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GATTACA FILM QUESTIONS
Answer Questions #1-10 while you watch the film
1. What is the significance of the letters that are highlighted at the
beginning credits of the movie? (Hint: they are the same letters in
the title of the movie)
2. “They used to say that a child conceived in love has a greater
chance of….” What?
3. Why do you think Vincent’s father decided to name him “Vincent
Anton” rather than “Anton”?
4. List two ways that the society portrayed in the movie routinely
‘reads’ a person’s genetic profile.
5. What major surgery did Vincent have to enhance his genetic
“imperfections?”
6. List at least THREE preparations Vincent had to do every day to
pass as Jerome Morrow at GATTACA.
7. When Jerome (Vincent) and Irene go to a concert, what is unusual
about the piano player?
8. Who does the detective leading the murder investigation turn out
to be?
9. When Anton asks Vincent, “How are you doing this?” how does
Vincent answer?
10.
Why do you think Lamar’s son was a “big fan” of Vincent?
(Hint: Lamar is the doctor who does the urine tests at GATTACA)?