Johnny Has the Keys

Ep. 04-30: Contact (1997)

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Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) races to interpret a possible audible message originating from the Vega star system. Once first contact with extraterrestrial intelligence is proven, Arroway contends with various stumbling blocks including a restrictive National Security Advisor Kitz (James Woods) and religious fanatics bent on containing the implications of such an event. An incredible message is found hidden in the signal, but will Arroway be the one to answer its call?

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What’s that sound? Could it be the cantankerous murmurings of your favorite podcast hosts discussing this ambitious yet flawed blockbuster? With such a great cast, source material from Carl Sagan, and an A-list director like Robert Zemeckis, how could they go wrong? Join us, and we will let you know. Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys builds a wormhole device and travels to a distant galaxy to discover our place among the stars.

SHOW LINKS

  • Contact (1997)
  • Original trailer
  • Robert Zemeckis
  • Carl Sagan
  • Arrival (2016)
  • E.T. (1982)
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
  • Gravity (2013)
  • Foundation by Isaac Asimov
  • War of the Worlds (1953)
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  • Interstellar (2014)
  • Event Horizon (1997)
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  • 2010: The Year We make Contact (1984)
  • Men in Black (1997)
  • Alien (1979)
  • Stargate (1994)
  • The Right Stuff (1983)
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

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