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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3. Long, scrupulously clean metal work benches are arranged along one entire wall. Laid out on the benches in neat rows are dozens of plastic bags - some filled, some unfilled. Instruments on trays - various types of tweezers, scissors and other less familiar utensils. Round, stainless steel containers filled with hairs of differing lengths and other body matter. JEROME approaches another man slumped over one of the benches. EUGENE. He clutches an empty vodka bottle. He is snoring lightly - sleeping off the night before. As JEROME gently prises the bottle out of his hand, we are struck by the similarity of Eugene's face to Jerome's. Jerome pulls Eugene's chair back from the desk with surprising ease. A wheelchair - a modern, ergonomic design. Jerome wheels Eugene to a bedroom and, with some difficulty, hauls the larger man onto the bed. Through his alcoholic fog, Eugene feebly co-operates - his paralyzed legs a particular dead weight. After covering Eugene with a blanket, Jerome enters a bathroom containing a surgically-clean stainless steel basin, sink, shower and toilet. Beside the toilet stands a large, industrial-style stainless steel refrigerator. Donning protective gloves, Jerome opens the liquid-nitrogen cooled refrigerator. A cloud of condensed water vapor billows out. Revealed inside the fridge are racks of labelled jars and silicon pouches - some containing a yellowish liquid, some a deep, red liquid. In front of one of the jars is a handwritten shopping list -"TRUFFLES, CIGS, VODKA". Jerome smiles to himself as he retrieves the note along with one of the jars. He checks the jar's label. Satisfied with the date written there, he breaks the seal and pours the contents into the clear, silicon pouch of an IV-like device lying on the steel bathroom counter. He seals the pouch and checks the apparatus by opening the valve on its fine tube and squirting a small quantity of the liquid into the nearby toilet bowl, as one would test a syringe. We remain on Jerome's face as he reaches between his legs and inserts the pouch. neat rows of slim, fingertip-sized plastic sachets filled with a deep, red-colored liquid. He removes his gloves, selects one of the sachets and carefully adheres the sachet to the pad at the end of his index finger.

4. He prepares a second sachet for his middle finger. Jerome then applies skin-colored cover-up makeup to the sachets, blending them in with the color of his fingers. JEROME, still dressed in his robe, climbs a large, spiral staircase to the floor above. INT. JEROME'S CONDOMINIUM. EARLY MORNING. He emerges at the top of the staircase into a similarly large, loft-style condominium. Through the floor to ceiling window that opens onto a balcony we see that dawn is only just starting to leak into the night sky. In the bedroom JEROME removes a shirt from a dry cleaning bag. Printed on the bag "Confidentiality Guaranteed". He emerges from his bedroom, dressed in a smart albeit unconventionally cut suit. He adjusts his tie in the mirror, careful not to disturb the sachets attached to his fingertips. INT. INVESTIGATOR'S POOL. MORNING. A lone MAN swims a ferocious lap of freestyle in what appears to be a pool of enormous length - yet he never reaches the pool's end. We pull wider to reveal that the man is swimming against an artificial current in a pool barely larger than himself. Abruptly, the man stops and stands up - the fast-flowing current instantly stilled. We glimpse the face of INVESTIGATOR LUCAS. Thirties, he has a youthful yet rigid face. We have the impression that he does not swim for pleasure. EXT. CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX. MORNING. It is still early as JEROME exits the building's underground parking garage in an immaculate Studebaker Avanti and proceeds down the long straight driveway. He exchanges a wave with a GARDENER trimming a lawn. The whir of the car's electric powered engine belies its conventional appearance. EXT. GATTACA AEROSPACE CORPORATION. DAY. JEROME's car exits a highway and turns up the sweeping road leading to the parking lot of "GATTACA AEROSPACE CORPORATION". A sleek, modern, low-rise industrial compound boasting perfectly manicured landscaped gardens.

3.<br />

Long, scrupulously clean metal work benches are arranged<br />

along one entire wall. Laid out on the benches in neat rows<br />

are dozens of plastic bags - some filled, some unfilled.<br />

Instruments on trays - various types of tweezers, scissors<br />

and other less familiar utensils. Round, stainless steel<br />

containers filled with hairs of differing lengths and other<br />

body matter.<br />

JEROME approaches another man slumped over one of the<br />

benches. EUGENE. He clutches an empty vodka bottle. He is<br />

snoring lightly - sleeping off the night before. As JEROME<br />

gently prises the bottle out of his hand, we are struck <strong>by</strong><br />

the similarity of Eugene's face to Jerome's.<br />

Jerome pulls Eugene's chair back from the desk with<br />

surprising ease. A wheelchair - a modern, ergonomic design.<br />

Jerome wheels Eugene to a bedroom and, with some difficulty,<br />

hauls the larger man onto the bed. Through his alcoholic<br />

fog, Eugene feebly co-operates - his paralyzed legs a<br />

particular dead weight.<br />

After covering Eugene with a blanket, Jerome enters a<br />

bathroom containing a surgically-clean stainless steel basin,<br />

sink, shower and toilet.<br />

Beside the toilet stands a large, industrial-style stainless<br />

steel refrigerator.<br />

Donning protective gloves, Jerome opens the liquid-nitrogen<br />

cooled refrigerator. A cloud of condensed water vapor<br />

billows out. Revealed inside the fridge are racks of<br />

labelled jars and silicon pouches - some containing a<br />

yellowish liquid, some a deep, red liquid.<br />

In front of one of the jars is a handwritten shopping<br />

list -"TRUFFLES, CIGS, VODKA". Jerome smiles to himself as<br />

he retrieves the note along with one of the jars. He checks<br />

the jar's label. Satisfied with the date written there, he<br />

breaks the seal and pours the contents into the clear,<br />

silicon pouch of an IV-like device lying on the steel<br />

bathroom counter.<br />

He seals the pouch and checks the apparatus <strong>by</strong> opening the<br />

valve on its fine tube and squirting a small quantity of the<br />

liquid into the near<strong>by</strong> toilet bowl, as one would test a<br />

syringe. We remain on Jerome's face as he reaches between<br />

his legs and inserts the pouch.<br />

neat rows of slim, fingertip-sized plastic sachets filled<br />

with a deep, red-colored liquid. He removes his gloves,<br />

selects one of the sachets and carefully adheres the sachet<br />

to the pad at the end of his index finger.

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