Gattaca [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents a Jersey Films production ; produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher ; written and directed by Andrew Niccol. - Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2005. - 1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.

Director of photography, Slawomir Idziak ; editor, Lisa Zeno Chorgin ; music, Michael Nyman. Director of photography, Slawomir Idziak ; editor, Lisa Zeno Chorgin ; music, Michael Nyman.

Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin, Jude Law, Loren Dean, Gore Vidal, Ernest Borgnine.

Story about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Vincent is an "In-Valid, " who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception, Vincent's dreams steadily unravel.

MPAA rating: PG-13.


DVD, region 1, fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital English 5.1.


Dialogue and credits in English with optional English, Spanish, or French subtitles and optional Spanish or French soundtracks; closed-captioned.

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82649 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment


Murder--Investigation--Drama.
Manned space flight--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.


Feature films.
Science fiction films.