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DESCRIPTION:\n	Introduced by astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger\, Director of the 
 Carl Sagan Institute \n	\n\n\n	Dir. Robert Zemeckis. 1997\, 150 mins. 35mm
 . With Jodie Foster\, Matthew McConaughey\, David Morse. Carl Sagan\, reno
 wned astronomer and star of the 1980s television series Cosmos: A Personal
  Voyage\, wrote the story that inspired this beloved science fiction film.
  Jodie Foster stars as radio astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway who scans outer 
 space for signals from intelligent life. When a transmission arrives\, it 
 destabilizes Ellie’s personal\, as well as ethical\, religious\, and polit
 ical convictions. Sagan based Ellie Arroway’s character on Jill Tarter\, t
 he long-time director of the SETI Institute which searches for extraterres
 trial life. “[Contact] tells the smartest and most absorbing story about e
 xtraterrestrial intelligence since Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”—Ro
 ger Ebert\, The Chicago Sun-Times. Before the screening of Contact\, astro
 nomer Lisa Kaltenegger\, Director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell U
 niversity\, will speak about her research exploring new worlds. \n\n\n	Lis
 a Kaltenegger is the Director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell and A
 ssociate Professor in Astronomy. Her research focuses on exploring new wor
 lds orbiting other stars and searching for signs of life. She is a world-l
 eading expert in modeling potential habitable worlds. Among her awards are
  the Invited Discourse lecture at the IAU General Assembly in Hawaii\, the
  Heinz Meier Leibnitz Prize for Physics of Germany\, the Doppler Prize for
  Innovation in Science of Austria\, and the Barry-Jones Inauguration Award
  of the Royal Astrobiology Society and Open University in Britain. Her acc
 olades include being named one of America’s Young Innovators by Smithsonia
 n Magazine\, an Innovator to Watch by TIME Magazine\, and being selected a
 s one of the European Commission’s Role Models for Women in Science and Re
 search. Asteroid 7734 Kaltenegger is named after her. \n\n\n	Order tickets
  ($25) for screening + exhibition access before/after the screening \n	\n	
 Order tickets ($15) for screening only \n\n\n	Tickets are discounted for s
 eniors\, students\, and youth (free or discounted for Museum members). (Me
 mbers may contact members@movingimage.us with questions regarding online r
 eservations.) \n\n\n	View the Museum’s ticketing policy here. Exhibition a
 ccess takes place during Museum hours.For more information on membership a
 nd to join online\, visit our membership page. \n\n
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LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater
SUMMARY:Contact
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