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Cast
Jodie Foster
Eleanor Arroway
Matthew McConaughey
Palmer Joss
James Woods
Michael Kitz
John Hurt
S. R. Hadden
Tom Skerritt
David Drumlin
William Fichtner
Kent Clark
David Morse
Ted Arroway
Angela Bassett
Rachel Constantine
Fisher
Geoffrey Blake
Willie
Max Martini
Richard Rank
Rob Lowe
Joseph
Jake Busey
Young Ellie
Jena Malone
Mission Director
Tucker Smallwood
Vernon
Sami Chester
Minister
Henry Strozier
Drumlin Aide
Haynes Brooke
Davio
Timothy McNeil
Cantina Woman
Laura Elena Surillo
Hadden Suit
Michael Chaban
Himself
Larry King
Ian Broderick
Thomas Garner
KOB-TV Reporter
Conroy Chino
Jeremy Roth
Dan Gifford
Senator Valencia
Vance Valencia
Herself
Donna Kelley
Himself
Leon Harris
Herself
Claire Shipman
Middle Eastern Anchor
Behrooz Afrakhan
Japanese Anchor
Saemi Nakamura
Latina Anchor
Maria Celeste Arraras
Herself
Tabitha Soren
Himself
Geraldo Rivera
British Anchor
Ian Whitcomb
Himself
Jay Leno
Decryption Hacker
Michael Albala
Decryption Expert
Ned Netterville
Major Domo
Leo Lee
Chairman of Joint Chiefs
William Jordan
Joint Chief
David St. James
Major Russell
Steven Ford
Major Russell's Son
Alexander Zemeckis
Major Russell's Daughter
Janie Peterson
French Committee Member
Philippe Bergeron
Dr. Patel
Jennifer Balgobin
British Committee Member
Anthony Hamilton
NASA Public Relations
Rebecca T. Beucler
NASA Technician
Marc Macaulay
Mechanical
Jeffery Thomas Johnson
Electrical
Yuji Okumoto
Dynamics
Gerry Griffin
Communications
Brian Alston
Pad Leader
Rob Elk
Security
Mark Thomason
Controller #8
José Rey
New VLA Technician
Todd Patrick Breaugh
Russian Cosmonaut
Alex Veadov
Scientist
Alice Kushida
Project Official
Robin Gammell
Mission Doctor
Richardson Morse
Japanese Ensign
Seiji Okamura
Japanese Tech #1
Mak Takano
Japanese Tech #2
Hiroshi Tom Tanaka
Life Support
Catherine Dao
Dynamics #2
Kristoffer Ryan Winters
Senator
Valorie Armstrong
Reporter #5
Jim Hild
Reporter #6
William L. Thomas
School Boy
Diego Montoya
White House Official
Jonathan Adler
NASA Controller #2
Robert Aguilar Jr.
Four-Star General
Mark Bailey
Senate Observer
Matt Bennett
Robert Hand
Tony Boldi
Scientist
Christopher Boyer
Protester
Mark Byrne
Supporter
Candice T. Cain
President's Secretary
Aixa Clemente
Ailing Believer
Derrick Damions
Philanthropy Bureaucrat
Elaina Erika Davis
Factory Worker
Joey Dente
IMC Police Officer
Michael Egan
Monk
Jeff Elmore
Controller
Carl Gilliard
TV Interviewer
William B. Kaplan
Pod Systems Control
Ming Lo
Puerto Rican Taxi Driver
Sunshine Logroņo
Press Secretary
Denise Loveday
Kitz's Aide
Neal Matarazzo
Student Reporter at NASA
Cassidy McMillan
Family Exchange
Molly Mueller
Ellie's Attorney
Paul L. Nolan
Oval Office Secretary
Marisa Petroro
Police Officer
Errica Poindexter
Senator
J.A. Preston
Ailing Believer
Frank Principe
Ailing Believer
Leo Rogstad
Photographer
Russell Sanderlin Sr.
Army Officer
Frank Silva
Senate Hearing Attendee
John A. Taylor
News Reporter
Todd Thompson
Reporter
Cenk Uygur
Religious Zealot
Holly Cross Vagley
Protester
Eric Alan Wendell
Believer
Delaney Williams
Crew
Alan Silvestri
Original Music Composer
Robert Zemeckis
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Producer
Producer
Steve Starkey
Second Unit Director
Steve Starkey
Don Burgess
Director of Photography
Editor
Arthur Schmidt
Assistant Art Director
Doug J. Meerdink
Costume Design
Joanna Johnston
Art Direction
Lawrence A. Hubbs
Additional Editing
Harry Keramidas
Additional Visual Effects
Peter Jackson
Casting
Victoria Burrows
Executive Producer
Lynda Obst
Chief Lighting Technician
Steven C. McGee
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tom Johnson
Production Design
Ed Verreaux
Screenplay
James V. Hart
Screenplay
Michael Goldenberg
Sound Effects Editor
Steve Boeddeker
Dialogue Editor
Michael Silvers
Foley
Dennie Thorpe
Foley Mixer
Tony Eckert
Assistant Art Director
Brad Ricker
Foley Artist
Catherine Harper
Orchestrator
William Ross
Digital Compositors
Tim Alexander
Novel
Carl Sagan
Story
Carl Sagan
Co-Producer
Carl Sagan
Executive Producer
Joan Bradshaw
Unit Production Manager
Joan Bradshaw
Stunt Coordinator
Bud Davis
Stunts
Jay Caputo
Dialect Coach
Tim Monich
First Assistant Director
Bruce Moriarty
Sound Effects Editor
Teresa Eckton
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Keith VanderLaan
Assistant Art Director
Sally Thornton
Art Direction
Bruce Crone
Property Master
Robin L. Miller
First Assistant Editor
Jeremiah O'Driscoll
Makeup Artist
Deborah La Mia Denaver
Sound Designer
Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Randy Thom
Visual Effects Producer
Debbie Denise
Visual Effects Art Director
Martin A. Kline
First Assistant Editor
Carin-Anne Strohmaier
Makeup Artist
Margaret E. Elliott
Associate Producer
Steven J. Boyd
First Assistant Editor
R. Orlando Duenas
Casting Associate
Scot Boland
Production Sound Mixer
William B. Kaplan
Boom Operator
Earl Sampson
ADR Mixer
Charleen Richards
Set Production Assistant
Michelle Vogler
Camera Operator
Nick Phillips
Production Office Coordinator
Ines Mongil-Echandi
Special Effects Assistant
Charlie Bonilla
Concept Artist
Steve Burg
Hairstylist
Frances Mathias
Video Assist Operator
David Presley
Dolly Grip
Jeff 'Moose' Howery
Aerial Coordinator
Kevin LaRosa
Craft Service
John Wright Jr.
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Rizzo
Production Assistant
Nick Booth
Story
Ann Druyan
Co-Producer
Ann Druyan
Visual Effects Editor
Michael McGovern
Supervising Sound Editor
Phil Benson
Second Assistant Director
Cellin Gluck
Set Designer
Dean Wolcott
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Mary Works
Set Designer
Easton Michael Smith
Visual Effects Producer
Julia Frey
Set Decoration
Michael Taylor
First Assistant Camera
Michael Condro
Still Photographer
Francois Duhamel
Camera Operator
Robert LaBonge
Script Supervisor
Luca Kouimelis
Visual Effects Supervisor
Stephen Rosenbaum
Unit Publicist
Jane E. Russell
Gaffer
David Morton
Mix Technician
Kent Sparling
Costume Supervisor
Pamela Wise
Art Department Assistant
John B. Josselyn
Additional Casting
Judith Bouley
Makeup Artist
Hallie D'Amore
Set Designer
Josh Lusby
Assistant Accountant
Kevin Bowe
Greensman
Frank McEldowney
Special Effects Supervisor
Allen Hall
First Assistant Sound Editor
Cheryl Nardi
Sound Effects Editor
Douglas Murray
Set Designer
Kristen Pratt
Steadicam Operator
Mark O'Kane
Location Manager
Peggy Pridemore
Set Costumer
Kenn Smiley
Visual Effects Supervisor
Kenneth Jones
Music Editor
Kenneth Karman
Location Manager
Paul Pav
Transportation Coordinator
Joel Marrow
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ariel Velasco-Shaw
Camera Technician
Steven J. Winslow
Camera Operator
Josh Bleibtreu
Dialogue Editor
Ewa Sztompke
Key Hair Stylist
Kathryn Blondell
Hairstylist
Carolyn Elias
Visual Effects Editor
Heather J. Morrison
Sequence Supervisor
David Jones
Hairstylist
Audrey L. Anzures
Set Costumer
Steve Ellsworth
Makeup Artist
Jean-Luc Russier
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Michael L. Fink
Visual Effects Editor
Kosta Saric
Visual Effects Production Manager
Mimi Medel
Steadicam Operator
Gregory Lundsgaard
Assistant Location Manager
Kristin Dehnert
Makeup Artist
Roxanna Floyd
Art Department Coordinator
Beth Bernstein
Construction Coordinator
Michael Diersing
Construction Foreman
Scott E. Handt
Construction Foreman
Jerrold F. Brooks
Special Effects
Marzette Bonar
Greensman
Hap Weaver
Leadman
David Manhan
Set Designer
Evelyn Barbier
Set Designer
Mariko Braswell
Set Designer
James F. Claytor Sr.
Sound Effects Editor
Marian Wilde
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dennis S. Sands
Dialogue Editor
Barbara McBane
Supervising ADR Editor
Sue Fox
Special Effects Coordinator
Eric Cook
CG Supervisor
Matt Aitken
Visual Effects Producer
C. Marie Davis
Sequence Supervisor
Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn
Visual Effects Producer
Mark S. Miller
Sequence Supervisor
Jay Redd
Sequence Supervisor
Sam Richards
Sequence Supervisor
Laurence Treweek
Visual Effects Supervisor
Lauren Alexandra Ritchie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Joe Matza
Still Photographer
Michael Douglas Middleton
Video Assist Operator
Michael Noles
Rigging Grip
Rand R. Vargas
Costume Supervisor
Betty Brikowski
Set Costumer
Patricia Bercsi
Set Costumer
Taryn Weaver
Location Manager
Luz Eneida Nuņez
Production Accountant
Allen E. Taylor
Production Controller
Allen E. Taylor
Conceptual Design
George Denes Suhayda
Digital Color Timer
John Nicolard
Digital Effects Producer
Craig A. Mumma
Visual Effects Compositor
Kelly Granite
ADR Editor
Lindakay Brown
Matchmove Supervisor
Charlie Clavadetscher
Costumer
Hope Slepak
Associate Producer
Rick Porras
Set Medic
Jeff Johnson
Special Effects Technician
Roland Blancaflor
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
William Cueto
Temp Sound Editor
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
Set Buyer
Carl Catanese
Assistant Costume Designer
Jessica Fasman
Transportation Captain
Randy Cantor
Assistant Sound Editor
Kent Brown
Projection
Edward J. Ertel
Sound Recordist
Randolph Saucedo
Costume Illustrator
Robin Richesson
Visual Effects Coordinator
Theresa Corrao
Swing
Christopher Casey
Propmaker
Wayne Eaton
Unit Manager
Nannette Rosa Collazo
Casting Coordinator
Nikki Dalmau
Location Scout
Kathleen Beall
Color Timer
Bob Putynkowski
Key Grip
Steve Smith
Assistant Camera
Clyde Miller
Standby Painter
Robert E. Denne
Software Engineer
Rob Engle
Negative Cutter
Mo Henry
Driver
Dan Brizendine
Storyboard Artist
Darryl Henley
Second Second Assistant Director
Darin Rivetti
Assistant Editor
Jana Lynn Gold
Title Designer
Nina Saxon
3D Artist
Timothy Wilcox
Stand In
Michael Egan
Grip
James Conroy
Set Dressing Artist
Sara Gardner-Gail
Carpenter
Thomas C. Mentzer
Digital Effects Supervisor
Victor Jimenez
Technical Supervisor
Bill Feightner
Transportation Co-Captain
David Diaz
Electrician
Dave Mikutsky
Production Coordinator
Darcy Fray
Production Supervisor
Dawn Guinta
24 Frame Playback
Mark Marcum
Mechanical Designer
Jeff Deyoe
Tailor
Gerardo Rosette
Key Costumer
Nigel Boyd
Graphic Designer
Doreen Austria
Second Assistant Camera
Frank Parrish
Best Boy Grip
Renton-Paul Medcalf
Second Assistant Accountant
Robert Cable
Location Assistant
Primrose Fukuchi
Assistant Property Master
Clifton T. Cooper
Conceptual Illustrator
Richard Kriegler
Visual Effects Editor
J.W. Kompare
Compositing Supervisor
Bart Giovanetti
Production Secretary
Carley A. Berkman
Rotoscoping Artist
Maura Alvarez
Travel Coordinator
Judd Nissen