Gattaca (1997)

19971h 27mdir. Andrew NiccolUnited Statesscience fiction filmdrama film

Note: this print runs 87 minutes against a recorded 101 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke, Jude Law, Alan Arkin, Gore Vidal, Ernest Borgnine, Tony Shalhoub, Blair Underwood

Directed by Andrew Niccol

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Gattaca is a 1997 American dystopian science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol in his feature directorial debut. It stars Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman with Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Gore Vidal, and Alan Arkin appearing in supporting roles. The film presents a future society driven by eugenics where children are conceived through genetic selection to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents. The principal character, Vincent Freeman, played by Hawke, was conceived outside the eugenics program and struggles to overcome genetic discrimination to realize his dream of going into space.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.

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