David Drumlin

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David Drumlin is a high-ranking government science advisor and political figure in the science fiction film "Contact," often serving as a skeptical foil to the protagonist Ellie Arroway.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
adaptedBy Robert Zemeckis
appearsIn Contact
Contact (film adaptation of Carl Sagan's novel)
associatedWith Ellie Arroway
SETI program
Vega signal project
attitudeToward skeptical of Ellie Arroway's SETI research
basedOn character from the novel "Contact" by Carl Sagan
characterTrait ambitious
politically pragmatic
skeptical of extraterrestrial contact claims
conflictWith Ellie Arroway
country United States
createdBy Carl Sagan
firstAppearance Contact (1997 film)
genre science fiction
medium film
narrativeRole antagonist
skeptical foil to Ellie Arroway
occupation government official
science advisor
portrayedBy Tom Skerritt
positionHeld high-ranking government science advisor
presidential science advisor
roleInPlot opposes Ellie Arroway's independent research
seeks political control over the response to the alien signal
workLocation United States government

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Contact
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