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(1997)

Rated PG for some intense action, mild language and a scene of sensuality.

PG 153min.
Drama, Horror
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Released on July 11, 1997
The search for life outside our solar system becomes a personal and spiritual quest for a young researcher. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) is a scientist who lost her faith in God after her parents died when she was a child. Read More
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Jodie Foster Ellie Arroway
Matthew McConaughey Palmer Joss
James Woods Michael Kitz
John Hurt S.R. Hadden
Tom Skerritt David Drumlin
William Fichtner Kent
David Morse Ted Arroway
Angela Bassett Rachel Constantine
Geoffrey Blake Fisher
Max Martini Willie

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June 13, 2010
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A grossely obvious presentation of one side of a real debate about manned space exploration. Transparent and over-acted. The question of manned deep space exploration is a real one: are we wasting money or not? Will man ever leave the solar sysem and to what avail? The closest starts to us are maybe 22-24 light years away. That's over 100 trillion miles. That's the closest. Everything else is
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