{"id":7575,"date":"2024-02-21T04:48:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T09:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/movies\/?p=7575"},"modified":"2024-09-08T12:42:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T16:42:32","slug":"gattaca-1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/movies\/gattaca-1997\/","title":{"rendered":"Gattaca (1997)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/30047353\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/414995\/custom-color\/de4a20\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>When listener Rob F. commissioned &#8220;Gattaca&#8221; in honor of his father, we all remembered it as beautiful, futuristic and distinct. Oddly enough, we couldn&#8217;t remember much else.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We remembered Ethan Hawke but not his lengthy voiceovers. We remembered Jude Law but not the incinerator scene. We remembered Uma Thurman but not her character&#8217;s heart condition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This 1997 sci-fi debut for director Andrew Niccol made some interesting choices, like casting loads of TV talent and pretending Jude Law and Ethan Hawke look anything alike. And it also had some swagger, like pinstripe spacesuits and film-noir vibes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Shat Crew was left to debate: Is &#8220;Gattaca&#8221; a case of style over substance, or is it a visionary film that went underappreciated for years?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe Now<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Android: <a title=\"Android\" href=\"\/android\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/android<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Apple\/iTunes: <a href=\"\/apple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/apple<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Help Support the Podcast<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Contact Us: <a href=\"\/contact\/\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/contact<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Commission Movie: <a href=\"\/support\/\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/support<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Support with Paypal: <a href=\"\/paypal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/paypal<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Support With Venmo: <a href=\"\/venmo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/venmo<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Shop Merchandise: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.shatpod.com\/shop<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Theme Song &#8211; Die Hard by Guyz Nite: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guyznite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guyznite<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) has always fantasized about traveling into outer space, but is grounded by his status as a genetically inferior &#8220;in-valid.&#8221; He decides to fight his fate by purchasing the genes of Jerome Morrow (Jude Law), a laboratory-engineered &#8220;valid.&#8221; He assumes Jerome&#8217;s DNA identity and joins the Gattaca space program, where he falls in love with Irene (Uma Thurman). An investigation into the death of a Gattaca officer (Gore Vidal) complicates Vincent&#8217;s plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20624,1],"tags":[1978,14633,22002,252,6086,6075,93,12079,10834,5600,26281,26785,16806,14332,24480,26782,72,26784,12793,24621,26282,26783,1309],"class_list":["post-7575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1990s","category-all","tag-1978","tag-ambition","tag-andrew-niccol","tag-california","tag-columbia-pictures","tag-danny-devito","tag-drama","tag-dystopia","tag-ethan-hawke","tag-future","tag-future-dystopia","tag-future-society","tag-genetic-engineering","tag-genetics","tag-identity","tag-jude-law","tag-los-angeles","tag-michael-nyman","tag-pg-13","tag-sci-fi","tag-sci-fi-drama","tag-slawomir-idziak","tag-uma-thurman"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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