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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37. EXT. GATTACA. DAY. JEROME, scarcely able to disguise his delight, exits Gattaca, trying not to stare at the superb specimens who are now his "colleagues". JEROME (VO) The majority of people are now made-to-order. What began as a means to rid society of inheritable diseases has become a way to design your offspring--the line between health and enhancement blurred forever. Eyes can always be brighter, a voice purer, a mind sharper, a body stronger, a life longer. Everyone seeks to give their child the best chance but the most skilled geneticists are only accessible to the privileged few. In a nearby park MODEL CHILDREN from MODEL PARENTS play together. JEROME (VO) Anyone who is the product of an altered DNA is proudly referred to as a "DAN", "self-made man or woman", "man-child". INT. HOUSING PROJECT - APARTMENT. NIGHT. JEROME wheels EUGENE out of their housing project. He takes in the neighborhood for the last time. We focus on a POOR COUPLE cradling an INFANT. JEROME (VO) Those parents who, for moral or, more likely economic reasons, refrain from tampering with their offspring's genetic makeup or who fail to abort a deprived fetus condemn their children to a life of routine discrimination. We glimpse other PEOPLE in the neighborhood. They appear poor but, for the most part, physically normal. However a pall of gloom hangs over them.

38. JEROME (VO) Officially they are called "In- Valids"*. Also known as "godchildren", "men-of-god", "faith births", "blackjack births", "deficients", "defectives", "genojunk", "ge- gnomes", "the fucked-up people". [* "IN-VALID" pronounced as in "an invalid license"] JEROME (VO) They are the "healthy ill". They don't actually have anything yet - they may never. But since few of the pre-conditions can be cured or reversed, it is easier to treat them as if they were already sick. As they enter a car, driven by GERMAN, Jerome spies a beautiful young GIRL, 11, sitting on the steps of the housing project, staring forlornly into space. While there is no outward sign of any deficiency, she is somehow aware that she is damaged goods. Jerome glances in the rear-view mirror. JEROME (VO) By means of a donor I have cheated the system for the last four years to open doors that would otherwise be closed to me. Jerome wheels Eugene into the palatial condominium complex where the two men now reside. INT. GATTACA. PRESENT DAY. We return to JEROME's reflection in the glass. Other GATTACA EMPLOYEES are gradually gathering behind him. JEROME (VO) In the guise of Jerome Morror I have risen quickly through the ranks of Gattaca. Only one of the Mission Directors has ever come close to discovering my true identity.

37.<br />

EXT. <strong>GATTACA</strong>. DAY.<br />

JEROME, scarcely able to disguise his delight, exits Gattaca,<br />

trying not to stare at the superb specimens who are now his<br />

"colleagues".<br />

JEROME (VO)<br />

<strong>The</strong> majority of people are now<br />

made-to-order. What began as a<br />

means to rid society of<br />

inheritable diseases has become a<br />

way to design your offspring--the<br />

line between health and<br />

enhancement blurred forever. Eyes<br />

can always be brighter, a voice<br />

purer, a mind sharper, a body<br />

stronger, a life longer. Everyone<br />

seeks to give their child the best<br />

chance but the most skilled<br />

geneticists are only accessible to<br />

the privileged few.<br />

In a near<strong>by</strong> park MODEL CHILDREN from MODEL PARENTS play<br />

together.<br />

JEROME (VO)<br />

Anyone who is the product of an<br />

altered DNA is proudly referred to<br />

as a "DAN", "self-made man or<br />

woman", "man-child".<br />

INT. HOUSING PROJECT - APARTMENT. NIGHT.<br />

JEROME wheels EUGENE out of their housing project. He takes<br />

in the neighborhood for the last time. We focus on a POOR<br />

COUPLE cradling an INFANT.<br />

JEROME (VO)<br />

Those parents who, for moral or,<br />

more likely economic reasons,<br />

refrain from tampering with their<br />

offspring's genetic makeup or who<br />

fail to abort a deprived fetus<br />

condemn their children to a life<br />

of routine discrimination.<br />

We glimpse other PEOPLE in the neighborhood. <strong>The</strong>y appear<br />

poor but, for the most part, physically normal. However a<br />

pall of gloom hangs over them.

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