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Contact (Special Edition) [1997] [DVD]
enlarge	Director: Robert Zemeckis Actors: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Jena Malone, David Morse, Geoffrey Blake Studio: Warner Home Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£13.99~~ Buy New: £1.95 as of 21/11/2009 21:52 GMT details You Save: £12.04 (86%) New (18) Used (17) Collectible (1) from £1.95 Seller: direct_offers_uk Rating: 54 reviews Sales Rank: 1468 Format: PAL, Widescreen, Dolby, Digital Sound, Subtitled Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Arabic (Subtitled) Rating: Parental Guidance Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 144 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5024165765678 ASIN: B00004CX8A Theatrical Release Date: July 11, 1997 Release Date: September 25, 1998 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review The opening and closing moments of Robert (IForrest Gump/I) Zemeckis's IContact/I astonish viewers with the sort of breathtaking conceptual imagery one hardly ever sees in movies these day--each is an expression of the heroine's lifelong quest (both spiritual and scientific) to explore the meaning of human existence through contact with extraterrestrial life. The movie begins by soaring far out into space, then returns dizzyingly to earth until all the stars in the heavens condense into the sparkle in one little girl's eye. It ends with that same girl as an adult (Jodie Foster)--her search having taken her to places beyond her imagination--turning her gaze inward and seeing the universe in a handful of sand. IContact/I traces the journey between those two visual epiphanies. Based on Carl Sagan's novel, IContact/I is exceptionally thoughtful and provocative for a big-budget Hollywood science fiction picture, with elements that recall everything from I2001/I to IThe Right Stuff/I. Foster's solid performance (and some really incredible alien hardware) keep viewers interested, even when the story skips and meanders, or when the halo around the golden locks of rising-star-of-a-different-kind Matthew McConaughey (as the pure-Hollywood-hokum love interest)reaches Milky Way-level wattage. Ambitious, ambiguous, pretentious, unpredictable--IContact/I is all of these things and more. Much of it remains open to speculation and interpretation but whatever conclusions one eventually draws, IContact/Ideserves recognition as a rare piece of big-budget studio film making on a personal scale. I--Jim Emerson/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 54 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...11 Next » Something Very Different and Unique July 12, 2007 Jay (Mauritius) 5 out of 5 found this review helpful Contact is something completely different. It's belongs to the the ever diminishing group of sci-fi with brains. Because of this. It's very understandable that it gets negative feedback from the friends of no-brainer sci-fi. Actually i find it quite funny how many people have criticized the ending of Contact, saying that they were disappointed when they didn't see how the aliens looked like. I think that was one of the least important things in this movie. Still, i would've been disappointed if there had been some green alien with tentacles or one of those little grey Roswell aliens. Instead, they made an excellent choice and didn't show us the aliens at all. Really good and brave decision. In my opinion, if you were disappointed when you didn't see aliens, you didn't really understand this movie. br / br /The religion vs. science setting is really interesting and realistic. It's fits extremely well to modern day life and i have never seen it done better in any film. The best thing about it is that the film doesn't take sides. It just portrays both of them and leaves the decision to the viewer. Who needs action with lines like... December 5, 2002 Mr. S. K. P. Marsden 4 out of 4 found this review helpful I watched this film with caution, I knew there weren't any huge interplanetary space battles or fighting action of any sort ,and at to me that equaled boring. How wrong I was, like others before have said this film is beautifuly done, the opening sequence of the earth then pulling back through the solar system then the local star cluster then the galaxy and finally the universe itself really makes you realise how small our corner of the universe really is. Jodie Foster gives one of her best performances, her emotional reaction to seeing the beauty of the cosmos is truely touching. "No words, no words...they should have sent a poet...so beauiful...so beautiful....I had no idea, " brilliant stuff. pThe special effects are still top notch and although the film slows down a little there is plenty of action and plot twists to keep you entertained. This isn't a new film anymore but the price is remarkably low for a film of this standard. A Movie made for DVD March 6, 2000 bob@rfmconsulting.co.uk (Bolton, England, UK) 11 out of 13 found this review helpful This film has to be the most intelligent Science Fiction film of recent history. Assembled with increasing tension and excitement, the characters are ably played by Jodie Foster as a lonely, fragile but highly intelligent astronomer, who is pitched against a starched James Woods who plays a dangerous US National Security Adviser, who borders on the malevolent. pDespite the deep content, and the now obligatory love content between Foster and Michael McConaughey (who plays a constantly-smiling, spiritual adviser to the President), the film moves cleverly at a good, steady pace and keeps the viewer interested in all facets of the storyline as they unfold. pEspecially clever is the underlying theme of the 'science versus faith' argument, and how it is intimately laced through the story - watch out for several points in the film where Foster's character has her very own science theories quoted back at her by McConaughey.pA superb movie with a vindicating twist in the tail. Very well played, tremendously well filmed and a good, emotional adaptation of Carl Sagan's equally moving novel.pFrom a DVD perspective this film is right up there alongside 'The Matrix' as a benchmark DVD transfer. The opening effects, some of the solo scenes of the ultimately-photogenic Foster against various backdrops, and the awe-inspiring 'journey to Vega' illustrate exactly what this media is for. The digital effects alone are worth getting the DVD for - if you want to demonstrate why DVD exists, this film is for you. So worthwhile watching, It's incredible. March 8, 2005 Stephanie (Hertfordshire) 7 out of 8 found this review helpful I am such a great fan of Jodie Foster and everytime a film of hers is shown on television I always watch it. I started to watch Contact with no enthuasiasm whatsoever - it's a Sci - Fi film, need I continue? But then I came to see that it was so much more than that. I think everyone at at least one point in life mustv'e questioned it's meaning; what are we all doing here? Does God really exist? And this film deals with all those issues without making it to religious or "mushy". It just really gets you thinking. It's an amazing film with a really strong cast, and Robert Zemickis, who hasn't heard of him?! There isn't anything I don't like about it and everytime I see it, it hits my really hard and saddens me. We really are all so alone. It is exetremely thought provoking and it has since inspired me to become an astronomer myself! Please don't listen to reviews who completely rip it apart - fair enough everyone has different tastes, but if you just gave it a go, with an open mind and an open heart, I think you would really love it. I can't even begin describe what a great script it has and the way the story evolves. It is one of my favourite films and it has taught me to never judge a film by it's cover. Being a philosopher myself, It copes with the religious issues exetremely well without being boring or over the top to people who aren't religious, It just gets them thinking. All my friends love this film, and so do I. Just please, give it a go and you will also come to love it. It's time to make Contact! addressing humanity's deepest fears and deepest hopes March 29, 2000 peterdc (London) 9 out of 11 found this review helpful I'm echoing the reviews above but I was astonished by the opening sequence. Before this only Stanley Kubrick has had the courage to leave the audience sitting in astonished silence. No music, nothing, just silence.pThat opening sequence is crucial and stunning, truly stunning. But it's preaching to the converted - there to be understood be the scientific type (like me). I wonder what it offers the spiritual viewer?pThat's the crux of the entire film. It's a difficult and ultimately futile line to walk; balancing the two diverse standpoints about the nature of being and faith.pI say that but I've never seen the subject addressed on film with such intelligence, forethought, and care.pJodie Foster shines and gives a genuinely moving performance, though (oddly) the great John Hurt is decidedly shallow (he's only in it for a few minutes).pI won't tell the story because the reviews above have already said too much.pI WILL urge any hard scientist to watch the film or at least read the late Carl Sagan's book Contact.pHe was a wonderful man, physicist and philosopher.pI think Mr Sagan would be very proud of this film. Showing reviews 1-5 of 54 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...11 Next »

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