Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis follows up his last success with an intelligent blockbuster, a sci-fi epic with no intergalactic battles, space monsters or little green men. Radio astronomer Ellie Arroway (Foster) has spent her whole career waiting for other-worldly beings to get in touch, and now the research money's running out. She's finally vindicated when she intercepts a message from 26 light years away which, when decoded, appears to be a blueprint for a craft that will carry one pe find out more...