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Budget$90M
Box office$171.1M
LanguageEN
CountriesUnited States of America
Contact
Take a journey to the heart of the universe.
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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Art
- Sara Gardner-Gail Set Dresser
- Ed Verreaux Production Design
- Bruce Crone Art Direction
- Lawrence A. Hubbs Art Direction
- Michael Taylor Set Decoration
- Beth Bernstein Art Department Coordinator
- Doug J. Meerdink Assistant Art Director
- Sally Thornton Assistant Art Director
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- Michael Diersing Construction Coordinator
- Scott E. Handt Construction Foreman
- Jerrold F. Brooks Construction Foreman
- Frank McEldowney Greensman
- Hap Weaver Greensman
- David Manhan Leadman
- Evelyne Barbier Set Designer
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- Josh Lusby Set Designer
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- Dean Wolcott Set Designer
- John B. Josselyn Art Department Assistant
- George Denes Suhayda Conceptual Design
- Kathleen Beall Location Scout
- Robert E. Denne Standby Painter
- Robin L. Miller Property Master
- Darryl Henley Storyboard Artist
- Clifton T. Cooper Assistant Property Master
- Steve Burg Concept Artist
- Richard Kriegler Conceptual Illustrator
- Doreen Austria Graphic Designer
- Carl Catanese Set Buyer
- Christopher Casey Swing
- Nina Saxon Title Designer
Camera
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Don Burgess
Director of Photography
- Ned Martin First Assistant Camera
- Tony Rivetti Sr. First Assistant Camera
- Michael A. FauntLeRoy Sr. First Assistant Camera
- Chad Rivetti Second Assistant Camera
- Josh Bleibtreu Camera Operator
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Nick Phillips
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Joanna Johnston
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Kim Robert Koscki
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Directing
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Robert Zemeckis
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Steve Starkey
Second Unit Director
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Bruce Moriarty
First Assistant Director
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Cellin Gluck
Second Assistant Director
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Editing
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Arthur Schmidt
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Lighting
Production
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Producer
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Lynda Obst
Executive Producer
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Rick Porras
Associate Producer
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Gary Rizzo
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
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