In the not-too-distant future, a less-than-perfect man wants to travel to the stars. Society has categorized Vincent Freeman as less than suitable given his genetic make-up and he has become one of the underclass of humans that are only useful for menial jobs. To move ahead, he assumes the identity of Jerome Morrow, a perfect genetic specimen who is a paraplegic as a result of a car accident. With professional advice, Vincent learns to deceive DNA and urine sample testing. Just when he is finally scheduled for a space mission, his program director is killed and the police begin an investigation, jeopardizing his secret.Written by
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The Marin County Civic Center, filming location of the Gattaca Corporation, was also used in George Lucas's THX 1138 (1971). See more »
Goofs
When Anton is questioning the real Jerome, the lack of creases in Jerome's shoes would have given away that he had never walked in them. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Director Josef:
You keep your work station so clean, Jerome.
Vincent:
It's next to godliness. Isn't that what they say?
Director Josef:
Godliness. I reviewed your flight plan. Not one error in a million keystrokes. Phenomenal. It's right that someone like you is taking us to Titan.
Vincent:
Has the committee approved the mission? There's been talk of delay.
Director Josef:
You shouldn't listen to talk. You leave in a week. You've got a substance test.
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Crazy Credits
Out of all of the names of the cast and crew in the end credits, only three cast / crew members do not have the letters G A T C in their name from the word / title GATTACA. See more »
Alternate Versions
The DVD contains deleted footage not included in the the theatrical release:
The original version of the "Eight Day Center" scene. Here the doctor offers Vincent's parents the possibility to further enhance the future Anton, charging $5,000. This is refused by both of them.
A briefing about the upcoming mission done by Director Josef. He is interrupted by Irene who tells him that the investigators wish to start their testing on all members of Gattaca.
Detective Hugo exposes Anton to be Vincent's brother.
Caesar tells Vincent to put the books away and accept his life.
Shortly before Vincent leaves for Titan, he visits Caesar and gives him a telescope.
A short sequence which shows some famous people who may had not been born if science had decrypted the human DNA sooner: Abraham Lincoln (Marfan's Syndrome), Emily Dickinson (Manic Depression), Vincent van Gogh (Epilepsy), Albert Einstein (Dyslexia), John F. Kennedy (Addison's Disease), Rita Hayworth (Alzheimer's Disease), Ray Charles (Primary Glaucoma), Stephen Hawking (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), and Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Asthma). The last sentence is: "Of course, the other birth that may never have taken place is your own."
Also included is an outtake where Xander Berkeley drinks one of the "urine" samples.
Gattaca is a Science-Fiction-Film written and directed by Andrew Niccol. The Oscar and Golden Globe award-winning story is about a future in which babies can get genetically engineered. The parents of the main character Vincent decided to not genetically modify his genes which turns out to be a big problem in that society because nearly everybody's genes are genetically modified.
Vicent wants to become an astronaut but due to his ordinary genes he is not allowed to, people who are not modified are less worth and they can not get jobes like the job of an astronaut. So he takes over the identity of a genetically modified person so he can fulfill in his dream. When the director of the company got killed they found an eyelash of Vincent so they searced after him and his big secret got almost revealed.
The Film starres Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, with Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Gore Vidal, and Alan Arkin appearing in supporting roles.
The storyline of the film is good there is no point where it gets boring you get some scenes in which you can think about what you have just seen before the story keeps ongoing. The storytelling has a good tempo it is not to slow but also not that fast that the fewer would not get it.
The story also seems to be realistic, I can imagen, that when genetic engineering becomes normal, that the world could divide like it is shown in the movie. The only part that in my opinion does not make to much sense is, the person whos identity Vincent gets is disabled due to an accident, but when science is that developed that they can genetically modify children they should have also found a solution to cure one's spine.
But all in all, I think that this movie is really good. I would recommend this Film to everyone who is interested in the gen technology and science fiction films.
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Gattaca is a Science-Fiction-Film written and directed by Andrew Niccol. The Oscar and Golden Globe award-winning story is about a future in which babies can get genetically engineered. The parents of the main character Vincent decided to not genetically modify his genes which turns out to be a big problem in that society because nearly everybody's genes are genetically modified. Vicent wants to become an astronaut but due to his ordinary genes he is not allowed to, people who are not modified are less worth and they can not get jobes like the job of an astronaut. So he takes over the identity of a genetically modified person so he can fulfill in his dream. When the director of the company got killed they found an eyelash of Vincent so they searced after him and his big secret got almost revealed. The Film starres Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, with Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Gore Vidal, and Alan Arkin appearing in supporting roles. The storyline of the film is good there is no point where it gets boring you get some scenes in which you can think about what you have just seen before the story keeps ongoing. The storytelling has a good tempo it is not to slow but also not that fast that the fewer would not get it. The story also seems to be realistic, I can imagen, that when genetic engineering becomes normal, that the world could divide like it is shown in the movie. The only part that in my opinion does not make to much sense is, the person whos identity Vincent gets is disabled due to an accident, but when science is that developed that they can genetically modify children they should have also found a solution to cure one's spine. But all in all, I think that this movie is really good. I would recommend this Film to everyone who is interested in the gen technology and science fiction films.