GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
103. Looking down, the Investigator notices the trail of Eugene's perspiration on the highly polished floor leading to the spiral staircase. Eugene, reading the Investigator's mind, goes to call out but the words remain frozen on his tongue. Hugo follows his superior as they start to descend the stairs. Irene and Eugene are left staring at one another. INT. CONDO - STAIRCASE. DAY. JEROME catches the merest glimpse of the INVESTIGATOR and DETECTIVE HUGO before he slips behind a doorway in Eugene's condominium. Jerome anxiously regards Eugene's empty wheelchair sitting there. On the stairs, Hugo's phone rings. DETECTIVE HUGO (OC) (into phone, increasingly encouraged) Yes?...Yes...yes... The Investigator is already at the foot of the stairs in Eugene's condo when the Detective calls to him. DETECTIVE (urgent, to Investigator) Come quickly. We have him. The Investigator's eyes light up. He retraces his steps up the staircase after Detective Hugo. INT. JEROME'S CONDOMINIUM. DAY. JEROME, white as a ghost, climbs the stairs, emerging into his own condominium. He embraces the beaming EUGENE, still sitting on the sofa. JEROME (numb) How are you, Jerome? EUGENE Not bad, Jerome. JEROME How the hell did you get here.
104. EUGENE (deadpan) I could always walk. I've been faking it. Jerome almost laughs, despite the situation. Only now does he notice Irene on the other side of the room, her mind racing. She looks at Jerome and Eugene together and runs from the apartment. Irene. JEROME (calling after her) Jerome goes to follow but Eugene stops him. INT. CRIME LABORATORY. DAY. An EXTREME CLOSE UP of dried blood - brittle and cracking - on a pair of soiled latex gloves. A latex head mask, suit of clothes and shoe covers are similarly caked. The INVESTIGATOR and DETECTIVE HUGO watch as a white-coated FORENSIC TECHNICIAN feeds a minute sample of the dried blood into an analyzer. The INVESTIGATOR wanders over to a one-way glass window through which he can observe DIRECTOR JOSEF, sitting numb but strangely serene in an interrogation room. The Investigator, in a state of shock himself, cannot yet bring himself to believe what is plainly obvious. INVESTIGATOR (gazing at the Director, struggling to come to grips with the turn of events) This can't be him. The Detective regards his superior incredulously, intrigued that he could still cling so stubbornly to his theory in the face of such overwhelming evidence. DETECTIVE HUGO (intrigued) We found his spit in the dead director's eye. He's signed a confession--supplied us with the suit he wore on the night. What more do you want?
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- Page 55 and 56: 54. The lead homicide detective, DE
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- Page 59 and 60: 58. As he takes his place on one of
- Page 61 and 62: 60. In the room below, Jerome nonch
- Page 63 and 64: 62. IRENE (a challenge) If you're s
- Page 65 and 66: 64. Where? EUGENE (a flicker of anx
- Page 67 and 68: 66. EUGENE Well save those tears. J
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- Page 71 and 72: 70. INVESTIGATOR We're in the wrong
- Page 73 and 74: 72. JOHN Shit! One of those Hoovers
- Page 75 and 76: 74. JEROME (conspiratorial) Better
- Page 77 and 78: 76. EXT. BEACH. DAWN. JEROME and IR
- Page 79 and 80: 78. EUGENE (teasing) You are a catc
- Page 81 and 82: 80. INVESTIGATOR (mind racing) He w
- Page 83 and 84: 82. DIRECTOR JOSEF (cont'd) (warmin
- Page 85 and 86: 84. In the midst of the commotion,
- Page 87 and 88: 86. DIRECTOR JOSEF (still referring
- Page 89 and 90: 88. JEROME (afterthought as he pick
- Page 91 and 92: 90. He continues to beat the Detect
- Page 93 and 94: 92. Hugo uses a flashlight and a sm
- Page 95 and 96: 94. There is a haunted, tortured lo
- Page 97 and 98: 96. INVESTIGATOR (regarding Hugo wi
- Page 99 and 100: 98. DETECTIVE HUGO He's the only ab
- Page 101 and 102: 100. INT. JEROME'S CONDOMINIUM. DAY
- Page 103: 102. Under the Investigator's watch
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- Page 109 and 110: 108. CAESAR I guess so. (looking up
- Page 111 and 112: 110. JEROME (refusing Anton's hand,
- Page 113 and 114: 112. EUGENE Don't be deceived, Iren
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103.<br />
Looking down, the Investigator notices the trail of Eugene's<br />
perspiration on the highly polished floor leading to the<br />
spiral staircase.<br />
Eugene, reading the Investigator's mind, goes to call out but<br />
the words remain frozen on his tongue. Hugo follows his<br />
superior as they start to descend the stairs. Irene and<br />
Eugene are left staring at one another.<br />
INT. CONDO - STAIRCASE. DAY.<br />
JEROME catches the merest glimpse of the INVESTIGATOR and<br />
DETECTIVE HUGO before he slips behind a doorway in Eugene's<br />
condominium.<br />
Jerome anxiously regards Eugene's empty wheelchair sitting<br />
there. On the stairs, Hugo's phone rings.<br />
DETECTIVE HUGO (OC)<br />
(into phone,<br />
increasingly<br />
encouraged)<br />
Yes?...Yes...yes...<br />
<strong>The</strong> Investigator is already at the foot of the stairs in<br />
Eugene's condo when the Detective calls to him.<br />
DETECTIVE<br />
(urgent, to<br />
Investigator)<br />
Come quickly. We have him.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Investigator's eyes light up. He retraces his steps up<br />
the staircase after Detective Hugo.<br />
INT. JEROME'S CONDOMINIUM. DAY.<br />
JEROME, white as a ghost, climbs the stairs, emerging into<br />
his own condominium. He embraces the beaming EUGENE, still<br />
sitting on the sofa.<br />
JEROME<br />
(numb)<br />
How are you, Jerome?<br />
EUGENE<br />
Not bad, Jerome.<br />
JEROME<br />
How the hell did you get here.
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