GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
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11.<br />
MARIA<br />
(holding her swollen<br />
stomach protectively)<br />
Not like this one.<br />
NURSE<br />
(trying to be<br />
diplomatic)<br />
Honey, look around you. <strong>The</strong> world<br />
doesn't want one like that one.<br />
Maria gets off the table and reaches for her clothes laying<br />
across a chair.<br />
MARIA<br />
(irate)<br />
You don't know what it will be!<br />
<strong>The</strong> nurse watches Maria as she dresses, genuinely bewildered.<br />
NURSE<br />
(calling out to Maria<br />
as she disappears<br />
out of the door)<br />
<strong>The</strong> child won't thank you!<br />
INT. DELIVERY ROOM. DAY.<br />
We focus on a crucifix dangling on a rosary. Tilting up we<br />
find the rosary clasped between MARIA and ANTONIO's<br />
intertwined hands.<br />
JEROME (VO)<br />
Those were early days--days when<br />
a priest could still persuade<br />
someone to put their faith in<br />
God's hands rather than those of<br />
the local geneticist.<br />
Bathed in sweat, Maria gives a final push on the delivery<br />
table.<br />
While still attached to his umbilical cord, the heel of the<br />
NEWBORN BABY BOY is immediately pricked <strong>by</strong> a masked NURSE.<br />
A minute drop of blood is inserted into an analyzing machine.<br />
Even as the ba<strong>by</strong> is put into Maria's arms, page after page of<br />
data begins to appear on a monitor, pulsing warning signals<br />
throughout the spreadsheets.<br />
Two assisting NURSES exchange a look. Antonio senses<br />
something amiss.
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