S. R. Hadden

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S. R. Hadden is a wealthy, eccentric industrialist and visionary technologist who secretly funds and guides the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in Carl Sagan’s novel and film "Contact."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in a film
character in a novel
fictional character
industrialist
technologist
appearsIn Contact
Contact (1997 film)
Contact (novel)
appearsInGenre science fiction
associatedWith Ellie Arroway
basedOnWork Contact (novel) for the film version of the character
characterTrait eccentric
secretive
visionary
wealthy
controls a vast corporate empire
createdBy Carl Sagan
funds SETI
surface form: SETI projects
guides search for extraterrestrial intelligence
medium film
literature
mentors Ellie Arroway
nationality American (implied in the story context)
notableFor funding and steering SETI efforts in Contact
influencing global response to the alien signal
occupation entrepreneur
industrialist
technologist
portrayedBy John Hurt
provides financial resources for building the Machine
technical guidance for decoding the alien message
roleInWork key backer of the Machine project
secret benefactor of SETI
setting late 20th century
supports search for extraterrestrial intelligence
uses advanced private space technology

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Contact notableCharacter S. R. Hadden