My fellow Americans, citizens of the world, ladies and gentlemen of the press. At 7:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time yesterday morning, American scientists detected a radio signal from space. This message was largely mathematical, and in spite of some of the headlines I've seen today, so far seems to be completely benign in nature. To better explain the extraordinary events of the last 24 hours, I'm turning you over to... Doctor David Drumlin.
Contact (1997)
PRESIDENT LASKER
A screenplay character in Contact (1997).
- lines
- 22
- words
- 304
- scenes
- 6
- dialogue
- 2.2%
- avg words / line
- 14
- shortest / longest
- 1 / 73
Sample dialogue
My fellow Americans, citizens of the world, ladies and gentlemen of the press. At 7:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time yesterday morning, American scientists detected a radio signal from space. This message was largely mathematical, and in spite of some of the headlines I've seen today, so far seems to be completely benign in nature. To better explain the extraordinary events of the last 24 hours, I'm turning you over to... Doctor David Drumlin.
scene 57 — INT. VLA CORRIDOR - DAYOh my God...
scene 58 — INT. VLA CONTROL ROOM - DAYHow soon will you be able to decode it?
scene 58 — INT. VLA CONTROL ROOM - DAYWhat's the status of the decryption effort?
scene 70 — INT. CAMP DAVID - BRIEFING ROOM - DAYTo greet with hope the dawn of this new Century!
scene 80 — INT. U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY HALL
Bookends
Have your department make a full report.