Contact Intro Full HD

The Intro of the movie "Contact" is available in FULLHD (1920x1080)

[TheSimMan]

Let’s appreciate the fact that this came out in 1997....
Technically, visually, way ahead of its time....

[jupitereye]

I remember watching this in the theater, I didn't know what to expect at all. We smoked a joint, and went inside... and I recall watching this and forgetting to breathe for about 5-6 seconds, and gasping at one point. It was hypnotic and utterly unforgettable and when the movie ended, real life seemed like a dream. Of course, I was high, but the movie did something to my brain that no other movie has.

[notallthatbad]

I remember watching this in the theater for the first time. People were intitially gabbing and chatting, but about 20 seconds in it became completely silent. It was like everyone was entranced into a meditation.

I like to think most people were processing the visuals and in awe of the sheer size of existence. How puny and insignificant we are. Completely humbling.

[Petersouza]

Recordings by decades:
1990s 0:11
1980s 0:31
1970s 0:39
1960s 0:51
1950s 1:09
1940s 1:27
1930s 1:39
1920s 1:52
2:14 silence

[marcabramsky]

This scene is "awesome". It almost brings me to tears when I look at it and the insignificance of our lives. A tiny little planet in a sea of galaxies likely each with thousands or millions of earth-like planets. Overwhelming doesn't describe it. How can we possibly view the cosmos without acknowledging that we are not alone. We sit here and worry about our tiny little lives with all our tiny little concerns that really don't matter.

[SubjectRandom]

Simply incredible, unforgettable and maybe even inspirational.

[Leto]

I find this one of the most powerful introductions of any movie I've ever seen so far.

[magburner]

2:48, the part where every speck of light is a galaxy, there is not greater proof that we are not alone!!

[zetetick]

A tiny rock
covered with chattering primates
who ponce around, believing they are in control of their lives and understand the world they live in.
(and in the moments I forget - I'm one of 'em, video is a nice quick reality check, and also a superb way to start an SF movie)

[chateaupig]

Just watched it again, a really absorbing film that brings a tear to the eye, Jodie Foster perfect as Ellie Arroway

[shawntipton]

my second favourite film after Jurassic park, stunningly good introduction scene

[athansky]

This Intro seems like MIB Men In Black to me where the Universe is one Shiny Marble, a toy held in an Alien's hand tossed around like a ball ! 📍🔮🎲

[NightRunner]

The spatial scale isn't quite right and the time regression effect is WAY off, but I obviously know why they did it this way, and this will ALWAYS be my favorite movie intro of all time, in one of my top favorite movies of all time. It's hauntingly beautiful and hauntingly lonely at the same time. Any time I see or hear about yet another "Guess how big the universe is!" video, I instantly think of this and know it just won't feel the same. This is my perfect version of such, at least as perfect as it can be.

[divvsivlivs]

"Funkytown", written by Steven Greenberg, performed by Lipps Inc.
"Boogie Oogie Oogie", written by Janice Marie Johnson and Perry Kibble, performed by A Taste of Honey
"Fire", written by Willie Beck, James 'Diamond' Williams, Marshall E. Jones, Leroy 'Sugarfoot' Bonner, Marvin Pierce, Ralph Middlebrooks, and Clarence Satchell, performed by Ohio Players
"White Bird", written by David LaFlamme and Linda LaFlamme, performed by It's a Beautiful Day
"The Twilight Zone", music by Bernard Herrmann,
"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini", written by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance, performed by Brian Hyland
"Volare", from the song "Nel blu, dipinto di blu", music by Domenico Modugno, lyrics by Franco Migliacci, english lyrics by Mitchell Parish, performed by Domenico Modugno
"Over the Rainbow", music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, performed by Judy Garland
"The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)", music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin
"Semi-Charmed Life", written by Stephan Jenkins, performed by Third Eye Blind
"Angry Days", written by Joey Cape, performed by Lagwagon
"Wannabe", written by Spice Girls, Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard, performed by Spice Girls
"God Shuffled His Feet", written by Brad Roberts, performed by Crash Test Dummies
"Please Mr. Postman", written by Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland and Robert Bateman, performed by The Marvelettes
"Dallas", written by Jerrold Immel
"Broken Wings", written by Richard Page, Steve George and John Lang, performed by Mr. Mister
"I Ran (So Far Away)", written by Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds, Ali Score and Michael Score, performed by A Flock of Seagulls
"Longer", written by Dan Fogelberg, performed by Dan Fogelberg
"The Fishin' Hole", written by Earle Hagen, Herbert W. Spencer and Everett Sloane, performed by Andy Griffith
"The Power of Love", written by Huey Lewis, Chris Hayes and Johnny Colla, performed by Huey Lewis & The News
"Low Rider", written by Howard E. Scott, Harold R. Brown, Morris D. Dickerson, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, Thomas Allen and Jerry Goldstein, performed by War

[har]

This is where the introduction scene of Loki's episode 6 came from.

[chialeux]

I would have thought the 1969 Moon Landing signal would have made it way, waay, WAAAAY past Jupiter by 1997, when Contact was made... like 28 light-years out, maybe ?

[SamuelBlack]

And people still think we're alone in the universe

[rtyu]

Straight Dope sent me here.
Great intro, but the distances are off. Jupiter and Saturn (1:18) are only a few light-minutes from earth. Sirius and Alpha Centura (1:45) are about four light-years. But the Pillars of Creation (2:11) is about 7, 000 light years.

[ThunderLizardsRule]

Notice "Boogie Oogie Oogie" played when we pass Mars? Probably one of the songs Mark Watney had to listen to. 😂

[felixruiz]

I love this scene it shows how small we are !!!