Contact / Sphere (1997)

Is something or someone out there? Messages from outer space raise hopes (and for some fears) that intelligent beings from light years away are reaching out to us...and sending design plans for the machine that can take us to meet them. Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey star in and Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) directs an exhilarating adaptation of Carl Sagan's Contact (Side A) the dazzling tale of humanity's greatest voyage of discovery. The excitement runs deep in Sphere (Side B) as officials find a huge spacecraft that plunged into the Pacific - 300 years earlier. Dustin Hoffman Sharon Stone and Samuel L. Jackson lead an underwater expedition into the mysterious craft in this adventure directed by Barry Levinson (Rain Man) and based on Michael Crichton's novel. Step aboard for a new dimension in thrills!Running Time: 284 min.System Requirements:Run Time: 284 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 012569817401 Manufacturer No: 81740 Product Description

Cheap. Short-changed....

By putting out these two films on one DVD, I can't help but feel that Warner's has "short-changed" Contact by pairing it with such an inferior film like "Sphere." In my opinion, Criterion should have issued their own DVD print of "Contact" with all of the extras. I don't even see it in upcoming Blu-Ray releases and it certainly deserves that kind of upgrade. "Contact" knocked my socks off when I first saw it. The day it came out on LaserDisc, I bought it. The DVD had many extras on it so I got rid of the LD and picked it up on DVD. It's definitely a classic 90's sci-fi film that is NOT getting the kind of treatment (like a release on Blu-Ray) that it so richly deserves. This is a step in the wrong direction...and a slap in the face for fans!!! Forget it! July 8, 2008

Contact/Sphere

Two great movies
I love having them both on the same disk
on time delivery
Thanks. December 15, 2007

Double Feature

Love these new double features they have out can't beat the deal on these two films one low price,Sphere and Contact both are really good, great acting, good story lines and special effects....Enjoy. October 27, 2007

Contact/Sphere

Contact is a good picture story held together by its main actor. A story that has more effect now with current global warming problems. I liked it so much that I bought sequel.
Sphere is an incredible story at the time it came out brought closer to reality now with the latest scientific discovery that time travel is a possiblity. Actors are great and story line is clear. October 8, 2007

Contact-Great/Sphere-Not..

Contact is one of my favorite stories of all times. I loved Carl Sagan and had read the book long before it had become a movie.And Jodi Foster &
Matthew McConaughey did a great job with this story!

Sphere,on the other hand,also was a great book HOWEVER the 'movie' was lacking severly. Although the actors were all great people for other projects I am clueless as to how anyone ever thought they needed to be in this story.Still it is an ok scifi film to have in your collection but my advice would be to buy the book as well because it really was a BETTER story when read. July 25, 2007

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