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“CONTACT”

“CONTACT”. Characters And Terms. Characters. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) Palmer Joss (Matt McConaughey) Michael Kitz (James Woods) – National Security Advisor S.R. Hadden (John Hurt) David Drumlin (Tom Skerritt) – National Science Foundation Leader

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“CONTACT”

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  1. “CONTACT” Characters And Terms

  2. Characters • Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) • Palmer Joss (Matt McConaughey) • Michael Kitz (James Woods) – National Security Advisor • S.R. Hadden (John Hurt) • David Drumlin (Tom Skerritt) – National Science Foundation Leader • Kent Clark (William Fichtner) – Blind Assistant

  3. More Characters • Ted Arroway (David Morse) - Dad • Rachel Constantine (Angela Bassett) – Advisor to the President • Richard Rank (Rob Lowe) – Leader of the Conservative Coalition (Moral Right) • Carl Sagan – Author • Larry King - Interviews Palmer • President Clinton - Himself • Blonde Haired Guy - Religious Fanatic

  4. Terms • SETI – Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence • Occam’s (Ockham's) Razor – all things being equal, that which tends to be the simplest explanation is the correct one. • Compass – major symbol • Arecibo – Puerto Rico Observatory • Cape Canaveral – Florida Launch Site

  5. More Terms • VLA – Very Large Array of Telescopes in New Mexico • IPV – “individual passenger vehicle” individual transport pod • IMC – International Machine Consortium • “The Chair” • Hokkaido, Japan – Second launch site

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