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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.

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