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Gattaca
Release Date	October 24, 1997
Genre	Scifi
Director	Andrew Niccol
Screenwriter	Andrew Niccol
Stars	Ethan Hawke Uma Thurman Gore Vidal Jude Law
Studio	Columbia Pictures

Gattaca is a 1997 film written and directed by Andrew Niccol. It concerns a society driven by the liberal use of eugenics. DNA is analyzed to determine an individual's appropriate place in society. Naturally, the upper middle class and wealthy parents who could afford to design their children for the best genetic traits are granted the best opportunities. While genetic discrimination is against the law, its practice is nevertheless common. Individuals prone to disease are granted only the most menial of jobs.

The word "Gattaca" is created from the abbreviations for DNA nucleotide bases Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine. The sequence GATTACA is a common one in the human genome.

Tagline: There Is No Gene For The Human Spirit

Plot

The lead character, Vincent (Ethan Hawke), is of a diminishing number of natural, non-engineered babies born. He was born with a congenital heart condition and myopia. Destined to die at 30, his biggest dream is to travel in space. Unfortunately his genetic heritage makes this an impossibility. He takes on the identity of an athlete, Jerome Eugene Morrow (Jude Law), crippled in an accident) and becomes a success in the Gattaca corporation. He is eventually selected to fulfill his dream of traveling to Pluto but first he must elude the police as they search for Vincent in connection to the murder of the mission director.

Cast

• Ethan Hawke as Vincent Anton Freeman
• Uma Thurman as Irene Cassini
• Jude Law as Jerome Eugene Morrow
• Loren Dean as Anton Freeman
• Alan Arkin as Hugo Coldspring
• Gore Vidal as Director Josef
• Xander Berkeley as Lamar
• Ernest Borgnine as Caesar
• Tony Shalhoub as German
• Jayne Brook as Marie Freeman
• Elias Koteas as Antonio Freeman
• Mason Gamble as Younger Vincent
• Vincent Nielson as Younger Anton
• Chad Christ as Young Vincent
• William Lee Scott as Young Anton
• Maya Rudolph as Delivery Nurse
• Una Damon as Head Nurse
• Elizabeth Dennehy as Pre-School Teacher
• Blair Underwood as Geneticist
• Clarence Graham as Personnel Officer
• Carlton Benbry as Gattaca Hoover
• Grace Sullivan as Sequencing Customer
• Ken Marino as Sequencing Technician
• Cynthia Martells as Cavendish
• Gabrielle Reece as Gattaca Trainer
• Ryan Dorin as Twelve Fingered Pianist
• Dean Norris as Cop on the Beat
• Russell Milton as Gattaca Detective
• George Marshall Ruge as Beaten Detective
• Steve Bessen as Blood Test Detective
• Lindsey Lee Ginter as Mission Commander

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