Synopsis
Andrew Niccol\'s clinical, cool dystopia about genetic determinism has been increasingly cited by ethicists as a vision that arrived faster than anyone expected. The film\'s patient, melancholy science fiction is closer to Kazuo Ishiguro than to Hollywood — and aged accordingly well.
Did You Know?
- Title comes from the four DNA bases: G, A, T, C.
- Cited by science ethicists for accurately predicting consumer genome services.
- Gore Vidal's final on-screen film role.
- Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman married after meeting on set.
- Originally titled "The Eighth Day" before legal issues forced a change.
Iconic Quotes
- "There is no gene for the human spirit."
- "I never saved anything for the swim back."
- "I am invalid."
- "My real résumé was in my cells."
- "Born of God."
