“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”
Carl Sagan, The Demon Haunted World
Contact is the story of a woman losing an argument with her boyfriend
Dr Eleanor Ann Arroway is an astronomer working at the iconic Arecibo radio telescope
on the Search For Extraterrestrial Life or SETI for short
when into Ellie’s life, working on a book about third world poverty, walks the young Palmer Joss
Jodi Foster began screen acting aged 2. At 15 Foster was cast as a child prostitute in Taxi Driver, then followed a decade of highly sexualised roles in Bugsy Malone, Beach House, Carny and others.
Foster exploited this stereotype in 1988s The Accused, winning her first Oscar as a waitress seeking justice from her abusers, and then her second as FBI agent Clarice Starling in 1992s The Silence of the Lambs.
By 1997 and Contact, Foster is both Hollywood’s best actress and its most bankable female star.
So the question for any producer is...who can you put opposite Jodi Foster that won’t just be blown off the screen...
...the answer?
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