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== Film ==
* For such a low-key film, John Hurt's role as [[Fiction 500|reclusive trillionaire]] [[Uncle Pennybags|S.R.Haddon]] in ''Contact'' is pure [[Large Ham|hammy]] CMoA, stealing the movie despite [[One-Scene Wonder|only getting two scenes]]. Any of his lines would qualify, but his last ones are particularly good:
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** The Final Reveal on whether or not Arroway really did meet the aliens:
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* The childlike awe on Elenore Arroway's face as she perceives the Milky Way galaxy ''from the outside'', and weepingly repeats to herself, "They should have sent a poet!"
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'''Palmer Joss:''' [pause] As a person of faith I'm bound by a different covenant than Doctor Arroway. But our goal is one and the same: the pursuit of Truth. I for one believe her.
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