GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source GATTACA by Andrew M. Niccol - The Script Source
81. DETECTIVE HUGO (cont'd) (seeking a compromise) At least go with a fingertip sample or urine. INVESTIGATOR (shaking his head) Blood. From the vein. The Investigator turns on his heel to prevent further protest. The Detective and his ASSISTANTS exchange looks of exasperation behind the Investigator's back. INT. GATTACA. DAY. JEROME, drinking water, stands in front of a large video bulletin board. Among other things, it displays the electronic mugshot of 20-YEAR-OLD VINCENT alongside the recent computer generated age enhancement of his face. Some distance away, CAESAR, the elderly janitor, discusses the mugshots with a YOUNGER JANITOR. CAESAR Look like anybody to you? YOUNGER JANITOR Not to me. CAESAR Ugly sonofabitch though, isn't he? Jerome half-smiles, realizing that the conversation is for his benefit. Having made it clear that they do not intend to expose their former colleague, the two janitors continue their rounds. Jerome crushes his paper cup. Forgetting himself, he drops the cup into the wastebasket. INT. CRAFT. DAY. JEROME familiarizes himself with the interior of a spacecraft under the supervision of DIRECTOR JOSEF and the MISSION COMMANDER. The screen that Jerome sits at is identical to the one he operates in the computer complex - displaying asteroid 951 Gaspra. DIRECTOR JOSEF Somewhere in the dust of Gaspra is the key. (more)
82. DIRECTOR JOSEF (cont'd) (warming to his theme) Back to the beginning of the book-- the life we became. With the original building blocks who knows how far we can take "the godding". MISSION COMMANDER (wry smile) Even someone as advanced as Jerome will be last year's model by the time we're done. JEROME (smiling back) I wouldn't get your hopes up, Commander. Irene enters the craft. IRENE Excuse me, Mr. Morrow. The investigators have begun their testing. DETECTIVE JOSEF This is so inconvenient, Irene. They can make an exception for Jerome. IRENE I'm afraid not. DIRECTOR JOSEF I apologize, Jerome. JEROME It's not your fault, Director. (afterthought) If your predecessor were still around we may not be going to Gaspra at all. That's what I would call inconvenient. Jerome exits the craft with Irene. INT. GATTACA CORPORATION - CORRIDOR. DAY. A line of MALE GATTACA EMPLOYEES snakes out the door and down the corridor. The INVESTIGATOR walks slowly down the line, trying to eyeball his suspect. Concentrating on the shorter, dark-haired men in the line, he looks straight past JEROME.
- 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
- Page 37 and 38: 36. INT. HOUSING PROJECT - APARTMEN
- 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
- Page 45 and 46: 44. EUGENE (sensing something amiss
- Page 47 and 48: 46. How old? TECHNICIAN Me? YOUNG W
- Page 49 and 50: 48. EUGENE You want to meet a real-
- Page 51 and 52: 50. EUGENE (beaming) I still can't
- Page 53 and 54: 52. The INVESTIGATOR is alerted by
- 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
- Page 69 and 70: 68. He regards his own reflection f
- 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
- Page 77 and 78: 76. EXT. BEACH. DAWN. JEROME and IR
- Page 79 and 80: 78. EUGENE (teasing) You are a catc
- Page 81: 80. INVESTIGATOR (mind racing) He w
- 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
- Page 101 and 102: 100. INT. JEROME'S CONDOMINIUM. DAY
- Page 103 and 104: 102. Under the Investigator's watch
- Page 105 and 106: 104. EUGENE (deadpan) I could alway
- Page 107 and 108: 106. Polite smiles from his colleag
- Page 109 and 110: 108. CAESAR I guess so. (looking up
- Page 111 and 112: 110. JEROME (refusing Anton's hand,
- Page 113 and 114: 112. EUGENE Don't be deceived, Iren
- Page 115 and 116: 114. Jerome merely smiles back at h
- Page 117 and 118: 116. INT. EUGENE'S CONDOMINIUM. MOR
- Page 119 and 120: 118. Before he can think of a way o
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81.<br />
DETECTIVE HUGO (cont'd)<br />
(seeking a compromise)<br />
At least go with a fingertip<br />
sample or urine.<br />
INVESTIGATOR<br />
(shaking his head)<br />
Blood. From the vein.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Investigator turns on his heel to prevent further<br />
protest. <strong>The</strong> Detective and his ASSISTANTS exchange looks of<br />
exasperation behind the Investigator's back.<br />
INT. <strong>GATTACA</strong>. DAY.<br />
JEROME, drinking water, stands in front of a large video<br />
bulletin board. Among other things, it displays the<br />
electronic mugshot of 20-YEAR-OLD VINCENT alongside the<br />
recent computer generated age enhancement of his face.<br />
Some distance away, CAESAR, the elderly janitor, discusses<br />
the mugshots with a YOUNGER JANITOR.<br />
CAESAR<br />
Look like anybody to you?<br />
YOUNGER JANITOR<br />
Not to me.<br />
CAESAR<br />
Ugly sonofabitch though, isn't he?<br />
Jerome half-smiles, realizing that the conversation is for<br />
his benefit. Having made it clear that they do not intend to<br />
expose their former colleague, the two janitors continue<br />
their rounds.<br />
Jerome crushes his paper cup. Forgetting himself, he drops<br />
the cup into the wastebasket.<br />
INT. CRAFT. DAY.<br />
JEROME familiarizes himself with the interior of a spacecraft<br />
under the supervision of DIRECTOR JOSEF and the MISSION<br />
COMMANDER. <strong>The</strong> screen that Jerome sits at is identical to<br />
the one he operates in the computer complex - displaying<br />
asteroid 951 Gaspra.<br />
DIRECTOR JOSEF<br />
Somewhere in the dust of Gaspra is<br />
the key.<br />
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