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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.

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