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Clips from Contact (1997)

"Mr. President."
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"...regarding the latest efforts to decode the message."
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"If you're asking when we'll find out what the purpose of that machine is..."
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"...maybe tomorrow, maybe next year, maybe never."
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"- It's so good to see you, Ellie. - You too."
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"Your discovery, all of this. It must be a real vindication."
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"I'm really happy for you."
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"- Are you? - Mr. Joss, the president is waiting."
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"- Ellie, see you at the reception tonight? - Yeah, I wouldn't miss it."
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"All right, great."
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"Excuse me, Miss Constantine, may I speak to you?"
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"- I have a big problem. - Yes?"
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"Do you know where I can find, like, a really great dress?"
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"God created man in the form of himself, not in the form of monkeys!"
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"Get a job. Don't waste my tax dollars."
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"I read your book."
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"Would you like me to quote you?"
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""Ironically, the thing that people are most hungry for, meaning..."
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"...is the one thing that science hasn't been able to give them.""
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"Come on. It's like you're saying that science killed God."
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"...that he never existed in the first place?"
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"- A little chilly out here. - Yeah, this is nice."
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"- I got one for you. - What?"
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"- Makes sense to me. - All right."
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"...so we wouldn't have to feel so small and alone."
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"I don't know."
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"I couldn't imagine living in a world where God didn't exist."
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"How do you know that you're not deluding yourself?"
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"I mean, for me, I'd need proof."
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"Your dad, did you love him?"
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"Yes. Very much."
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"Kent."
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"- The White House. - Mr. Joss."
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"I don't want excuses. Whoever is responsible, I want their head."
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"You were right all along."
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"The decryption team at the VLA has been working around the clock..."
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"...and the hard work has finally paid off."
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"This key section, uncovered tonight and obtained exclusively by CNN..."
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"...shows an illustration of what is of a human figure..."
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"...inside a geometric structure of some kind."
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"This and other contextual clues..."
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"...now lead scientists to believe that the message is, in fact..."
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"- President called an emergency meeting. - Yeah, I imagine he would."
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"- Designed to take a single human occupant into space..."
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"...presumably to the star Vega."
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"I'm gonna miss my mother's birthday party."
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"Call her in the morning, tell her why you didn't show up."
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"Tell me."
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"They're gonna build it."
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"Who gets to go?"
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"The president's just gone international to spread the risk and cost..."
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"Who gets to go, though?"
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"What?"
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"They have formed a group of international candidates."
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"Okay, they understand that. You're at the top of a very short list."
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"But they're also putting together a selection committee."
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"It's made of scholars, theologians, scientists, philosophers..."
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"You're on it."
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"I guess that means..."
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"...that you're a selector, I'm a selectee and we can't..."
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"What you don't understand, Ellie, is..."
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"- I understand. - Ellie..."
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"I want you to know, whatever happens, as far as I'm concerned..."
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"Well..."
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"Well, whatever you do, make sure he doesn't monopolize the committee."
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"He just resigned as science advisor. He wants to be the one to go."
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"The president is already beginning to feel the financial pinch."
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"Sources say the cost of the project..."
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"...is spiraling to more than a third of a trillion dollars..."
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"...making this what may be the most expensive single project..."
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"...in all of human history."
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"Meanwhile, months of debate finally reached a conclusion last week..."
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"...as 10 candidates were selected by the IMC..."
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"...representing a cross section of political, philosophical and religious views."
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"Many of these are the same experts who have been consulting..."
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"...on the Machine's design and function."
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"They will be actively participating on-site during the construction process."
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"But the choice of these 10 candidates has not been without controversy."
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"Fully one-third of the candidates are American."
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"Many international observers are asking why."
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"The U.S. Is shouldering an enormous percentage of the financial..."
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"Isn't it true that the contractors, like Hadden Industries..."
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"...are making those contributions in exchange for technology rights?"
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"Different nations are being compensated in different ways. For example..."
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"...in exchange for the systems integration subcontract."
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"Yes, well, if nothing else..."
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"...it should be somebody who is fluent in the language the message was given in."
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"Science, in this case."
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"Doctor Arroway, despite your obvious enthusiasm..."
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"Some of that criticism from scientists."
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""...that this is simply beyond our capabilities, that this endeavor will fail...""
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""...and that the Machine's occupant will pay for that failure with their life.""
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"...from hundreds to millions and millions of years ahead of us."
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"I have to believe that an intelligence that advanced..."
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"...knows what they're doing."
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"Now all it requires on our part is..."
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"Faith?"
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"And in breaking news..."
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"...a former astronaut..."
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"...considered to be the leading American candidate for the Machine seat..."
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"...has unexpectedly dropped out of the running."
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"Russell met with reporters this afternoon at his Houston home."
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"I told my dad that I didn't want him to go."
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"Daddy, don't go."
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"But what can I say to this?"
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"Consortium officials had no comment, but sources within the delegation..."
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"...have disclosed that Dr. Arroway..."
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"...appears to now be the front-runner for the Machine seat."
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"Thanks for coming."
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"Selectors and selectees mingling around?"
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"Can we talk about Einstein?"
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"- Special relativity. - Yeah."
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"...now, if it works, and you travel to Vega at even close to the speed of light..."
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"...when you come back... - If you come back."
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"And everybody that you care about..."
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"If you came back, if you survived at all, which..."
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"Look, Palmer, nobody's saying this isn't dangerous, all right?"
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"The rest of the candidates and myself, we fully understand the risks we're taking."
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"Why?"
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"Because it's a historic opportunity. The world needs..."
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