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Here's another indication that the Politically Correct Age is immune to irony: A number of bioethicists are up in arms because Sony Pictures' marketing campaign for the futuristic film "Gattaca" is, well, too real. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine, a Washington-based watchdog group on the lookout for anything that might resemble human genetic manipulation --- a central part of "Gattaca's" fictional plot --- has issued a press release denouncing Sony's ploy of placing ads for the movie's nonexistent genetic manipulation corporation in nontraditional parts of newspapers and magazines (i.e., the news sections). "We urge Sony to change their advertising to make it clear that this is only a movie," wrote ASRM executive director Dr. Benjamin Wheeler.

Composer Michael Nyman's first film that was Hollywood-made.

Won the Catalan fest in Oct. 1997.

$20 million budget.

Viral marketing internet campaign. Gattaca.com: The site takes off on the movie's theme, questioning the gen-ethics of creating a race of superior people, with bioethics profs Arthur Caplan and Dr. Carl Elliott answering Web queries. (Gattaca's posting boards link to related ethical discussions at the sites of the universities of Pennsylvania and Minnesota, as well as to sites in the U.K.).

Niccol was inspired to write the script due to current event issues pertaining to genetics.

• Erik Sofge (2008-03-28). "The 10 Most Prophetic Sci-Fi Movies Ever: Gattca". Popular Mechanics.

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• http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987262,00.html