Where was Contact filmed?
1997 film by Robert Zemeckis
Contact (1997) was filmed in Los Angeles, Burbank, West Hollywood, Socorro, Gros Morne National Park, Arecibo and 6 more places, 12 places named in its Wikipedia article, in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada. 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.
Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 12 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 where it came from.
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Towns & cities
Los Angeles
United States
seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
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Studios & sets
Culver Studios
United States
movie studio
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Towns & cities
Burbank
United States
city in Los Angeles County, State of California, United States
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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
“One example being that, despite having 27 radio telescopes, the VLA is actually smaller and less sensitive than the Arecibo Observatory—making Arecibo a better location for SETI work, if possibly a less photogenic filming location than the VLA.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Arecibo
United States
municipality in Puerto Rico
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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
Arecibo Radio Telescope
Puerto Rico
former radio telescope in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
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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
“Other second-unit work took place in Fiji, Saint John, US Virgin Islands and Newfoundland, Canada.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Gros Morne National Park
Canada
National Park on the west coast of Newfoundland
Places whose own article says it was shot there
1 place whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory United States
“Located on the New Mexico Tech university campus, the AOC serves as the headquarters for the Very Large Array (VLA), which was the setting for the 1997 movie Contact, and is also the control center for the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA).” Wikipedia
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
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Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Contact have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 12 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Pulp Fiction (1994), The Dark Knight (2008), Back to the Future (1985), Fight Club (1999) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.