Gattaca
Gattaca is1997 science fiction film by director/screenwriter Andrew Niccol, starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude LawAlan Arkin.
It combinesHollywood action/adventure plot withvision offuture that some reviewers thought was intelligentmature,which genetic testingeugenic genetic engineering has altered mankindsuch an extent that children conceived by traditional sexual reproductionmembersan underclass.
Recent developmentsgenetic diagnosisinherited diseases andreal-world technologiesIn vitro fertilisationembryo selection have made Gattaca appearbevision ofnot-too-distant future.
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Plot
Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilersThe movie depicts Vincent (Hawke),member ofunderclass, tryingdefy his apparent genetic destiny. He uses DNA samples fromcrippled member ofelite (Morrow, played by Law)impersonate his way intospace program.
Trivia
- The name offilmderived from GATTACA, an arbitrary DNA base pair sequence. The recent publication ofhuman genome sequence reveals that GATTACA, alongmost other short base-pair sequences, occurs commonly throughouthuman genome.
- To create an eerie atmosphereubiquitous physical perfection,director cast fashion models as extras.
External links
- IMDB entryGattaca
- Open Directory categoryGattaca
- Roger Ebert reviewGattaca
- Prediction: Gene sequencingevery child: News storiesdevelopments similarthose predictedGattaca
