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Clips from Contact

Short Films 1997 6 min 1,771 clips
Short Animation

Credits

Clearly, I've never been there, but...
"Clearly, I've never been there, but..."
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Well, I'm not a crook.
"Well, I'm not a crook."
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Robert Kennedy was shot in that ballroom.
"Robert Kennedy was shot in that ballroom."
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Something never before experienced...
"Something never before experienced..."
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And we continue this final edition of our Maxwell House Good News of 1939.
"And we continue this final edition of our Maxwell House Good News of 1939."
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CQ.
"CQ."
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CQ, this is W-9 GFO here. Come back?
"CQ, this is W-9 GFO here. Come back?"
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I have to tell you, Sparks...
"I have to tell you, Sparks..."
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...one thousand, one hundred and sixteen miles.
"...one thousand, one hundred and sixteen miles."
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Pretty good. That's the farthest yet.
"Pretty good. That's the farthest yet."
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- Can we hear all the way to New York? - Sure.
"- Can we hear all the way to New York? - Sure."
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- Can we hear all the way to California? - I don't see why not.
"- Can we hear all the way to California? - I don't see why not."
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On a really, really clear day.
"On a really, really clear day."
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Could we talk to the moon?
"Could we talk to the moon?"
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Could we talk to Jupiter?
"Could we talk to Jupiter?"
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Dad, could we talk to Mom?
"Dad, could we talk to Mom?"
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Okay.
"Okay."
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...if it is just us...
"...if it is just us..."
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CQ, this is W-9 GFO.
"CQ, this is W-9 GFO."
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CQ, this is W-9 GFO. Come back?
"CQ, this is W-9 GFO. Come back?"
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Isn't she a beauty?
"Isn't she a beauty?"
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It'll do.
"It'll do."
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All right.
"All right."
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Go back.
"Go back."
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All right, 1221.46. That's well within the L band.
"All right, 1221.46. That's well within the L band."
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It's not in the neighborhood.
"It's not in the neighborhood."
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Catalogued November 4, 1982. Pulsar.
"Catalogued November 4, 1982. Pulsar."
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Well, I don't know, it must've been... The glitch in the timing is what threw me.
"Well, I don't know, it must've been... The glitch in the timing is what threw me."
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- Ellie. - Kent. Kent Clark.
"- Ellie. - Kent. Kent Clark."
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Hey.
"Hey."
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They said you've been up at Owens Valley working under Drumlin.
"They said you've been up at Owens Valley working under Drumlin."
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And Dr. Arroway will be spending her precious telescope time listening for, um...
"And Dr. Arroway will be spending her precious telescope time listening for, um..."
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Does it show?
"Does it show?"
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Convinced it has some dark military purpose.
"Convinced it has some dark military purpose."
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What are you studying up there?
"What are you studying up there?"
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I work on a project called SETI.
"I work on a project called SETI."
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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence?
"Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence?"
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Wow. Man, that is out there.
"Wow. Man, that is out there."
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Mm-mm. I'm a writer. I'm writing a book.
"Mm-mm. I'm a writer. I'm writing a book."
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- I take it you know him? - Mm-hm.
"- I take it you know him? - Mm-hm."
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SETI, man. That's fringe.
"SETI, man. That's fringe."
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I gotta go.
"I gotta go."
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Science must first be accountable to the people who are paying for it, the taxpayers.
"Science must first be accountable to the people who are paying for it, the taxpayers."
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...to improve the lives of the people who are footing the bill.
"...to improve the lives of the people who are footing the bill."
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Which is exactly what the pursuit of science is.
"Which is exactly what the pursuit of science is."
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...coming from a man on a crusade against the evils of technology...
"...coming from a man on a crusade against the evils of technology..."
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I'm not against technology, doctor.
"I'm not against technology, doctor."
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I'm against the men who deify it at the expense of human truth.
"I'm against the men who deify it at the expense of human truth."
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No, not really.
"No, not really."
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I got my Masters in Divinity...
"I got my Masters in Divinity..."
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I couldn't live with the whole celibacy thing.
"I couldn't live with the whole celibacy thing."
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You wanna get out of here?
"You wanna get out of here?"
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Dad, what's that star there?
"Dad, what's that star there?"
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That's not a star, it's a planet.
"That's not a star, it's a planet."
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"Because they thought it was so beautiful and glowing."
""Because they thought it was so beautiful and glowing.""
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"...deadly gases and sulfuric acid rain."
""...deadly gases and sulfuric acid rain.""
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You know, there are four hundred billion stars out there...
"You know, there are four hundred billion stars out there..."
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...and if just one out of a million of those had intelligent life...
"...and if just one out of a million of those had intelligent life..."
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All I know is that I wasn't alone.
"All I know is that I wasn't alone."
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And for the first time in my life I wasn't scared of nothing, you know?
"And for the first time in my life I wasn't scared of nothing, you know?"
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No, this... No, my intellect, it couldn't even touch this.
"No, this... No, my intellect, it couldn't even touch this."
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No.
"No."
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I've been to Sunday school a few times.
"I've been to Sunday school a few times."
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- Is it this guy? - Yeah.
"- Is it this guy? - Yeah."
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You're close to him, aren't you?
"You're close to him, aren't you?"
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No, no. I've wanted to look at this sector for weeks.
"No, no. I've wanted to look at this sector for weeks."
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Just leave your number. I'll call you.
"Just leave your number. I'll call you."
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Dad.
"Dad."
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...but we aren't always meant to know why things happen the way they do.
"...but we aren't always meant to know why things happen the way they do."
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Dad, this is Ellie. Come back.
"Dad, this is Ellie. Come back."
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...transmitting on 14.2 megahertz.
"...transmitting on 14.2 megahertz."
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Dad.
"Dad."
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Are you there?
"Are you there?"
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Dad, this is Ellie.
"Dad, this is Ellie."
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What?
"What?"
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It would be a dynamite place to do serious SETI...
"It would be a dynamite place to do serious SETI..."
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Hey, watch it.
"Hey, watch it."
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Look, I don't consider what could be...
"Look, I don't consider what could be..."
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...the most important discovery of the human race nonsense, okay?
"...the most important discovery of the human race nonsense, okay?"
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...but it's so far away you'll never contact it in your lifetime.
"...but it's so far away you'll never contact it in your lifetime."
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Chicago has all the stuff, but let me know how it goes.
"Chicago has all the stuff, but let me know how it goes."
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Hey, Fish, did that investor from Houston ever get back to us?
"Hey, Fish, did that investor from Houston ever get back to us?"
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Why not? They've been making money off of aliens for years, right?
"Why not? They've been making money off of aliens for years, right?"
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- Begging is good for the soul. - We'll see about that.
"- Begging is good for the soul. - We'll see about that."
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- Just do me a favor. - Yeah.
"- Just do me a favor. - Yeah."
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Try not to be too confrontational.
"Try not to be too confrontational."
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Huh? Confrontational? Me? What do you mean?
"Huh? Confrontational? Me? What do you mean?"
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I'm gonna see if I left anything.
"I'm gonna see if I left anything."
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Now, we've gotten approval to buy the telescope time from the government.
"Now, we've gotten approval to buy the telescope time from the government."
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Now all we really need is the money.
"Now all we really need is the money."
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...and more like science fiction.
"...and more like science fiction."
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Science fiction.
"Science fiction."
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It's crazy.
"It's crazy."
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Nuts.
"Nuts."
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You know, to just step back for one minute and look at the big picture.
"You know, to just step back for one minute and look at the big picture."
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...for humanity, for the history of history.
"...for humanity, for the history of history."
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...coming into rooms like this and talking to people like you.
"...coming into rooms like this and talking to people like you."
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I'm sorry I wasted your time.
"I'm sorry I wasted your time."
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Thank you.
"Thank you."
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Drumlin. What is this? This his personal vendetta now?
"Drumlin. What is this? This his personal vendetta now?"
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And they don't want the high priestess of the desert using them anymore.
"And they don't want the high priestess of the desert using them anymore."
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They want us out.
"They want us out."
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But I'm not stopping.
"But I'm not stopping."
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Are we happier as a human race?
"Are we happier as a human race?"
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Declination, plus 36 degrees, 46 minutes...
"Declination, plus 36 degrees, 46 minutes..."
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Confirm!
"Confirm!"
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Plus 36 hours, 47 minutes and 1 second.
"Plus 36 hours, 47 minutes and 1 second."
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Copy that. Willie...
"Copy that. Willie..."
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Your four are online, the rest are tracking in...
"Your four are online, the rest are tracking in..."
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Go get ready to set the target frequency to manual the second we're aligned.
"Go get ready to set the target frequency to manual the second we're aligned."
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4.46, 23 gigahertz.
"4.46, 23 gigahertz."
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Hydrogen times pi. Told you.
"Hydrogen times pi. Told you."
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- Vega? - Can't be.
"- Vega? - Can't be."
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- Seven. - Seven.
"- Seven. - Seven."
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- Holy shit. - Okay, okay.
"- Holy shit. - Okay, okay."
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Maybe they didn't grow up there. Maybe they're visiting.
"Maybe they didn't grow up there. Maybe they're visiting."
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Spacecraft? This system is full of debris. It would get clobbered.
"Spacecraft? This system is full of debris. It would get clobbered."
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- That's not funny. - How else are we gonna explain it?
"- That's not funny. - How else are we gonna explain it?"
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Yeah, right-o.
"Yeah, right-o."
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...that the official IAU communique was sent from this government facility.
"...that the official IAU communique was sent from this government facility."
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