Where was Contact filmed?
1997 film by Robert Zemeckis
Contact (1997) — 10 places named in its Wikipedia article, in United States, Puerto Rico. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Arizona, Florida, New Mexico. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
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Places named in Wikipedia's article
The article’s article names 10 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to the sentence’s home.
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🎬 Studios & sets
Culver Studios
🇺🇸 United States
movie studio
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🎬 Studios & sets
The Lot at Formosa
🇺🇸 United States
Hollywood backlot
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🏙 Towns & cities
West Hollywood
🇺🇸 United States
city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
🇺🇸 United States
radio astronomy observatory located on the Plains of San Agustin
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Arecibo Observatory
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
observatory located in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Kennedy Space Center
🇺🇸 United States
US space launch site in Florida
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🏙 Towns & cities
Merritt Island
🇺🇸 United States
census designated place in Brevard County, Florida, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Socorro
🇺🇸 United States
city in and county seat of Socorro County, New Mexico, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Saint John
🇺🇸 United States
one of the main islands of the United States Virgin Islands
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Cape Canaveral
🇺🇸 United States
cape on the Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: United States