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Contact (1997) and how it nearly fell apart, plus David Frankel on The Devil Wears Prada 2

Film Stories with Simon Brew by Simon Brew

May 4, 202683:53TV & Film

Robert Zemeckis' 1997 film of Carl Sagan's Contact is a remarkably grown-up science fiction movie for a summer blockbuster. Starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey, it took nearly 20 years to bring the story to the...

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Contact (1997) and how it nearly fell apart, plus David Frankel on The Devil Wears Prada 2 is an episode from Film Stories with Simon Brew by Simon Brew. Robert Zemeckis' 1997 film of Carl Sagan's Contact is a remarkably grown-up science fi...

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Published May 4, 2026, 83:53 long, audio available.