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Gattaca

  • 19971997
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 46m
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7.8/10
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Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman in Gattaca (1997)
A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.
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A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
308K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,713
35
    • Andrew Niccol
    • Andrew Niccol
  • Stars
    • Ethan Hawke
    • Uma Thurman
    • Jude Law
    • Andrew Niccol
    • Andrew Niccol
  • Stars
    • Ethan Hawke
    • Uma Thurman
    • Jude Law
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    • 838User reviews
    • 184Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman in Gattaca (1997)
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    Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman in Gattaca (1997)
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    Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman in Gattaca (1997)
    Jude Law in Gattaca (1997)
    Alan Arkin in Gattaca (1997)
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    Ethan Hawke
    Ethan Hawke
    • Vincent…
    Uma Thurman
    Uma Thurman
    • Irene
    Jude Law
    Jude Law
    • Jerome…
    Gore Vidal
    Gore Vidal
    • Director Josef
    Xander Berkeley
    Xander Berkeley
    • Lamar
    Jayne Brook
    Jayne Brook
    • Marie
    Elias Koteas
    Elias Koteas
    • Antonio
    Maya Rudolph
    Maya Rudolph
    • Delivery Nurse
    Una Damon
    Una Damon
    • Head Nurse
    Elizabeth Dennehy
    Elizabeth Dennehy
    • Pre-School Teacher
    Blair Underwood
    Blair Underwood
    • Geneticist
    Mason Gamble
    Mason Gamble
    • Younger Vincent
    Vincent Nielson
    • Younger Anton
    Chad Christ
    Chad Christ
    • Young Vincent
    William Lee Scott
    William Lee Scott
    • Young Anton
    Clarence Graham
    • Personnel Officer
    Ernest Borgnine
    Ernest Borgnine
    • Caesar
    Tony Shalhoub
    Tony Shalhoub
    • German
      • Andrew Niccol
      • Andrew Niccol
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      When Gattaca was first released, as part of a marketing campaign there were adverts for people to call and have their children genetically engineered. Thousands of people called, wanting to have their offspring genetically engineered.
    • Goofs
      When Vincent is confessing to Irene, he tells her he doesn't have 20 or 30 years, his heart is already 10,000 beats overdue. In an average male this would only be about 2 1/2 hours, not several years as the story suggests.
    • Quotes

      Vincent: You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it, Anton: I never saved anything for the swim back.

    • Crazy credits
      All instances of the letters A, C, G, and T (representing the four nucleotides of DNA -- see trivia entry) are emphasized in almost all names of people and companies credited in the film. These letters appear in a different typeface from the rest of the name; also, in the opening credits they appear onscreen a little before the rest of the name, while in the closing credits they appear in blue instead of white.
    • 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Gattaca/The House of Yes/A Life Less Ordinary/FairyTale: A True Story/Sunday (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Nuages
      Music by Django Reinhardt

    User reviews838

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    8/10
    The most underrated movie of the 90's
    This movie is incredible--yet the only ones who seemed to like it when it came out are the type whose favorite movie is "True Lies". It became critically ignored, which I can not understand at all. The themes of this movie-of superiority/inferiority, of identity, of destiny, they're all there. For those of you that haven't seen this movie, it is about a eutopian society where the highest ranks work at a space program named Gattaca. Vincent (Ethan Hawke) has wanted to work there since he was a child, but since his parents did not "pre-order" him, he was born inferior (a 99 % chance of heart failure by the age of 30, physical and mental problems, etc. ) to his "ordered" brother Antoine. Vincent has always seen something in a rival in his brother, because his brother is their dad's favorite, and he seems to have everything going for him. Vincent's job is as a janitor at Gattaca, with the hope that he will get in some day, but all the have to do is get a fingerprint of Vincent's, or a blood sample, or anything, and they know all about him, his profile, his life expectancy, etc. No one will hire Vincent because he is so liable to damage. One day, though, he hires someone to turn his identity into Eugene's, (Jude Law) an olympic-swimming, high potential winner who has everything you would need to get anywhere-except he comes back from a trip a paralyzed cripple from the waist down. So Vincent makes a deal with Eugene-Vincent gets Eugene's identity if Vincent pays the rent and gives him a companion. Everything works to plan, and Vincent borrows Eugene's fingerprints, blood samples, haircut, even urine samples. He even meets Irene (Uma Thurman) a sexy female worker at Gattaca who takes a shine to Vincent (who she thinks is Eugene). Until one day......

    Gattaca is a great visual movie (it was nominated for the best art direction oscar but lost to Titanic), rides strong on very good performances by Ethan Hawke and Jude Law, and is definitely worth seeing.
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    • Release date
      • October 24, 1997 (United States)
      • United States
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      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Jersey Films
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    • 1 hour 46 minutes
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      • Dolby Digital
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