Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 150 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
A radio astronomer 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 must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
- based on novel or book
- nasa
- extraterrestrial technology
- new mexico
- prime number
- radio wave
- wormhole
- fanatic
- spirituality
- religion
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Tom Skerritt — David Drumlin
- William Fichtner — Kent
- David Morse — Ted Arroway
- Angela Bassett — Rachel Constantine
- Geoffrey Blake — Fisher
- Max Martini — Willie
- Rob Lowe — Richard Rank
- Jake Busey — Joseph
- Tucker Smallwood — Mission Director
- Jena Malone — Young Ellie
- Sami Chester — Vernon
- Directed
- Robert Zemeckis
- Written
- James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 5,169 ratings
- Studio
- South Side Amusement Company, Warner Bros. Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
