Gattaca
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 potential children are conceived through genetic selection to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents. The film centers on Vincent Freeman, played by Hawke, who was conceived outside the eugenics program and struggles to overcome genetic discrimination to realize his dream of going into space.
Plot
In the "not-too-distant" future, eugenics is common. A genetic registry database uses biometrics to classify those so created as "valids" while those conceived naturally and more susceptible to genetic disorders are known as "in-valids". Genetic discrimination is illegal, but in practice genotype profiling is used to identify valids to qualify for professional employment while in-valids are relegated to menial jobs.
Awards
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| author | Andrew Niccol |
|---|---|
| award | Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award |
| director | Andrew Niccol |
| editor | Lisa Zeno Churgin |
| genre | drama science fiction thriller |
| keywords | biometrics chicken clean crime scene deep space eugenics genetic discrimination genetic disorder genotype grow up hit by a car immolate kill launch window murder paralyze possible launch rock saying goodbye self-immolation silver silver medal space mission space travel suffer swim titan |
| musicBy | Michael Nyman |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Production Design |
| producer | Danny DeVito Gail Lyon Michael Shamberg Stacey Sher |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures Jersey Films |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| recordedAt | San Diego |
| theme | discrimination dystopian genetic engineering science fiction drama science fiction thriller security and surveillance the future |