GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source

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51. INT. INVESTIGATOR'S CRIME LAB. NIGHT. A severed HUMAN TONGUE sits on a tray in a sterile, sealed chamber. Using gloves that protrude through the chamber's glass wall, face buried in a binocular eyepiece, the INVESTIGATOR takes a swab from the tongue. INVESTIGATOR (to the tongue, as he inserts the tip of the swab into an analyzer) Let's see what you've got to say for yourself. A FEMALE ASSISTANT, looking on, hardly has time to smile at the remark before information begins to appear on a nearby computer terminal. The computer gradually builds a portrait of the owner of the tongue using genetic predictors. The Investigator wanders over to the window as his Assistant reads the information from the screen. ASSISTANT The tongue is male. Mature. Blonde hair. Brown eyes. Light complexion. Between 5'11 and 6'1. Pronounced Caucasian nose. Thin lips. Weak chin. Lobeless ears. Prematurely balding. Slightly bow- legged. Broad shoulders. Barrel chest... (pause) Blind. INVESTIGATOR (interest piqued) Blind? (mildly amused, checking the monitor for himself) The tongue is blind? ASSISTANT (confused) Who cuts out the tongue of a blind man? INVESTIGATOR (shrugs) Someone who is mindful that the blind still speak.
52. The INVESTIGATOR is alerted by the chime of his nearby computer. On the screen, he discovers the face of 20-YEAR-OLD VINCENT and the accompanying flashing message: TRACKING IN- VALID 883000181105-10 - NEW DATA - INT. CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX - PARKING GARAGE. NIGHT. Having plugged his car into an overnight charger, JEROME pushes EUGENE in his wheelchair to the elevator. Bottle in hand, Eugene leans over and vomits on the ground. Jerome shakes his head resignedly. Eugene looks drunkenly up at Jerome. EUGENE (sarcastically referring to the pool of vomit) I'm sorry. Did you want it? Jerome meets Eugene's gaze. There is a trace of bitterness in Eugene's drunken smile. EUGENE Let me get it for you. Eugene bends down to scoop up some vomit with his hand but the elevator arrives and Jerome quickly wheels him away. Eugene's head flops to the side as he passes out. INT. EUGENE'S CONDOMINIUM. NIGHT. JEROME unlocks EUGENE's condo and wheels his chair inside. We see their reflection in a full-length mirror as Jerome pushes Eugene to the bedroom. After removing Eugene's soiled clothing, he heaves the tall man from the chair and onto the bed. EUGENE (maudlin, sobbing like a child) I'm sorry. I'm sorry. JEROME (attempting to comfort) It's okay, Eugene. EUGENE You know I wasn't drunk--I knew what I was doing when I walked in front of that car--
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Page 5 and 6: 4. He prepares a second sachet for
Page 7 and 8: 6. Jerome is transported - plotting
Page 9 and 10: 8. Jerome departs. LAMAR (walking J
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Page 13 and 14: 12. ANTONIO What's wrong? JEROME (V
Page 15 and 16: 14. The two men haggle over the pri
Page 17 and 18: 16. GENETICIST (cont'd) Believe me,
Page 19 and 20: 18. Maria is staring at the four ma
Page 21 and 22: 20. He places a basketball in the m
Page 23 and 24: 22. JEROME (cont'd; VO) Why should
Page 25 and 26: 24. Maria takes Antonio aside. Anto
Page 27 and 28: 26. OWNER Where's Earl? JEROME He f
Page 29 and 30: 28. JEROME (cont'd; VO) After all,
Page 31 and 32: 30. EUGENE (deadpan) Four foot six.
Page 33 and 34: 32. EUGENE I think I'd better choos
Page 35 and 36: 34. INT. HOUSING PROJECT - APARTMEN
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Page 39 and 40: 38. JEROME (VO) Officially they are
Page 41 and 42: 40. Nervous smirks from nearby empl
Page 43 and 44: 42. JEROME No bother. IRENE (referr
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Page 49 and 50: 48. EUGENE You want to meet a real-
Page 51: 50. EUGENE (beaming) I still can't
Page 55 and 56: 54. The lead homicide detective, DE
Page 57 and 58: 56. INVESTIGATOR (glancing to the p
Page 59 and 60: 58. As he takes his place on one of
Page 61 and 62: 60. In the room below, Jerome nonch
Page 63 and 64: 62. IRENE (a challenge) If you're s
Page 65 and 66: 64. Where? EUGENE (a flicker of anx
Page 67 and 68: 66. EUGENE Well save those tears. J
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Page 71 and 72: 70. INVESTIGATOR We're in the wrong
Page 73 and 74: 72. JOHN Shit! One of those Hoovers
Page 75 and 76: 74. JEROME (conspiratorial) Better
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Page 79 and 80: 78. EUGENE (teasing) You are a catc
Page 81 and 82: 80. INVESTIGATOR (mind racing) He w
Page 83 and 84: 82. DIRECTOR JOSEF (cont'd) (warmin
Page 85 and 86: 84. In the midst of the commotion,
Page 87 and 88: 86. DIRECTOR JOSEF (still referring
Page 89 and 90: 88. JEROME (afterthought as he pick
Page 91 and 92: 90. He continues to beat the Detect
Page 93 and 94: 92. Hugo uses a flashlight and a sm
Page 95 and 96: 94. There is a haunted, tortured lo
Page 97 and 98: 96. INVESTIGATOR (regarding Hugo wi
Page 99 and 100: 98. DETECTIVE HUGO He's the only ab
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102. Under the Investigator's watch
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104. EUGENE (deadpan) I could alway
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106. Polite smiles from his colleag
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108. CAESAR I guess so. (looking up
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110. JEROME (refusing Anton's hand,
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112. EUGENE Don't be deceived, Iren
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114. Jerome merely smiles back at h
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116. INT. EUGENE'S CONDOMINIUM. MOR
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118. Before he can think of a way o
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120. EXT. GATTACA - LAUNCHPAD. NIGH
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