GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
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69.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Detectives quickly weed out those suspects not fitting<br />
Jerome's description - WOMEN, OLD MEN and TEENAGERS. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
are shepherded off the street. A line of IN-VALIDS is formed<br />
several hundred yards long. Detectives begin to laboriously<br />
move along the line, taking finger-prick blood samples from<br />
each suspect - instantly confirming their identities with<br />
portable analyzers worn on their hips.<br />
As if having the idea at the same time, TWO SEPARATE MEN<br />
suddenly bolt from the line, knowing that their blood will<br />
incriminate them. Other Detectives, watching for such escape<br />
attempts, easily apprehend them and escort them to a waiting<br />
police van.<br />
INVESTIGATOR that it is safe to exit his car. <strong>The</strong><br />
Investigator appears irritated, only half-glancing at the TWO<br />
MEN already in custody, apparently certain that neither one<br />
is his suspect.<br />
DETECTIVE HUGO<br />
(enthusiastic)<br />
Not our fish, but something stuck<br />
in the net.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Investigator clearly does not share Hugo's enthusiasm.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Detective offers the Investigator an age enhanced<br />
photograph, computer-generated from the last existing photo<br />
of VINCENT as a 20-year-old.<br />
DETECTIVE HUGO<br />
This is the age enhancement we're<br />
working with.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Investigator ignores the photo, preferring instead to<br />
trust his own eye as he wanders along the line of suspects.<br />
DETECTIVE HUGO<br />
(referring to the<br />
line-up)<br />
As you requested, we've kept the<br />
parameters wider than usual.<br />
<strong>The</strong> MEN they scrutinize are hardly mutants - the differences<br />
between an IN-VALID and a DAN are subtle at best. Some<br />
shorter, some wearing glasses, some with receding hairlines<br />
or bald, many with no discernable physical difference at all.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Investigator is only halfway down the line before he<br />
turns and starts walking back to his car.<br />
<strong>The</strong> mystified Detective Hugo follows his superior.