I'm here with Peter Valerian, recently named David Drumlin's replacement as Science Advisor to the President. Doctor, there were loud complaints from the international community last week when it was announced that three of the ten candidates--were to be Americans. How do you defend that decision?
Contact (1997)
REPORTER
A screenplay character in Contact (1997).
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Sample dialogue
I'm here with Peter Valerian, recently named David Drumlin's replacement as Science Advisor to the President. Doctor, there were loud complaints from the international community last week when it was announced that three of the ten candidates--were to be Americans. How do you defend that decision?
scene 81 — INT. OBSERVATION FACILITY (MACHINE, TEXAS) - DAYAnd if the event turns out to be chess?
scene 81 — INT. OBSERVATION FACILITY (MACHINE, TEXAS) - DAY...it would be fair to say an upbeat atmosphere prevails here; the Japanese playing their role of host impeccably.
scene 140 — EXT. OBIHIRO VILLAGE (HOKKAIDO ISLAND) - DUSKHokkaido? What will happen when the machine is finally activated? And what must Eleanor Arroway be feeling on this, what may well be her last night on Planet Earth...?
scene 141 — INT. HOKKAIDO COMPOUND - PRESS CONFERENCE/PHOTO OP (MOS)And there is reason for optimism: the way the machine consortium has bounced back in these last few months is nothing short of miraculous, and that restored sense of hope and purpose is clearly in evidence here today.
scene 140 — EXT. OBIHIRO VILLAGE (HOKKAIDO ISLAND) - DUSK
Bookends
Reverend Joss, do you think the failure of the machine is God's rebuke to science?