Gattaca (3/8) Movie CLIP - A De-gene-erate (1997) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
After landing a job at Gattaca, Vincent (Ethan Hawke) prepares to adopt Jerome's (Jude Law) identity.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
New Zealand screenwriter Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show) made his feature directorial debut with this science fiction drama, set in a future when one's life is determined by genetic engineering rather than education or experience. The wealthy can choose the genetic makeup of their descendants. People are designed to fit into whatever role is decided before birth. But what happens when someone desires another way of life? Citizens in this impersonal future-world are fashioned as perfect specimens, so those in the natural-born minority are viewed as inferior to the pre-planned perfect specimens (aka "Valids") who dominate. One of the natural-borns (aka "In-Valids"), Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke), has several defects (poor vision, emotional problems, and short 30-year life expectancy), but he also develops a different outlook on his pre-ordained fate. He yearns to break free from society's constraints, and he dreams of a journey into space as a Gattaca Corp. navigator. To accomplish his goal, he enlists the aid of DNA broker German (Tony Shalhoub) and makes contact with Jerome Morrow (Jude Law), who was paralyzed in an accident and is willing to sell his superior genetic materials. Vincent assumes Jerome's identity and is scheduled for a flying mission. However, a week before his flight, a Gattaca mission director is murdered, and all members of the program are the suspects. Meanwhile, he develops a romantic interest in a beautiful Valid, Irene (Uma Thurman), prevented from going into space because of her heart defect. Tracked by a relentless investigator who is methodically jigsawing all the pieces together, Jerome finds his aspirations dissolving into stardust.

CREDITS:
TM & © Sony (1997)
Cast: Xander Berkeley, Ethan Hawke, Jude Law
Director: Andrew Niccol
Producers: Danny DeVito, Georgia Kacandes, Stacey Sher, Gail Lyon, Michael Shamberg, Joshua Levinson
Screenwriter: Andrew Niccol

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[MJfplx]

This movie is a criminally underrated masterpiece

[TheOMGbeandip]

anyone else think about the staircase being a helix shape to mimic DNA?

[thomasw]

I never realized that he was saying de-GENE-erate that way on purpose.

[koyo]

Both Jude law and Ethan hawke were so hot ngl

[digitalcyclone]

"the burden of perfection"
maybe this is why Jerome was suicidal. he was just too perfect to where life got painfully boring, and so he wanted a way out of, well, hell, essentially.

[Darkwingdave]

Yes, he did. The initial scene has the doctor commenting about his equipment and giving him the advice about how men don't hold it with their dominant hand. Same as when the military does UA tests, someone is watching the entire process to ensure you aren't dumping from a pouch or collecting from the bowl.

[Books-and-coffee]

Jerome (Jude Law) sounds so sad when he says "of course you got it"

[Djarra]

De-Gene-Erate is actually a word in use since the early 20th century, normally referring to people who claim aristocratic heritage when they have none. Jeeves used it more than once. 

[oeao]

This part explains the ending scene of the movie...there’s no way the doctor didn’t see the tube for the urine pouch Vincent was using...that’s because the doctor let him when he talked about his son

[cheeseandonions]

Love the irony in this scene... the genetically superior guy can't walk or procreate... the inferior one looks like a demigod, but will die at 30

[Travaillons]

He didn't, and the doctor knew, but let him go anyways.

[pamelaj]

To this day I remember this movie because my Chemistry teacher showed it in class when we were talking about genes

[awestar]

when we say "invalid" to describe a sick person, we say it "in-vuh-lid".
we pronounce it "in-vah-lid" when talking about an object.

i think Vincent and the rest of his society make it a point to make say it as "in-vah-lid" to objectify genetically inferior people.

[gattacafanboy]

As a gattica enthusiast this film is my life in a nutshell

[fantiscious]

Don’t mind me my science teacher just gave us a hidden name of a movie while teaching us the base pairs of DNA and wanted us to find the easter egg so I just searched it up at home

[thegreyjedi]

the guy from enemy at the gates is in this movie

[Matchhead]

My girlfriend wants to pay monk to turn me into jude law. I said that's not how it works, hun

[LCCWPresents]

KFC? A special dinner for everyone to get excited about? Questioning marketing?

The architecture in the movie is very soviet, just me?

[sarahstaats]

I have a question. Did Vincent get his legs forcefully heightened? Because he kept saying “no no no” yet it cut to a scene with his legs getting surgery. So did the DNA broker guy force him to get the surgery?