Revealing mistake: When Jude Law needs to pull himself up the flight of stairs to reach the intercom, you can see him use his hips, despite the fact that he is paralyzed from the waist down.
Gattaca (1997)
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Directed by: Andrew Niccol
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Jude Law, Uma Thurman, Xander Berkeley, Gore Vidal
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6. 9/10. A pretty decent sci fi movie. All Ethan Hawke wants to do is go to Mars despite his health not being notch. I would definitely say it's an underrated sci fi movie of the 90's just like The Fifth Element. It seemed like it was subtly saying man must try to push himself hard if he wishes to obtain his dream which is out of reach. Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Loren Dean, and Gore Videl are pretty good here.
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Vincent: For someone who was never meant for this world, I must confess I'm suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I'm not leaving... Maybe I'm going home.
Trivia: One of the biggest themes in this film is DNA and how it can be used (and misused) to give information about people. It's interesting that the name 'Gattaca' is spelled using only the letters which stand for the four nucleotide bases which comprise DNA: guanine, adenine, thymine, and cytosine. The word GATTACA looks like a short sequence of DNA.
Question: How exactly does the device that Vincent uses on his legs to make him taller work?
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Answer: The leg bones are fractured completely across, at a location between the rings of the device. Thereafter, while the bones are knitting back together, the device is periodically adjusted to drag the bones away from each other a fraction of an inch. The bones continue to grow toward each other to close the gap, gradually lengthening. It is an astoundingly painful way to add height.
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