Gattaca
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Continuity mistake: Irene's hair changes in the first scene. When arriving at Gattaca, it's a side part low hairstyle. When she's at her workstation, it's pulled straight back into a high bun. A few minutes later, when she's speaking with Vincent as they watch a rocket launch through the skylight, it's back to the initial style, a low French twist. (00:04:39 - 00:05:30)

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Continuity mistake: Irene's hair changes in her final scene. She's wearing a tighter doughnut-shaped bun at Gattaca, when she's picked up by Anton to visit Jerome's home. When they reach the house, her hair is done quite differently, in a much larger and looser bun. (01:18:11 - 01:25:19)

Revealing mistake: When Jude Law needs to pull himself up the flight of stairs to reach the intercom, you can see him use his hips, despite the fact that he is paralyzed from the waist down.

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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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Trivia: In the Gattaca world, people like Vincent who fake their genetic profile are known as borrowed ladders. This is a reference to the double helix, or ladder shape, of DNA.

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Question: How exactly does the device that Vincent uses on his legs to make him taller work?

Answer: The leg bones are fractured completely across, at a location between the rings of the device. Thereafter, while the bones are knitting back together, the device is periodically adjusted to drag the bones away from each other a fraction of an inch. The bones continue to grow toward each other to close the gap, gradually lengthening. It is an astoundingly painful way to add height.

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