Contact
1997 · 150 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 301,789 VOTES · DIR. Robert Zemeckis
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,834 lines
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00:00:58 It's obviously a major malfunction.
00:09:09 On it.
00:13:59 Science must be accountable to the people paying for it, the taxpayers.
00:19:28 How about dinner tomorrow night? I know a great dive.
00:28:19 But while our foundation arm has a mandate to support...
00:34:24 What is the meaning?
00:39:17 Vega.
00:44:15 -I'll get on it. -Headsets.
00:48:47 ...and scrutinized.
00:52:51 I'm going to recommend that...
01:00:01 Father, Theodore...
01:05:20 Or it might be...
01:10:12 Here we go.
01:14:25 Sources say the cost of the project is spiraling...
01:18:22 Why?
01:25:52 ...a substantial amount of energy will be generated.
01:29:45 The passenger pod will release.
01:35:47 Mr. Hadden?
01:44:21 Reading you five-by-five.
01:49:12 All tips are on the profile.
01:58:15 I missed you.
02:03:28 How do you explain this, Doctor?
02:07:46 ...as pawns in the most elaborate, most expensive hoax of all time?
122:01:04 That's well within the L-band.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,834
Dialogue density12.2 lines / min
First line00:00:58
Final line122:01:04
Production Record
DirectorRobert Zemeckis
LanguageEnglish
Budget$90,000,000
Revenue$171,120,329
IMDb votes301,789