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Gattaca (1997)

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Directed by
Andrew Niccol

Written by
Andrew Niccol

Cast
Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Gore Vidal, Xander Berkeley [more]


Release Date
• USA: Oct 24, 1997
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 30, 1998
• R2: 27 Dec 2004

Budget $36,000,000

MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for brief violent images, language, and some sexuality.

Running Time
1 hour, 41 minutes

Country USA

Studio Columbia Pictures, Jersey Films, Sony Pictures Entertainment

More info on IMDb.com

Other Titles
• The Eighth Day (1996)



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 Quotes from Gattaca (1997)
1
Jerome: What's your number, you fucking flat foot!

  82.5% (128 votes)
2
Vincent: I was never more certain of how far away I was from my goal than when I was standing right beside it.

  80.961538461538% (104 votes)
3
[last lines]
Vincent: [voiceover] For someone who was never meant for this world, I must confess I'm suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I'm not leaving... maybe I'm going home.

  79.677419354839% (62 votes)
4
Vincent: There's more vodka in this piss than there is piss.

  83.050847457627% (59 votes)
5
Jerome: If at first you dont succeed... try, try again.

  72.459016393443% (61 votes)
6
Vincent: You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it, Anton: I never saved anything for the swim back.

  70.322580645161% (31 votes)
7
Vincent: There's no gene for fate.

  98.888888888889% (18 votes)
8
Vincent: You are the authority on what is not possible, aren't you Irene? They've got you looking for any flaw, that after a while that's all you see. For what it's worth, I'm here to tell you that it is possible. It is possible.

  100% (11 votes)
9
[after vomiting]
Jerome: Do you want some of this? I could keep it for you in case you ever need it... I'm sorry. Sorry.

  83.333333333333% (12 votes)
10
Jerome: We have to get drunk immediately.

  85% (8 votes)
11
Vincent: A year is a long time.
Irene: Not so long. Just once around the sun.

  100% (6 votes)
12
Vincent: He had everything except desire.

  71.428571428571% (7 votes)
13
Jerome: I got the better end of the deal. I only lent you my body - you lent me your dream.

  100% (5 votes)
14
Vincent: Is the only way you can succeed is to see me fail?

  100% (5 votes)
15
Vincent: It's funny, you work so hard, you do everything you can to get away from a place, and when you finally get your chance to leave, you find a reason to stay.

  100% (5 votes)
16
Younger Vincent: Don't eat that, it's Pluto.

  100% (5 votes)
17
Det. Hugo: Hello everyone, nice to see you. I am your detective for the evening. Please don't leave the premises.
[people start scattering]
Det. Hugo: I said please don't leave the premises. Am I speaking in some kind of strange foreign language?

  73.333333333333% (6 votes)
18
Vincent: We now have discrimination down to a science.

  100% (4 votes)
19
Dr. Lamar: Jerome, never shy, pisses on command. Beautiful piece of equipment you've got there Jerome. I ever told you that?
Vincent: Only every time I'm in here.
Dr. Lamar: Occupational hazard. I see a great many on the course of any given day. Your's just happens to be an exceptional example. Don't know why my folks didn't order one like that for me.

  100% (4 votes)
20
Vincent: No, there's truly nothing remarkable about the progress of Jerome Morrow...
Vincent: Except that I am *not* Jerome Morrow.

  100% (4 votes)
21
[first title card]
Title Card: "Consider God's handiwork; who can straighten what He hath made crooked?" - Ecclesiastes 7:13

  100% (4 votes)
22
Vincent: What's this?
Dr. Lamar: New Policy, what's the matter? Flight got you nervous.
Vincent: Nope, there's a problem Lamar...
Dr. Lamar: ...I still haven't told you about my son have I. He's a big fan of yours...
Vincent: Just remember. I was as good as any, and better than most...
Dr. Lamar: ...He wants to apply here...
Vincent: ...I could've gone up and back and nobody would've been the wiser...
Dr. Lamar: ...unfortunately my son's not all that they promised. But then again, who knows what he could do.
[test reveals Vincent as invalid]
Dr. Lamar: For future reference, right handed men don't hold it with their left. Just one of those things.
[Lamar hits button revealing Jerome's valid i.d]
Vincent: [Vincent stares into Lamar eyes, hesitating]
Dr. Lamar: You're gonna miss your flight Vincent.

  90% (4 votes)
23
Vincent: [after Vincent's genetic test] What about the interview?
Vincent: That was it.

  100% (3 votes)
24
Vincent: I can't go anywhere without seeing my own face. They'll recognize me.
Jerome: They won't recognize you.
Vincent: They'll recognize me.
Jerome: I don't recognize you.

  100% (3 votes)
25
[During his transformation into "Jerome"]
German: There's still the matter of your height.
Vincent: How tall are you?
Jerome: 4'6"
Vincent: I meant before your accident.

  100% (3 votes)
26
Vincent: How the hell did you get up here?
Jerome: Oh, I could always walk... I've been faking it.

  100% (3 votes)
27
Vincent: I'm sorry, the wind took it.

  100% (3 votes)
28
Irene: "Unacceptable risk of heart failure." I think that's what the manual says. The only trip I'll take in space is around the sun on this satellite right here.

  100% (3 votes)
29
Dr. Lamar: Jermone Jerome, the metronome.

  86.666666666667% (3 votes)
30
[second title card]
Title Card: "I not only think that we will tamper with Mother Nature, I think Mother wants us to." - Willard Gaylin

  60% (4 votes)
31
Vincent: We shed 500 million cells a day.

  100% (2 votes)
32
Antonio: Son, the only time you're going to see the inside of a space shuttle is if you're cleaning it.

  100% (2 votes)
33
Vincent: Blood has no nationality

  100% (2 votes)
34
Jerome: What's your number? That's harassment. What's your number?

  100% (2 votes)
35
Caesar: Don't clean the glass too well.
Vincent: Why's That?
Caesar: You might get ideas.

  100% (2 votes)
36
Vincent: What about the interview?
Dr. Lamar: That was it.

  20% (3 votes)
37
[Vincent is looking at the 12-fingered pianist]
Irene: You didn't know?
Vincent: Oh, I knew.
Irene: It's amazing, isn't it?
Vincent: Twelve fingers or one, it's how you play
Irene: That piece can only be played with twelve.

  20% (2 votes)
38
Vincent: They used to say that a child conceived in love has a greater chance of happiness. They don't say that anymore.

  
39
Vincent: They think I killed the mission director.
Jerome: What makes you think that?
Vincent: They found my eye lash.
Jerome: Where?
Vincent: In the corridor.
Jerome: Ah well it could be worse. They could have found it in your eye.

  
40
Vincent: I'll never understand what possessed my mother to put her faith in God's hands, rather than her local geneticist.

  
41
[first lines]
Director Josef: You keep your work station so clean, Jerome.
Vincent: It's next to godliness. Isn't that what they say?
Director Josef: Godliness. I reviewed your flight plan. Not one error in a million keystrokes. Phenomenal. It's right that someone like you is taking us to Titan.
Vincent: Has the committee approved the mission? There's been talk of delay.
Director Josef: You shouldn't listen to talk. You leave in a week. You've got a substance test.

  


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