One of the most realistic parts of Contact is the blatant sexism that the brilliant young astronomer Eleanor Arroway encounters throughout the 1997 extraterrestrial-hunting film. The rumored inspi ...

Jodie Foster’s portrayal of SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) scientist Dr. Eleanor “Ellie” Arroway came just a few years after her iconic role in “Silence of the Lambs.” ...

(SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE, "CONTACT") JODIE FOSTER: (as Eleanor Arroway) Talk to me, guys. GEOFFREY BLAKE: (as Fisher) Partially polarized set of moving pulses, amplitude modulated. MAX MARTINI ...

The story centered around Dr. Eleanor Arroway, who leads the discovery and deciphering of an extraterrestrial signal from the star system, Vega. Using the data sent from what seemed to be an ...