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GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source

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60.<br />

In the room below, Jerome nonchalantly steps off the<br />

treadmill, stealthily retrieves the recording device from<br />

beneath the control panel and returns it to his cigarette<br />

pack.<br />

He casually wipes off drops of sweat from the machine with a<br />

towel, briefly glances to Irene with the Investigators and<br />

exits to the locker room.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Director idly regards the image of VINCENT on Hugo's<br />

handheld screen. He does not recognize the face.<br />

DETECTIVE HUGO<br />

An age enhancement is being<br />

prepared as we speak.<br />

DIRECTOR JOSEF<br />

(referring to his<br />

assistant)<br />

Irene will make it available to<br />

security.<br />

INT. <strong>GATTACA</strong> - LOCKER ROOM. DAY.<br />

JEROME wears his assured smile all the way along the corridor<br />

and into the now empty locker room. He exchanges a cheery<br />

greeting with an exiting COLLEAGUE, enters a shower stall,<br />

closes the door behind him and promptly collapses on the<br />

shower stall floor.<br />

<strong>The</strong> effects of the grueling work-out are only now apparent.<br />

No longer sucking up the pain, he gulps air into his oxygen-<br />

starved lungs, his heart looking for a way through his<br />

tightened chest. He writhes in agony on the white-tiled<br />

floor - a brutal reminder of the physical frailty he seeks to<br />

disguise.<br />

EXT. <strong>GATTACA</strong> - GARDEN. LUNCHTIME.<br />

In Gattaca's perfectly landscaped gardens JEROME, dressed and<br />

recovered from his ordeal, joins his COLLEAGUES for lunch at<br />

one of the umbrella-covered tables. While most of the others<br />

pick at unappetizing salads and take their individualized<br />

medication, Jerome carries a steak sandwich on his tray.<br />

<strong>The</strong> sight of the juicy steak is greeted with envious looks<br />

from his colleagues. Jerome pretends not to notice and rubs<br />

it in <strong>by</strong> liberally sprinkling salt onto the meat.<br />

However when Jerome looks over towards IRENE, she avoids eye<br />

contact.

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