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Gattaca

Year:
Duration:
106 min
Genres:
Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.8
Director:
Andrew Niccol
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 12 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1997-10-24
Filming Locations: Sepulveda Dam, Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $36,000,000
Opening Weekend: $4,320,202 (USA) (26 October 1997)
Gross: $12,339,633 (USA) (1 March 1998)
Cast
Actor
Character
Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman
Gattaca
Ethan Hawke
Vincent Freeman
Gore Vidal
Director Josef
Xander Berkeley
Dr. Lamar
Jayne Brook
Marie Freeman
Elias Koteas
Antonio Freeman
Maya Rudolph
Delivery Nurse
Una Damon
Head Nurse
Elizabeth Dennehy
Preschool Teacher
Blair Underwood
Geneticist
Mason Gamble
Vincent Freeman - Boy
Vincent Nielson
Anton Freeman - Boy
Chad Christ
Vincent Freeman - Teen
William Lee Scott
Anton Freeman - Teen
Clarence Graham
Personnel Officer
Ernest Borgnine
Caesar
Tony Shalhoub
German
Jude Law
Jerome Eugene Morrow
Alan Arkin
Det. Hugo
Carlton Bembry
Gattaca Hoover (as Carlton Benbry)
Grace Sullivan
Sequencing Customer
Ken Marino
Sequencing Technician
Cynthia Martells
Cavendish
Loren Dean
Anton Freeman
Gabrielle Reece
Gattaca Trainer
Ryan Dorin
Twelve-Fingered Pianist
Dean Norris
Cop on the Beat
Russell Milton
Gattaca Detective
George Marshall Ruge
Beaten Detective
Steve Bessen
Blood Test Detective
Lindsey Ginter
Mission Commander (as Lindsey Lee Ginter)
Chad Baker
Sequencing Tech (uncredited)
Dan Griffin
Classmate (uncredited)
Beverly Griffith
Anatomy Teacher (uncredited)
David LeBell
Invalid (uncredited)
Greg Sestero
Gattacan Citizen (uncredited)
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Trivia
The telephone Jude Law uses when answering Ethan Hawke's warning call is a B&O Beocom 5000 wireless.
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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).
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Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke became a couple during the filming of this movie. They eventually married, but divorced in 2005.
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Goofs
Using hair/eyelashes for genetic testing will fail if no follicle is attached, but this method is used when no other material is available or the information is being obtained surreptitiously (as Irene and the investigators are doing when they use this method). Urine is not the most efficient way to perform genetic testing when other samples are readily available, but the urine test was also performed to look for drug use as evidenced by Eugene's sample failing when he was drunk. More specifically, urine itself does not contain DNA, but it may contain epithelial cells, which do contain DNA. Most healthy individuals, however, do not excrete epithelial cells in their urine. http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/DNA_forensics_2/06t.html
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In the beginning when Vincent is putting the blood into the fake thumb he puts it on his left thumb but he always uses his right hand to get tested. This is because Vincent himself is left-handed, but Jerome is right-handed so he had to make the switch when he assumed Jerome's life.
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When Jerome and Eugene are out at the club, on the table there is smoke coming out of Jerome's wine glass before he blows the smoke into it.
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Quotes
Jerome: Jerome Morrow was never meant to be one step down on the podium.
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Vincent: What's this?
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German: There's still the matter of your height.
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Faq
Q
How did Irene cross the highway that easily? Isn't that extremely dangerous?
A
It's indeed mortally dangerous for a normal human being like VIncent even to attempt such a reckless act. However, Irene was genetically designed like most (if not all) of the drivers in the highway, so it could be argued that most of the Valid (genetically enhanced individuals) have far better senses and reflexes other than the InValid or God's Children (normal human beings), and an inherent lowel level of fear in front of dangerous situations. Note how Gattaca's world seems to have no traffic light whatsoever, for instance. Maybe they are not needed at all.
Q
Is in fact that song only playable if you have twelve fingers?
A
The piece played by the six-fingered pianist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5FowPApEzY) is a variation on Impromptu in G Flat Major, D899, No. 3. by Franz Schubert (1797-1828). The original version is obviously possible to play at 10 fingers (for instance, watch this version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6_SbflSwAg), however, Michael Nyman (who composed the entire soundtrack and made this arrangement) did a beautiful job embellishing the piece with additional notes/harmonies to something that "can only be played with twelve" fingers, as the Irene Cassini (Uma Thurman character) notes. The piece was digitally composed from the human-capable pieces put together with the impossible to play ones.Many experienced pianists have noted how this variation is in fact impossible to play by human beings, not only because the lack of additional fingers, but also the uncomfortable way it would be to attempt it as a duet.
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Photos from cast
Uma Thurman
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