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Clips from Contact (1997)

"That's Cassiopeia."
Contact (1997)
"And Cassiopeia A gives off a whole lot of radio signals."
Contact (1997)
"I actually listen to them a lot. It's a remnant of a supernova."
Contact (1997)
"When did you know you wanted to be an astronomer?"
Contact (1997)
"When I was about 8 years old, I was watching the sunset..."
Contact (1997)
"...and I asked my dad, "What's that bright star over there?""
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"And he said that it wasn't really a star at all. It was actually..."
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"A whole planet called Venus..."
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"That's the planet Venus."
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"Which should be over there soon."
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"He said, "You know why they called it Venus?""
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""But what they didn't know...""
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""...is that it's filled with...""
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""Wow," I thought, "This is it! I'm hooked.""
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"...just in our galaxy alone."
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"If only one out of a million of those had planets..."
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"...all right, and if just one out of a million of those had life..."
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"...there would be literally millions of civilizations out there."
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"...it'd be an awful waste of space."
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"Amen."
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"And then I felt something. I don't know, I..."
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"Not even dying."
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"It was God."
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"And there's no chance that..."
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"I mean, I'm a reasonably intelligent guy, but this..."
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"Well, I just kept asking all these really annoying questions like:"
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"And pretty soon they called my dad and they asked him..."
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"...if he wouldn't mind just keeping me home from now on."
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"Your dad..."
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"Yeah, I was. He died when I was 9 years old."
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"I never got to know my mother."
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"I'm sorry."
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"That's gotta be tough."
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"Being alone."
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"What do you say..."
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"...we pack a picnic tomorrow morning and hike up to old Mount Arecibo?"
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"I don't think I can. I gotta work."
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"All right, how about dinner, then, tomorrow night? I know a great dive."
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"I don't think so."
Contact (1997)
"- Ellie, did I miss something? - Huh?"
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"You know, I'm not trying to push you."
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"Just hang out and sleep in. And there's a bunch of food in the fridge."
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"Okay?"
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"Dad, it's starting, you're gonna miss it."
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"Dad, there's another one. Hurry up."
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"In a minute, Sparks. I'm almost done."
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"There's another one. Come on, hurry up, Dad!"
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"Dad?"
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"Dad?"
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"Daddy?"
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"Dad."
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"Dad."
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"I'll get the medicine."
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"I know it's hard to understand this now..."
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"Sometimes we just have to accept it as God's will."
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"I should have kept some medicine in the downstairs bathroom."
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"Then I could've gotten to it sooner."
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"CQ..."
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"...this is W-9 GFO. Do you copy?"
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"This is Eleanor Arroway..."
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"Dad."
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"Are you there?"
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"Ellie."
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"Hi, Kent. What are you doing up so early, huh?"
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"I was thinking..."
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"...we'd make a pretty good team."
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"We could put together a kick-ass ad-hoc SETI program."
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"You know the Very Large Array in New Mexico?"
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"What are you talking about, Kent?"
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"Drumlin pulled the plug."
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"We're homeless."
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"Is it true, huh? Did you pull the plug?"
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"You can't see it now, but I'm doing you a favor."
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"You are far too promising a scientist to be wasting your gifts on this nonsense."
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"There's 400 billion stars..."
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"And two probabilities. One, there is intelligent life..."
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"- And two! - You're making a decision..."
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"There's nothing but noble gases and carbon compounds and you're wasting your time."
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"In the meantime, you won't be published, won't be taken seriously."
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"And your career will be over."
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"So what? It's my life."
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"Hey, Kent. You were right."
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"Screw Drumlin. We're gonna raise the money. We're going to New Mexico."
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"I've got some more corporate stops on the East Coast for you."
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"I'm gonna hit him up on my way to L.A."
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"Try begging for some of that Hollywood money."
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"It's the moment of the acquisition of technology."
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"That's the moment where contact becomes possible."
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"The Very Large Array in New Mexico is the key to our chances for success."
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"...we can search more accurately than at any other conventional facility."
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"A nice presentation, doctor."
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"But while our foundation arm has a mandate to support experimental programs..."
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"...we must confess that your proposal seems less like science..."
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"You're right."
Contact (1997)
"You wanna hear something nutty?"
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"A couple guys wanted to build something called an airplane."
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"You get people to go in it and fly like birds. Ridiculous, right?"
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"Or what about breaking the sound barrier..."
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"...or rockets to the moon, or atomic energy or a mission to Mars?"
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"Science fiction, right?"
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"All I'm asking is for you to just have the tiniest bit of vision."
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"To take a chance on something..."
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"...which might end up being the most profoundly impactful moment..."
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"I just spent the last 13 months..."
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"The truth is, you're my last chance, so..."
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"Doctor."
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"Yes, sir."
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"Frank, look at the size of that son of a bitch!"
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"Welcome back, Dr. C."
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"How'd it go?"
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"- How was the trip? - I've had better."
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"It's not just Drumlin. There's been enormous pressure from other scientists as well."
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"It doesn't matter anyway, Hadder's funding us for another two years."
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"Uh... These are government-owned telescopes, they can lease to whomever."
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"What?"
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"Staring at static on TV for hours, listening to washing machines."
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"Did you really think these stories wouldn't get out?"
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"- I was looking for patterns in the chaos. - Doesn't matter, we're a joke to them."
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"Fine. I'll start looking for other funding. I'll just start..."
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"Could you face reality, please? Just this once, Ellie. We lost."
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