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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  BE: 12  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:
Ira Toles
Mark Wineman
Mark Marcum

3D Animator:
Geoffrey Harvey
Dylan Robinson
Spencer Knapp

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:
Lawrence A. Hubbs
Bruce Crone

Assistant Accountant:
Kevin Bowe

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

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

Associate Producer:
Rick Porras
Steven J. Boyd

Best Boy Grip:
Renton-Paul Medcalf

Boom Operator:
Earl Sampson

CG Artist:
Gregor Lakner
Joel Aron
Robert Weaver

CG Supervisor:
Ron Brinkmann
Jerome Chen
Matt Aitken

Cableman:
Peggy Names

Camera Operator:
Josh Bleibtreu
Nick Phillips
Robert LaBonge

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:
Stephen Kennedy
M. Scott McKee
Bart Giovanetti

Concept Artist:
Steve Burg

Conceptual Design:
George Denes Suhayda

Conceptual Illustrator:
Richard Kriegler

Construction Coordinator:
Michael Diersing

Construction Foreman:
Jerrold F. Brooks
Scott E. Handt

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:
Michael Silvers
Barbara McBane
Ewa Sztompke

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:
Douglas W. Smith
Dave Mikutsky

Executive Producer:
Joan Bradshaw
Lynda Obst

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

First Assistant Director:
Bruce Moriarty

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

First Assistant Sound Editor:
Cheryl Nardi

Foley Artist:
Dennie Thorpe
Catherine Harper

Foley Editor:
Sara Bolder
Bruce Lacey
Mary Helen Leasman

Foley Mixer:
Tony Sereno
Tony Eckert

Gaffer:
David Morton

Graphic Designer:
Doreen Austria

Greensman:
Frank McEldowney
Hap Weaver

Grip:
James Conroy

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

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:
Peggy Pridemore
Paul Pav
Luz Eneida Nuñez

Location Scout:
Kathleen Beall

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

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:
Robert Zemeckis
Steve Starkey

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:
Aaron Smith
Joanie Karnowski
Lisa Kahatriya
Gimo Chanphianamvong
Maura Alvarez

Screenplay:
Michael Goldenberg
James V. Hart

Script Supervisor:
Luca Kouimelis

Second Assistant Accountant:
Robert Cable

Second Assistant Camera:
Chad Rivetti
Frank D. Parrish

Second Assistant Director:
Cellin Gluck
Lucille OuYang

Second Second Assistant Director:
Alison C. Rosa
Darin Rivetti

Second Unit Director:
Steve Starkey

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor:
Ken Ralston
Michael L. Fink

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

Set Buyer:
Carl Catanese

Set Costumer:
Taryn Weaver
Patricia Bercsi
Kenn Smiley
Steve Ellsworth

Set Decoration:
Michael Taylor

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

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
Marian Wilde
Douglas Murray

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Gary Rizzo
Dennis S. Sands
Tom Johnson
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:
Gregory Lundsgaard
Mark O'Kane

Still Photographer:
François Duhamel
Michael Douglas Middleton

Story:
Carl Sagan
Ann Druyan

Storyboard Artist:
Darryl Henley

Stunt Coordinator:
Bud Davis

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

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:
Kirk A. Holland
Randy Cantor

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:
David Presley
Michael Noles

Visual Effects Art Director:
Martin A. Kline

Visual Effects Compositor:
Kelly Granite

Visual Effects Coordinator:
Theresa Corrao

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

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

Visual Effects Production Manager:
Mimi Medel

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

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