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Vincent: For someone who was never meant for this world, I must confess I'm suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I'm not leaving... maybe I'm going home.

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Gattaca (1997) - 5 corrections

Directed by Andrew Niccol, starring Ethan Hawke, Jude Law, Uma Thurman (add more)

Genres: Drama, Romance, Sci-fi, Thriller

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Before the party, Vincent puts the blood packet on his index finger, but when stopped in the tunnel, he uses his middle finger to give the sample. [With the constant risk of being stopped for random testing by police or his employers, it is not unlikely that Vincent wears more than one blood pack, and on different fingers.]
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The staircase in the house of the real Jerome Morrows is actually a resemblance of a DNA structure. Similar to Watson and Crick's model, except for the fact that the staircase has a right-handed turn. The DNA helix is a left-handed turn. [The staircase is a right-handed helix and the Watson and Crick's model of DNA is also a right-handed helix, not left-handed as is stated in the entry.]
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The morning after Vincent sleeps with Irene, she asks about the scars on his legs. Vincent invents a story claiming that he was run over by a '99 Chrysler LeBaron. The Chrysler LeBaron was phased out in 1993 and the convertible line production ended in 1995. [If he's inventing a story to explain scars on his leg, it doesn't matter if he says it was a car that didn't exist - the accident itself didn't exist. The only risk is that she might know this piece of trivia, which is doubtful.]
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The scene where Ethan Hawke is laying on his stomach with those metal rings on his legs to make him taller (its called an Ilizerov Device) on the floor is impossible. He would have to get down on his knees and then lay down. His knees couldn't touch the floor with those things on, let alone the fact that the pressure on the devices would have been too much to handle. How do I know this? I wore the identical devices on both my legs for 10 months, and never once laid on my back the entire time. [It is possible to wear the Ilizerov Device and lie on your stomach. (I thought he was on his back) Very uncomfortable, and painful, but possible. I've done it - it just takes a lot of effort to get there. (WHY he's lying on his back on the hardwood foor, I don't know.) Also this is a world where genetic engineering and DNA testing is done as a matter of course, so I think that painkillers and antibiotics (Infection is one of th biggest risks to a Ilizerov device.) are a bit more advanced than they are now, so it's possible that he's not suffering the ill-effects that are suffered today.]
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In the scene where the 12 fingered pianist plays his piece, Uma Thurman says to Ethan Hawke that the piece can only be played with 12 fingers, which is totally false considering it was a Schubert Impromptu, which was written for 10-fingered people. [True, it is but if you listen carefully you will notice notes have been added to the tune meaning that you would have to have an extended 6 fingered hand to reach those notes while playing. the production team did a great job of blending them in.]
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