He died...
Contact (1997)
CHAIRMAN
A screenplay character in Contact (1997).
- lines
- 8
- words
- 191
- scenes
- 1
- dialogue
- 1.4%
- avg words / line
- 24
- shortest / longest
- 2 / 50
source review flagged 1 dialogue line
Sample dialogue
You don't believe it to be... tell me something, Doctor. Why do you think they would go to all this trouble... bring you tens of thousands of light years, and then send you home without a shred of proof? Sort of bad form, wouldn't you say? What was their intent?
scene 184 — INT. U.S. SENATE... And this is how the extraterrestrial presented himself to you? As your father?
scene 184 — INT. U.S. SENATEDr. Arroway, do you think it's possible you had some kind of... delusional episode.
scene 184 — INT. U.S. SENATEDr. Arroway, you come before us with no evidence. No records, no artifacts--only a story that--to put it mildly--strains credibility. Over two trillion dollars was spent, hundreds of lives were lost, many more may be in jeopardy due to the almost incalculable worldwide psychological impact... Are you
scene 184 — INT. U.S. SENATEAll the elements are there. A woman, orphaned young, under a great deal of stress. The failure of a project she's staked her self-worth and very sense of identity on-- induces a fantasy of reuniting with her 'father in heaven' as it were. Is it possible?
scene 184 — INT. U.S. SENATE
Bookends
going to sit there and tell us that we should simply take this all on faith?