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