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Starring: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, et al.

Product Description

Is something or someone out there? Jodie Foster is a driven astronomer who receives the first message from space and fights to be on the vehicle that the message describes to build.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 085391504122
• Release Date: November 1997
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: Warner Home Video
• Director: Robert Zemeckis
• Starring: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, David Morse, Angela Bassett, Geoffrey Blake, Maximillian Martini
• Runtime: 2 hours, 30 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

So, if it is just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.

Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster), an appropriate last name, is a scientist seeking the fringes of space to find if we are alone. In the meantime, she has to overcome terrestrial impediments such as Dr. David Drumlin (Tom Skerritt), a limelight-stealing pragmatist, and Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey), the religious antagonist. Supported by the mysterious multi-billionaire S.R. Hadden (John Hurt), will Ellie get her wish, or will she be a victim of Occam’s razor? Intriguing story based on a book by Carl Sagan; however, I never read the book to compare. The supposedly two-sided story that becomes two versions of the same argument is rather hokey and one-dimensional. Occam's (or Ockham's) razor is a principle attributed to the 14th-century logician and Franciscan friar William of Ockham. Ockham was the village in the English county of Surrey where he was born. The principle states, "Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily." I have followed the film from the movies to Blu-ray and will probably watch it again when the re-master for 3D or whatever comes next. However, the basic acting has not changed with any technical innovation. On the positive side, the Blu-ray edition is packed with DVD extras that include several commentaries, trailers, and much more. After the commentaries, SETI yourself down and re-watch the movie.