wineman

3D Animator:
Spencer Knapp
Dylan Robinson
Geoffrey Harvey

3D Artist:
Timothy Wilcox

ADR Editor:
Lindakay Brown

ADR Mixer:
Charleen Richards-Steeves

Additional Casting:
Judith Bouley

Additional Editing:
Harry Keramidas

Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Gary Rizzo

Additional Visual Effects:
Peter Jackson

Aerial Coordinator:
Kevin LaRosa

Art Department Assistant:
John B. Josselyn

Art Department Coordinator:
Beth Bernstein

Art Direction:
Bruce Crone
Lawrence A. Hubbs

Assistant Accountant:
Kevin Bowe

Assistant Art Director:
Doug J. Meerdink
Sally Thornton
Brad Ricker

Assistant Camera:
Clyde Miller

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
William Cueto

Assistant Costume Designer:
Jessica Fasman

Assistant Dialogue Editor:
Mary Works

Assistant Editor:
Jana Lynn Gold

Assistant Location Manager:
Kristin Dehnert

Assistant Property Master:
Clifton T. Cooper

Assistant Sound Editor:
Kent Brown
Andrew Cowitt
David Dresher
Karen Harding
Stephen Kearney
Susan Popovic
Mary Works

Associate Producer:
Steven J. Boyd
Rick Porras

Best Boy Grip:
Renton-Paul Medcalf

Boom Operator:
Earl Sampson

CG Artist:
Joel Aron
Gregor Lakner
Robert Weaver

CG Supervisor:
Matt Aitken
Ron Brinkmann
Jerome Chen

Cableman:
Peggy Names

Camera Operator:
Josh Bleibtreu
Robert LaBonge
Nick Phillips

Camera Technician:
Steven J. Winslow

Carpenter:
Thomas C. Mentzer

Casting:
Victoria Burrows

Casting Associate:
Scot Boland

Casting Coordinator:
Nikki Dalmau

Chief Lighting Technician:
Steven C. McGee

Co-Producer:
Carl Sagan
Ann Druyan

Color Timer:
Bob Putynkowski

Compositing Supervisor:
Bart Giovanetti
Stephen Kennedy
M. Scott McKee

Concept Artist:
Steve Burg

Conceptual Design:
George Denes Suhayda

Conceptual Illustrator:
Richard Kriegler

Construction Coordinator:
Michael Diersing

Construction Foreman:
Scott E. Handt
Jerrold F. Brooks

Costume Design:
Joanna Johnston

Costume Illustrator:
Robin Richesson

Costume Supervisor:
Betty Brikowski
Pamela Wise

Costumer:
Hope Slepak

Craft Service:
John Wright

Dialect Coach:
Tim Monich

Dialogue Editor:
Barbara McBane
Ewa Sztompke
Michael Silvers

Digital Color Timer:
John Nicolard

Digital Compositor:
John Rauh
Jeff Doran
Jean François Fontaine

Digital Compositors:
Tim Alexander

Digital Effects Producer:
Craig A. Mumma

Digital Effects Supervisor:
Victor Jimenez

Director:
Robert Zemeckis

Director of Photography:
Don Burgess

Dolly Grip:
Jeff 'Moose' Howery

Driver:
Dan Brizendine

Editor:
Arthur Schmidt

Electrician:
Dave Mikutsky
Douglas W. Smith

Executive Producer:
Joan Bradshaw
Lynda Obst

First Assistant Camera:
Michael Condro
Ned Martin
Tony Rivetti Sr.
Michael A. FauntLeRoy Sr.

First Assistant Director:
Bruce Moriarty

First Assistant Editor:
R. Orlando Duenas
Jeremiah O'Driscoll
Carin-Anne Strohmaier

First Assistant Sound Editor:
Cheryl Nardi

Foley Artist:
Catherine Harper
Dennie Thorpe

Foley Editor:
Sara Bolder
Bruce Lacey
Mary Helen Leasman

Foley Mixer:
Tony Eckert
Tony Sereno

Gaffer:
David Morton

Graphic Designer:
Doreen Austria

Greensman:
Frank McEldowney
Hap Weaver

Grip:
James Conroy

Hairstylist:
Frances Mathias
Audrey L. Anzures
Carolyn Elias
Janice Alexander
Vivian McAteer

Key Costumer:
Nigel Boyd

Key Grip:
Steve Smith

Key Hair Stylist:
Kathryn Blondell

Key Makeup Artist:
Hallie D'Amore

Leadman:
David Manhan

Location Assistant:
Primrose Fukuchi

Location Manager:
Luz Eneida Nuñez
Paul Pav
Peggy Pridemore

Location Scout:
Kathleen Beall

Makeup Artist:
Deborah La Mia Denaver
Roxanna Floyd
Margaret E. Elliott
Jean-Luc Russier
Barbara Lacy

Matchmove Supervisor:
Charlie Clavadetscher

Mechanical Designer:
Jeff Deyoe

Music Editor:
Kenneth Karman

Negative Cutter:
Mo Henry

Novel:
Carl Sagan

Orchestrator:
William Ross

Original Music Composer:
Alan Silvestri

Producer:
Steve Starkey
Robert Zemeckis

Production Accountant:
Allen E. Taylor

Production Assistant:
Nick Booth

Production Controller:
Allen E. Taylor

Production Coordinator:
Darcy Fray

Production Design:
Ed Verreaux

Production Office Coordinator:
Ines Mongil-Echandi

Production Secretary:
Carley A. Berkman

Production Sound Mixer:
William B. Kaplan

Production Supervisor:
Dawn Guinta

Projection:
Edward J. Ertel

Property Master:
Robin L. Miller

Propmaker:
Wayne Eaton

Prosthetic Makeup Artist:
Keith VanderLaan

Prosthetics:
Gary Archer

Pyrotechnician:
John P. Cazin

Rigging Grip:
Rand R. Vargas

Roto Supervisor:
Mary Nelson

Rotoscoping Artist:
Maura Alvarez
Gimo Chanphianamvong
Joanie Karnowski
Aaron Smith
Lisa Kahatriya

Screenplay:
James V. Hart
Michael Goldenberg

Script Supervisor:
Luca Kouimelis

Second Assistant Accountant:
Robert Cable

Second Assistant Camera:
Frank D. Parrish
Chad Rivetti

Second Assistant Director:
Cellin Gluck
Lucille OuYang

Second Second Assistant Director:
Darin Rivetti
Alison C. Rosa

Second Unit Director:
Steve Starkey

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor:
Michael L. Fink
Ken Ralston

Sequence Supervisor:
Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn
David Jones
Jay Redd
Sam Richards
Laurence Treweek

Set Buyer:
Carl Catanese

Set Costumer:
Patricia Bercsi
Steve Ellsworth
Kenn Smiley
Taryn Weaver

Set Decoration:
Michael Taylor

Set Designer:
Evelyne Barbier
Mariko Braswell
James F. Claytor Sr.
Josh Lusby
Kristen Pratt
Easton Michael Smith
Dean Wolcott

Set Dresser:
Sara Gardner-Gail

Set Medic:
Jeff Johnson

Set Production Assistant:
Michelle Vogler

Software Engineer:
Rob Engle

Sound Designer:
Randy Thom

Sound Effects Editor:
Steve Boeddeker
Teresa Eckton
Douglas Murray
Marian Wilde

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tom Johnson
Gary Rizzo
Dennis S. Sands
Randy Thom

Sound Recordist:
Randolph Saucedo

Special Effects:
Marzette Bonar

Special Effects Assistant:
Charlie Bonilla

Special Effects Coordinator:
Eric Cook

Special Effects Supervisor:
Allen Hall

Special Effects Technician:
Roland Blancaflor

Stand In:
Michael Egan

Standby Painter:
Robert E. Denne

Steadicam Operator:
Mark O'Kane
Gregory Lundsgaard

Still Photographer:
François Duhamel
Michael Douglas Middleton

Story:
Carl Sagan
Ann Druyan

Storyboard Artist:
Darryl Henley

Stunt Coordinator:
Bud Davis

Stunts:
Jay Caputo
Kim Robert Koscki
Dan Plum
Lynn Salvatori
Jill Stokesberry

Supervising ADR Editor:
Sue Fox

Supervising Sound Editor:
Phil Benson

Swing:
Christopher Casey

Tailor:
Gerardo Rosette

Technical Supervisor:
Bill Feightner

Temp Sound Editor:
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz

Title Designer:
Nina Saxon

Transportation Captain:
Randy Cantor
Kirk A. Holland

Transportation Co-Captain:
David Diaz

Transportation Coordinator:
Joel Marrow

Travel Coordinator:
Judd Nissen

Unit Manager:
Nannette Rosa Collazo

Unit Production Manager:
Joan Bradshaw

Unit Publicist:
Jane E. Russell

VFX Director of Photography:
David Stump

Video Assist Operator:
Michael Noles
David Presley

Visual Effects Art Director:
Martin A. Kline

Visual Effects Compositor:
Kelly Granite

Visual Effects Coordinator:
Theresa Corrao

Visual Effects Editor:
Kosta Saric
Heather J. Morrison
Michael McGovern
J.W. Kompare
Dawn Llewellyn

Visual Effects Producer:
C. Marie Davis
Debbie Denise
Julia Frey
Mark S. Miller

Visual Effects Production Manager:
Mimi Medel

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Ariel Velasco-Shaw
Stephen Rosenbaum
Lauren Alexandra Ritchie
Joe Matza
Kenneth Jones

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