Contact is 25 years old this year and a new oral history shares some fascinating behind-the-scenes stories.
read the adapted screenplay by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. He loved it and began developed a movie that, according to eventual star Jodie Foster, was much different from the eventual film director Robert Zemeckis would make.winner told Vulture. “It was an incredibly long script—or had even moments of, like,.” Druyan, who created the story along with Sagan, echoed those sentiments. “It was stranger—
because that was the idea,” she said. “The universe is strange. There were scenes with, like, roadkill that you wouldn’t think were right on the path of the story but which I felt had the power to expand the viewer’s consciousness.”Several writers worked with Miller on various versions of a script, adding relationships and characters along the way, but Miller never quite felt it was right. “[Writer Michael Goldenberg’s] script was terrific,” producer Lynda Obst said.
Obst explained that because the studio and Miller were not seeing eye to eye, they held a very important meeting. “He came into this meeting with a very complicated diagram about what he wanted to do with the script,” she said. “They said, ‘George, will you commit to shooting this movie by Christmas?’ This was the do-or-die moment. We were all praying he would say yes. He said no. I remember sinking into my chair.” Robert Zemeckis was hired the next day and the rest is history.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Liev Schreiber Heads To Karlovy Vary, Festival Announces Opening And Closing FilmsThe Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1-9) will open this Friday with Italian director Paolo Genovese’s relationship drama Superheroes and close with George Miller’s Cannes title Three…
Read more »
In a New Film for Vogue, Virgil Abloh’s Closest Collaborators Pay Tribute to His Powerful LegacyIn Mahfuz Sultan and Chloe Wayne Sultan’s new documentary for Vogue on the legacy of Virgil Abloh—titled simply V—the designer's closest collaborators pay tribute to his powerful legacy.
Read more »
Jimmy G's ex-teammates upset over how he handled injury'A lot of guys got mad about it,' a former Patriots teammate said.
Read more »
Baz Luhrmann Wants You To See ‘Elvis’ Up On The Big Screen: ‘I Make Theatrical Movies To Be Seen In Cinemas’The longtime director discusses the elaborate process it took to get his latest movie made and reveals how his business mindset in Hollywood has evolved over his 30-year filmmaking career.
Read more »
Shudder Debuts Biggest Movie of 2022 and Fans Are Loving ItShudder's most recent release, the stop-motion movie Mad God from Academy Award winner Phil [...]
Read more »