State Controllers

EMRTC rotated the dishes on command for one scene, but having the Foster character hear the signals through headphones is a departure from reality. "You can't just plug into the bases of the antennas," Finley said. Still, the filmmakers went to great lengths to keep from flying too far off into fantasy. "We tried to imitate real life as much as possible," Starkey said. The facility's control room was duplicated on a California soundsta

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