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."
Statements (36)
| 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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