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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:
{{quote| "First rule in government spending: [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup|why build one when you can have two at twice the price]]? Only, this one can be kept secret. Controlled by Americans, built by the Japanese subcontractors. Who also [[Xanatos Gambit|happen to be]] recently acquired, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Haddon Industries. They still want an American to go, Doctor. [[Chewing the Scenery|Wanna take a ride?]]"}}
** The Final Reveal on whether or not Arroway really did meet the aliens:
{{quote| "I was especially interested in the section on Arroway's video unit. The one that recorded the static...The fact it recorded static isn't what interests me...What interests me is that it recorded approximately eighteen hours of it."}}