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GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source

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39.<br />

We now see what Jerome has been gazing at through the window<br />

the whole time - the sight that has brought a hush to the<br />

complex. Through an open office door lies the body of a<br />

large man - the MURDERED DIRECTOR, lying where he has just<br />

been discovered, in a pool of his own blood.<br />

JEROME (VO)<br />

Strange to think, he may have more<br />

success exposing me in death than<br />

he did in life.<br />

Jerome wipes his eye and also goes to investigate. We focus<br />

on an extreme close up of his EYELASH. Loosened <strong>by</strong> Jerome's<br />

hand, it breaks free and floats gently down to the floor<br />

where it comes to rest.<br />

INT. <strong>GATTACA</strong> AEROSPACE CORPORATION. MORNING.<br />

DETECTIVE HUGO, late-forties, wearing a crime-scene hygenic<br />

suit and gloves and a full clear mask - looking more like a<br />

surgeon or a toxic waste worker than a detective - places a<br />

blood-spattered computer keyboard alongside the Director's<br />

shattered skull. <strong>The</strong> indentations match the blunt corner of<br />

the keyboard. Hugo detaches the dangling keyboard from its<br />

parent computer and seals the likely murder weapon in a<br />

marked, transparent plastic bag.<br />

A CREW of similarly-suited homicide detectives systematically<br />

vacuum the surrounding office area with metallic, industrial-<br />

looking mini-vacs. Once each work space has been vacuumed,<br />

the transparent plastic vacuum bag is detached, sealed and<br />

labelled.<br />

OTHER DETECTIVES video the scene with camcorders. Video<br />

prints spit out of the cameras for instant inspection.<br />

EXT. <strong>GATTACA</strong> - LANDSCAPED GARDENS. DAY.<br />

A silicon police tape cordons off the crime scene. From the<br />

landscaped garden, a crowd of <strong>GATTACA</strong> EMPLOYEES view the<br />

proceedings through the glass walls.<br />

Awful.<br />

EMPLOYEE 1<br />

(staring at the<br />

Director's body)<br />

EMPLOYEE 2<br />

Yeah, awful it didn't happen<br />

sooner.

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