GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
27. GERMAN (shrugs) I think I could do something (glancing to the text book) provided you know what you're doing and you can meet the terms. Vincent pulls a plastic e-money card from his overalls. GERMAN You got a photo of yourself? Vincent produces a snapshot of himself - torn from the family portrait. German feeds the snapshot into the pocket-sized computer he carries. The picture is instantly scanned and appears on the computer's small color screen. German returns the photograph and hastily departs. CAESAR, the elderly janitor, notices German's exit. CAESAR (to Vincent) I thought I told you not to get any ideas. High up the side of a building, washing windows, VINCENT pauses occasionally to practice typing commands on his cardboard keys -viewing a screen in his imagination - or the night sky itself. He hears his name being called. GERMAN Vincent...Vincent... VINCENT (staring through his glasses) German, is that you? GERMAN Vincent, come down. I've found him. INT. IN-VALID HOUSING PROJECT. NIGHT. GERMAN leads VINCENT through a maze of corridors. JEROME (VO) For the genetically superior, success is easier to attain but is by no means guaranteed. (more)
28. JEROME (cont'd; VO) After all, there is no gene for fate. And when, for one reason or another, a member of the elite falls on hard times, their genetic identity becomes a valued commodity for the unscrupulous. One man's loss is another man's gain. He gives a conspiratorial nod to another passing DNA BROKER, both men carrying their palm-top computers. GERMAN (enthusiastically reading from data on his portable screen as he walks) He has the heart of an ox. He could run through a Goddamn wall-- if he could still run. Actually, he was a big college swimming star. VINCENT I hope he's not just a body. GERMAN No problem. Before he dropped out he was an honor student, the right majors-- VINCENT How do I square the accident? GERMAN (still reading data from his palm-top computer) It happened in Australasia. He checked in yesterday. No family complications, no record he ever broke his neck. As far as anybody's concerned, he's still a walking, talking, fully-productive member of society. You just have to get him off the pipe and fill in the last two years of his life. (correcting himself) Excuse me, your life. German has stopped walking as if they have arrived.
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27.<br />
GERMAN<br />
(shrugs)<br />
I think I could do something<br />
(glancing to the text<br />
book)<br />
provided you know what you're<br />
doing and you can meet the terms.<br />
Vincent pulls a plastic e-money card from his overalls.<br />
GERMAN<br />
You got a photo of yourself?<br />
Vincent produces a snapshot of himself - torn from the family<br />
portrait. German feeds the snapshot into the pocket-sized<br />
computer he carries. <strong>The</strong> picture is instantly scanned and<br />
appears on the computer's small color screen. German returns<br />
the photograph and hastily departs.<br />
CAESAR, the elderly janitor, notices German's exit.<br />
CAESAR<br />
(to Vincent)<br />
I thought I told you not to get<br />
any ideas.<br />
High up the side of a building, washing windows, VINCENT<br />
pauses occasionally to practice typing commands on his<br />
cardboard keys -viewing a screen in his imagination - or the<br />
night sky itself. He hears his name being called.<br />
GERMAN<br />
Vincent...Vincent...<br />
VINCENT<br />
(staring through his<br />
glasses)<br />
German, is that you?<br />
GERMAN<br />
Vincent, come down. I've found<br />
him.<br />
INT. IN-VALID HOUSING PROJECT. NIGHT.<br />
GERMAN leads VINCENT through a maze of corridors.<br />
JEROME (VO)<br />
For the genetically superior,<br />
success is easier to attain but is<br />
<strong>by</strong> no means guaranteed.<br />
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