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David Laughlin
- Roy Neary: I wanna speak to the man in charge.
- David Laughlin: Mr. Lacombe is the highest authority.
- Roy Neary: He isn't even an American.
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- David Laughlin: Who flies crates like these anymore?
- Project Leader: No one. These planes were reported missing in 1945.
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- David Laughlin: We didn't choose this place! We didn't choose these people! They were invited!
- Claude Lacombe: They belong here more than we.
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- David Laughlin: These people strangers to you?
- [placing photographs of people on the table, one is of Jillian]
- Roy Neary: Yeah. Except for her.
- David Laughlin: [interpreting for Lacombe] And the two of you felt compelled to be here?
- Roy Neary: Yeah, you might say that.
- David Laughlin: But what did you expect to find?
- Roy Neary: An answer! That's not crazy, is it?
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- Roy Neary: [angrily] Who are you people?
- Claude Lacombe: Mr. Neary, please, one more question.
- David Laughlin: Have you recently had a close encounter... A close encounter with something very unusual?
- Roy Neary: [cautiously] Who are you people?
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- David Laughlin: Excuse me. Excuse me. Before I got paid to speak French, I used to read maps. This first number is a longitude. Two sets of three numbers. Degrees, minutes and seconds.
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- David Laughlin: I'm not a professional interpreter. My occupation is cartography. I'm a mapmaker.
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- David Laughlin: Where's the pilot? I don't understand! Where's the crew? Hey! How the hell did it get here?
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- David Laughlin: I don't believe it. I don't believe it! I don't believe it.
- Project Leader: It's the Cotopaxi.
- David Laughlin: Why is it here?
- Project Leader: Beats the *shit* out of me.
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- Claude Lacombe: This means something.
- David Laughlin: This means something. These people have come from all over their country - to a place they've been told will endanger their lives.
- Claude Lacombe: Pourquoi?
- David Laughlin: Why?
- Claude Lacombe: Why?
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- David Laughlin: This is a small group of people - who have shared a vision in common.
- Claude Lacombe: Look. It's still a mystery to me why zey are here. Even zey do not know why.
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