A naturally born individual struggles against the system and his genetically modified peers to achieve his dream of traveling to space. Filmed in Los Angeles and San Rafael.
Vincent leaves his apartment for another day at work. His home is represented by the CLA Building at Cal Poly Pomona.
He arrives at the space exploration company Gattaca portrayed by the Marin County Civic Center near San Francisco.
Vincent’s boss is found murdered leading to an extended flashback of Jerome’s life leading to this point. He is conceived in the backseat of a Buick on Dockweiler Beach.
At one point his parents try to get him into a preschool played by Culver City High School but they are rejected for insurance reasons.
Vincent and Anton go swimming in the ocean from Leo Carrillo State Beach.
The sequence with the two brothers when they are slightly older was also filmed at Culver City High.
Irene, one of Vincent’s coworkers, takes one of his hairs to a DNA testing center at the LA Forum.
After the DNA tests okay, she goes on a walk with him beneath the Sepulveda Dam and offers one of her own hairs for testing.
Their first real date takes place at the Los Angeles City Hall where they watch a twelve-fingured pianist perform.
After their date their are stopped at a police checkout in the 2nd Street Tunnel and Vincent is forced to abandoned his contact lenses.
Irene ends up taking them tot he Kramer Junction Solar Farm where they watch the sun rise of the mirrors.
Irene and Vincent go on another date in the lobby of the Los Angeles Theater which is raided by the police.
They leave the theater through the back entrance and Vincent is forced to knock out an officer. This exit is in an alley a block to the south.
Vincent spends the night at Irene’s home at 33608 Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu.
Eventually the killer is caught and interrogated by the police at the Otis College of Art and Design.
