Contact (1997)

This is a space movie! It may only spend a total of like 20 minutes in outer space…but it still counts!

For our first ever Robert Zemeckis film, we’re hanging out with Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, and a very prominent Bill Clinton down on Earth, trying to decode a (potentially problematic) broadcast from far above.

Is this a bonus episode? Even we’re not completely sure.

References:

• Entertainment Weekly Contact Production History
• Vulture Contact Production History 2022 Rachel Handler
• Warner Brothers Contact Production History
• Warner Brothers Contact Production History II
• Randy Thom and Tom Johnson FilmSound Interview
• Peter Jackson: From Prince of Splatter to Lord of the Rings
• Contact Filmsite VFX Breakdown
• Contact VFXBlog VFX Breakdown
• Collider George Miller Interview
• Alan Silvestri Soundtrack! Interview

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced, by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Erik Gunnarsson.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

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