Gattaca is a future dystopia in which everyone is strictly controlled according to their genetic profile. Only those with superior genes can fulfill superior roles in society. Vincent Freeman, a genetic misfit, attempts to trick the system in order to acccess the life he is forbidden from having.
Ethan Hawke as Vincent Freeman in Gattaca: "I belonged to a new underclass, no longer determined by social status or the color of your skin. No, we now have discrimination down to a science."
Uma Thurman as Irene Cassini in Gattaca: " 'Unacceptable likelihood of heart failure.' I think that's what the manual says. The only trip I'll take in space is around the sun on this satellite right here.
Jude Law as Jerome Eugene Morrow in Gattaca: "I got the better end of the deal. I only lent you my body - you lent me your dream."
- Movie
- Gattaca
- Year
- 1997
- Character
- Dr Lamar
- Actor
- Xander Berkeley
Dr. Lamar is the doctor who Vincent regularly has to visit for his DNA security spot-checks. Vincent has to continually pass these tests by trickery – you’ll see in the film how he does that. But there is more to Dr. Lamar than meets the eye. He has picked up on one or two observations about Vincent along the way, which could be dangerous. However, despite his security-cleared position he has a lot of sympathy for Vincent’s dilemma, because he has a son in a similar predicament…
Gattaca – Dr. Lamar Quotes
Prior to launch, Vincent is confronted with an unexpected urine test without one of Jerome’s samples. He is going to get found out for sure:
Vincent: What’s this?
Dr. Lamar: New policy. What’s the matter? Flight got you nervous?
Vincent: Well, there’s a problem Lamar…
Dr. Lamar: I never did tell you about my son, did I? He’s a big fan of yours.
Vincent: Just remember that I was as good as any, and better than most…
Dr. Lamar: He wants to apply here.
Vincent: I could’ve gone up and back and nobody would’ve been the wiser.
Dr. Lamar: Unfortunately, my son’s not all that they promised. But then, who knows what he could do. Right?
[The test reveals Vincent as an invalid]
Dr. Lamar: For future reference, right-handed men don’t hold it with their left. It’s just one of those things.
[Lamar overrides the results with Jerome's valid ID]
Dr. Lamar: You don’t want to miss your flight, Vincent.
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Gattaca
Cast and Characters
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Loren Dean as Anton Freeman in Gattaca: "Our parents both died thinking they'd outlived you. I had my doubts."
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Alan Arkin as Detective Hugo in Gattaca: "Hello everyone, nice to see you, I am your detective for the evening. Please don't leave the premises. I said please don't leave the premises. Am I speaking in some kind of strange foreign language?"
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Gore Vidal as Director Josef in Gattaca: "I reviewed your flight plan. Not one error in a million keystrokes. Phenomenal. It's right that someone like you is taking us to Titan."
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Xander Berkeley as Dr. Lamar in Gattaca: "You don't want to miss your flight, Vincent."
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Uma Thurman as Irene Cassini in Gattaca: " 'Unacceptable likelihood of heart failure.' I think that's what the manual says. The only trip I'll take in space is around the sun on this satellite right here.
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Jude Law as Jerome Eugene Morrow in Gattaca: "I got the better end of the deal. I only lent you my body - you lent me your dream."
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Ethan Hawke as Vincent Freeman in Gattaca: "I belonged to a new underclass, no longer determined by social status or the color of your skin. No, we now have discrimination down to a science."
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Milla Jovovich as Leeloo in The Fifth Element: "Me: fifth element - supreme being. Me protect you."
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From Emmanuel Goldstein's book in Nineteen Eighty-Four: "In accordance to the principles of Doublethink, it does not matter if the war is not real, or when it is, that victory is not possible. The war is not meant to be won. It is meant to be continuous."
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Sylvester Stallone as John Spartan in Demolition Man: "Somebody put me back in the fridge."
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John Hurt as Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two equals four. If that is granted all else will follow."
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Pauline Taylor as Psychiatrist in A Clockwork Orange: "Now then. Each of the slides needs a reply from one of the people in the picture. You tell me what you think the person would say. Alright?"
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Denis Leary as Edgar Friendly in Demolition Man: "That's right. You see, according to Cocteau's plan. I'm the enemy. Because I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, freedom of choice. I'm the kind if guy who would sit in the greasy spoon and think 'Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the big rack of Barbecued spare ribs with the side order of gravy fries?' I want high cholesterol. I want to eat bacon, butter and buckets of cheese alright?"
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Patrick Magee as Frank Alexander in A Clockwork Orange: "Recruiting brutal young roughs into the police, proposing debilitating and will-sapping techniques of conditioning. Oh, we've seen it all before in other countries. The thin end of the wedge. Before we know where we are, we shall have the full apparatus of totalitarianism."
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Marcus Chong as Tank in The Matrix: "This is a very exciting time!"
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Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in The Terminator: "Oh, come on. Do I look like the mother of the future? I mean am I tough, organized? I can't even balance my checkbook. Look Reese, I didn't ask for this honor and I don't WANT IT, ANY OF IT!"
I’m curious – in this final scene, how does Dr Lamar know Vincent’s real name?