So "Gattaca" is one of my favorite movies. It's one of those films that I wonder why isn't more popular and that I wish I would see more on TV instead of "The Mummy" for the 208th time. Did you know that:
The original ending of the film featured images of people who may have never been born if we'd had genetic testing: people like Albert Einstein (dyslexia) , Abraham Lincoln (Marfan syndrome), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (asthma) and John F. Kennedy (Addison's disease) were shown over a background of stars with their afflictions listed. It then ends with the statement "Of course, the other birth that may never have taken place is your own." People in test screenings said it made them feel inadequate.
I would also like to add to the roll call above: Matthew Rodriguez (Allergy to cat hair and bad eyesight).
More Gattaca factoids here. Nerds say what. What?