GATTACA

[Guest dapy]

Barely distinguishable Avantis made cameo appearances in this 1997 "futuristic thriller". I guess the producers thought the Avanti looked like the future. It was a dumb movie with cigarette smoke obscuring anything of value. Gore Vidal had a major part which suggests its 'mix and match' quality. Rent it if you dare...

Edited September 8, 2012 by dapy

[J Boyle]

It's more than a bit pretentious despite a good cast (excepting Gore Vidal...I'm not sure why he was there).

Yes, in the future everyone will drive Avantis and Citroëns .

[rgallatin]

Gattaca leaves much to be desired, but it was nominated for an academy award for Jan Roelfs' art direction. From Wikipedia: Gattaca received a "fresh" rating from Rotten Tomatoes with 82% of the 55 critics cited giving the film a favorable review. Roger Ebert stated, "This is one of the smartest and most provocative of science fiction films, a thriller with ideas." James Berardinelli praised it for "energy and tautness" and its "thought-provoking script and thematic richness."

An interesting thing to note is that on the original VHS release the Avanti was only visible for a flash, but in the DVD version three or four scenes of several seconds have been restored. Image captures from the film are on TheAvanti website at: http://www.theavanti.net/gattaca.html . I am also the author of a 2 min video film on YouTube which has had almost 2,000 visits:

. The video shows dozens of scenes from the movie and features almost all the scenes with the Avanti including Vincent "charging" the car from a front bumper port!