- Gattaca is a 1997 American science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol
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- 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 biopunk vision of a future society driven by eugenics where potential children are conceived through genetic manipulation 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 traveling into space
- The movie draws on concerns over reproductive technologies which facilitate eugenics, and the possible consequences of such technological developments for society
- It also explores the idea of destiny and the ways in which it can and does govern lives
- Characters in Gattaca continually battle both with society and with themselves to find their place in the world and who they are destined to be according to their genes
- The film's title is based on the first letters of guanine, adenine, thymine, and cytosine, the four nucleobases of DNA
- It was a 1997 nominee for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
- The film flopped at the box office, but it received generally positive reviews and has since gained a cult following
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