2 Movie Pack: Thriller Collection on Blu-ray. Includes Contact and Sphere.
CONTACT (1997)
The exciting adventure of the day we make contact with life beyond Earth comes
to the screen with a profound sense of wonder and a dazzling visual sweep that
extends to the outer reaches of space and the imagination. Jodie Foster is
astronomer Ellie Arroway, a woman of science. Matthew McConaughey is religious
scholar Palmer Joss, a man of faith. They're opposite ends of a spectrum –
and sudden players on the world stage as the countdown to humanity's greatest
journey begins. Powerfully, thrillingly and emotionally, Contact connects.
Stars: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner.
Drector: Robert Zemeckis. 10 award wins & 17 nominations.
“Carl Sagan's novel Contact provides the inspiration for Robert
Zemeckis' new film, which tells the smartest and most absorbing story about
extraterrestrial intelligence since "Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”
Roger Ebert
“Contact is that rare big-budget motion picture that places ideas,
characters, and plot above everything else.” ReelViews
“Beautifully crafted and legitimately involving once it locks onto a
dramatic track, film benefits from remaining mysterious about how far it intends
to go in pursuing its themes, but also suffers from long-windedness and preachy
final-reel explicitness as to its message.” Variety
SPHERE (1998)
1000 feet below the ocean, navy divers discover an object half-a-mile long.
A crack team of scientists are deployed to the site in Deepsea Habitats. What
they find boggles the mind as they discover a perfect metal sphere. What is the
secret behind the sphere Will they survive the mysterious ‘manifestations’?
Who or what is creating these? They may never live to find out. Stars: Dustin
Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Queen Latifah. Director: Barry
Levinson
“While this is no quick-witted treat on a par with Mr. Levinson's Wag the Dog, it's a solid thriller with showy scientific overtones.” The New York Times