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."
Random Dystopia Quotes
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Sylvester Stallone as John Spartan in Demolition Man: "Somebody put me back in the fridge."
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Theodore Loos as Josaphat in Metropolis: "I put on this disguise to escape from the Thin Man. But for ten days, your father's spy has been making even the workers' city risky..."
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Nigel Hawthorne as Raymond Cocteau in Demolition Man: "Well I must say that whacking, whatever it is, sounds most disagreeable."
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Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle in The Dark Knight Rises: "Do you think this is gonna last? There's a storm coming, Mr. Wayne. You and your friends better batten down the hatches, because when it hits, you're all gonna wonder how you ever thought you could live so large and leave so little for the rest of us."
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Clive Francis as Joe in A Clockwork Orange: "Look, he's weeping now. But that's all his craft and artfulness. Let him go and find a room somewhere else."
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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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Lee Evans as Fog in The Fifth Element: "We're sending somebody in to negotiate!"
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Joanna Cassidy as Zhora in Blade Runner: "Are you for real?"
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Michael Caine as Alfred in The Dark Knight Rises: "I won't bury you. I buried enough members of the Wayne family."
I’m curious – in this final scene, how does Dr Lamar know Vincent’s real name?