GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source

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111. INT/EXT. IRENE'S CAR OUTSIDE CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX. NIGHT. IRENE, sitting in her car outside Jerome's condominium, hangs up her portable phone. In her agitation, her finger involuntarily goes to her pulse. She catches herself and removes the finger from her wrist as if it has burned her. She exits the car. INT. JEROME'S CONDOMINIUM/EUGENE'S CONDOMINIUM. NIGHT. IRENE quietly knocks on Jerome's door but there is no response. Trying the handle, the door opens. Her curiosity takes her inside. All is quiet. IRENE calls out. Hello. IRENE No reply. Irene hesitantly ventures further, drawn to the spiral staircase. She tentatively makes her way down the stairs and into Eugene's dimly lit condominium. With wonder and reverence, she examines the instruments and samples laid out on Eugene's work benches. She opens the refrigerator in the bathroom and inspects the samples and sachets. Finally she regards the empty incinerator. Irene turns. EUGENE (OC) Quite something, isn't it? Eugene has entered through the mirrored door, not at all displeased by her unexpected visit. EUGENE (referring to the incinerator) That's where we get rid of the traces of him although we never truly succeeded. IRENE I've been looking for him. Do you know where he is? EUGENE (unconcerned) He's probably leaving some more of me around the place before he goes. Eugene idly inspects one of the blood sachets.
112. EUGENE Don't be deceived, Irene. These are just the clothes. He has to wear them. Something I could never do. IRENE What's wrong with him? EUGENE (sympathetic smile) You have more in common than you know. Irene's hand involuntarily goes to her heart. EUGENE But they say he's already ten thousand beats overdue. I have my doubts. (wry smile) For all my gifts, they could never engineer me a heart like Vincent's. Irene turns back to the incinerator, lost in though. EXT. BEACH. NIGHT. JEROME and ANTON walk down a dune together towards the beach not far from Gattaca - an ocean beach pounded by an angry, black sea. Jerome picks up a sharp piece of shell and slices the end of his thumb. A drop of blood oozes out. He offers the shell to Anton but Anton does not take it. Both men begin to disrobe. The brothers stand beside each other on the sand once again - Anton still the more athletically-built of the two. Together, they enter the raging surf. Diving through the breaking waves, they begin to swim. In the moonlit night, we watch their two bodies swimming side by side. They swim a long distance, Anton waiting for his brother to tire. But the pace does not slacken. Anton pulls up in the water. Sensing his brother is no longer beside him, Jerome also pulls up. They tread water several yards apart.
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12. ANTONIO What's wrong? JEROME (V
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16. GENETICIST (cont'd) Believe me,
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22. JEROME (cont'd; VO) Why should
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26. OWNER Where's Earl? JEROME He f
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28. JEROME (cont'd; VO) After all,
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30. EUGENE (deadpan) Four foot six.
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32. EUGENE I think I'd better choos
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38. JEROME (VO) Officially they are
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48. EUGENE You want to meet a real-
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50. EUGENE (beaming) I still can't
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52. The INVESTIGATOR is alerted by
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58. As he takes his place on one of
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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
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Page 89 and 90: 88. JEROME (afterthought as he pick
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Page 109 and 110: 108. CAESAR I guess so. (looking up
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