In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the 1997 American science fiction drama film "Contact" directed by Robert Zemeckis. Adapted from the 1985 film of the same name by Carl Sagan, the film tells the story of Dr. Eleanor "Elle" Arroway (played by Jodie Foster), a SETI scientist searching for evidence of extraterrestrial life, who discovers a signal that is believed to be from an advanced extraterrestrial civilization who have chosen to make contact with the people of Earth - which leads Elle to speculate and seek the assistance of all the governments of the world to realise the construction of an advanced machine that could potentially make first contact with an alien civilization a reality. The film also stars Mathew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, John Hurt, Angela Bassett, Rob Lowe, Jake Busey, and David Morse. The beautiful music of the film was composed by long time Robert Zemeckis collaborator Alan Silvestri.
