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Contact (PG) + pre-recorded introduction

A message from deep space leads to a journey to the heart of the universe in Carl Sagan’s epic story. 

Oscar winners Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey star in this gripping story of a SETI radio astronomer who 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 vies to fulfil her dream of becoming the first human being to make contact with alien beings. 

Directed by Academy Award-winner Robert Zemeckis, this thoughtful and philosophical epic features an all-star support cast including Oscar-nominee and Emmy-winner James Woods, Oscar-nominee John Hurt, Emmy-winner Tom Skerritt, Oscar-nominee Angela Bassett and Rob Lowe. Based on the novel by renowned author/physicist Carl Sagan. 

Contact, 1997, 150 mins, USA, dir. Robert Zemeckis. 


The screening will also be introduced by a pre-recorded conversation between Science Museum curator Laura Joy Pieters and the Deputy Director of the Carl Sagan Center at SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Simon Steel.

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