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'Contact'
Ellie (Jodie Foster) grows up obsessed with finding life in outer space. Becoming a fully fledged astronomer, she manages to finagle a few hours of satellite time every week to catch any extraterrestrial signals. One day in the desert, sitting at the foot of those satellite dishes, she picks up a promising sound. But this discovery leads, inevitably, to political maneuvering among NASA, the White House, the military and the media. It’s all she can do to keep focused on her goal: reaching the aliens.
Ellie battles for space-eavesdropping rights with her former mentor; tangles with a national security adviser and a dour presidential adviser; has clandestine meetings with a mysterious benefactor; and dabbles romantically with Palmer (Matthew McConaughey), a lapsed priest who becomes President Clinton’s spiritual adviser. -- Desson Howe
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