GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
7. An EXTREME CLOSE UP reveals the bag's contents - flakes of skin, hair follicles, eyelashes, a fingernail. Cupping the bag in his hand to avoid detection, Jerome sprinkles the fraudulent body matter over his keyboard, desk surfaces and the floor around his work station. He opens his desk drawer and casually scatters the remainder of the bag. Finally he inspects a comb already laced with two hair follicles. Jerome rises from his work station and makes his way towards the testing lab. INT. GATTACA AEROSPACE CORPORATION - TESTING LABORATORY. DAY. White-coated LAMAR, forties, buzzcut, a man's man, checks JEROME's eyes with an instrument. Satisfied with his examination, he passes a transparent plastic container to JEROME. Standing directly in front of the technician with his back to camera, Jerome opens his fly. A steady stream of urine begins to flow into the container from Jerome's hidden pouch. LAMAR (staring admiringly at the discharge) Jerome...never shy. Pisses on command. You've got a beautiful cock. I ever told you that, Jerome? JEROME (deadpan as he continues to urinate) Only every time I'm in here. Jerome refastens his trousers. LAMAR I see a lot of cocks. I speak from experience. Yours is a beautiful example. Why didn't my folks order a cock like that for me? LAMAR pours the urine sample into a high-tech device where it is instantly analyzed. The urine identifies Jerone while also registering a negative drug reading. The computer reads "VALID".
8. Jerome departs. LAMAR (walking Jerome to the door) If everything goes to plan, this could be the last time I see you for a while. One week to go. Please tell me you're the least bit excited. JEROME I'll tell you at the end of the week. INT. GATTACA - REST ROOM. DAY. JEROME enters the rest room and glances at the toilet stalls. Only three in the bank of twenty is occupied. He tarries at the mirror above the uniform line of basins, unnecessarily reknotting his tie. A toilet flushes and a COLLEAGUE exits one of the stalls. He and Jerome exchange a nod. When the man has exited the rest room, Jerome enters the man's vacated stall. INT. GATTACA - TOILET STALL. DAY. JEROME immediately feels around the back of the toilet bowl and detaches a secreted stainless steel container. With surprising swiftness and dexterity, Jerome removes an extremely fine contact lens from each eye and drops the pair into the toilet bowl. He inserts two replacement lenses from the container and reattaches it in its hiding place. Jerome flushes the toilet and exits the stall. He checks in the mirror that his new contact lenses are properly inserted. INT. GATTACA - CORRIDOR. DAY. Walking back along one of the long, glass-walled corridors, JEROME becomes aware of a peculiar noise in the complex -or to be more precise, a lack of noise. The incessant tapping of computer keys has stilled. As Jerome gazes through the glass walled corridor, we see the reflection of his face, deep in thought.
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7.<br />
An EXTREME CLOSE UP reveals the bag's contents - flakes of<br />
skin, hair follicles, eyelashes, a fingernail. Cupping the<br />
bag in his hand to avoid detection, Jerome sprinkles the<br />
fraudulent body matter over his keyboard, desk surfaces and<br />
the floor around his work station.<br />
He opens his desk drawer and casually scatters the remainder<br />
of the bag. Finally he inspects a comb already laced with<br />
two hair follicles.<br />
Jerome rises from his work station and makes his way towards<br />
the testing lab.<br />
INT. <strong>GATTACA</strong> AEROSPACE CORPORATION - TESTING LABORATORY.<br />
DAY.<br />
White-coated LAMAR, forties, buzzcut, a man's man, checks<br />
JEROME's eyes with an instrument. Satisfied with his<br />
examination, he passes a transparent plastic container to<br />
JEROME. Standing directly in front of the technician with<br />
his back to camera, Jerome opens his fly. A steady stream of<br />
urine begins to flow into the container from Jerome's hidden<br />
pouch.<br />
LAMAR<br />
(staring admiringly<br />
at the discharge)<br />
Jerome...never shy. Pisses on<br />
command. You've got a beautiful<br />
cock. I ever told you that,<br />
Jerome?<br />
JEROME<br />
(deadpan as he<br />
continues to urinate)<br />
Only every time I'm in here.<br />
Jerome refastens his trousers.<br />
LAMAR<br />
I see a lot of cocks. I speak<br />
from experience. Yours is a<br />
beautiful example. Why didn't my<br />
folks order a cock like that for<br />
me?<br />
LAMAR pours the urine sample into a high-tech device where it<br />
is instantly analyzed. <strong>The</strong> urine identifies Jerone while<br />
also registering a negative drug reading. <strong>The</strong> computer reads<br />
"VALID".