Movie Drama Science Fiction Mystery
If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.
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.
Jodie Foster Matthew McConaughey James Woods John Hurt Tom Skerritt William Fichtner David Morse Angela Bassett Geoffrey Blake Max Martini Rob Lowe Jake Busey Tucker Smallwood Jena Malone Sami Chester Timothy McNeil Laura Elena Surillo Henry Strozier Larry King Thomas Garner Conroy Chino Dan Gifford Vance Valencia Donna Kelley Leon Harris Claire Shipman Behrooz Afrakhan Saemi Nakamura Maria Celeste Arraras Tabitha Soren Geraldo Rivera Ian Whitcomb Jay Leno Natalie Allen Robert D. Novak Geraldine A. Ferraro Ann Druyan Kathleen Kennedy Michael Albala Ned Netterville Leo Lee William Jordan David St. James Jill Dougherty Haynes Brooke John Holliman Bobbie Battista Dee Dee Myers Bryant Gumbel Linden Soles Steven Ford Alexander Zemeckis Janie Peterson Philippe Bergeron Jennifer Balgobin Anthony Hamilton Rebecca T. Beucler Marc Macaulay Pamela Wilsey Jeffery Thomas Johnson Yuji Okumoto Gerry Griffin Brian Alston Rob Elk Mark Thomason José Rey Todd Patrick Breaugh Alex Veadov Alice Kushida Robin Gammell Richardson Morse Seiji Okamura Bernard Shaw Mak Takano Hiroshi Tom Tanaka Catherine Dao Kristoffer Ryan Winters Valorie Armstrong Jim Hild William L. Thomas Diego Montoya Jonathan Adler Robert Aguilar Jr. Mark Bailey Matt Bennett Tony Boldi Christopher Boyer Christine Brady Ray Buffer Mark Byrne Candice T. Cain Michael Chaban Aixa Clemente Bill Clinton Derrick Damions Elaina Erika Davis Joey Dente Michael Egan Jeff Elmore Pamela Fischer Carl Gilliard William B. Kaplan Boris Lee Krutonog Ming Lo Sunshine Logroño Denise Loveday Neal Matarazzo Cassidy McMillan Bill Miller Molly Mueller Paul L. Nolan Marisa Petroro Errica Poindexter J.A. Preston Frank Principe Billy Quinn Thomas Reid Leo Rogstad Russell Sanderlin Sr. Frank Silva John A. Taylor Todd Thompson Cenk Uygur Holly Cross Vagley Eric Alan Wendell Delaney Williams Gregory L. Williams
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