Gattaca: Mahmood, Howard: 9798638854928: Amazon.com: Books.

Is Gattaca based off of a book?

Gattaca is a 1997 American dystopian science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol in his filmmaking debut. ... The film's title is based on the letters G, A, T, and C, which stand for guanine, adenine, thymine, and cytosine, the four nucleobases of DNA.

What inspired Gattaca?

You may have seen the movie, but here are a few things you probably didn't know. 2. Gattaca Comes From DNA - The name Gattaca is based on ATCG, the first letters of DNA's four nitrogen bases (Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, and Thymine). The four letters are used in the notation of genetic sequencing.