Não sou positivo, mas acho que o personagem dele pode estar confundindo a frase "Attica! Attica!" com Gattaca. Faz muitos anos desde que isso aconteceu, então eu tive que procurar porque minha memória estava enevoada. Mas em 1971, houve um tumulto na prisão na instalação correcional de Attica em Attica, Nova York:
The Attica Prison uprising, also known as the Attica Prison rebellion or Attica Prison riot, occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, United States, in 1971. Based upon prisoners' demands for better living conditions and political rights, the uprising was one of the most well-known and significant uprisings of the Prisoners' Rights Movement. On September 9, 1971, two weeks after the killing of George Jackson at San Quentin State Prison, 1,281 of the Attica prison's approximately 2,200 inmates rioted and took control of the prison, taking 42 staff hostage.
Houve pelo menos filmes de TV 3 sobre o incidente, mas o canto "Attica! Attica!" na verdade, vem do veículo Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon:
The film was inspired by P. F. Kluge's article "The Boys in the Bank" in LIFE magazine,[2] about a similar robbery of a Brooklyn bank by John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale on August 22, 1972.
No filme:
On August 22, 1972, first-time crook Sonny Wortzik, his friend Salvatore "Sal" Naturale, and Stevie attempt to rob the First Brooklyn Savings Bank. The plan immediately goes awry when Stevie loses his nerve and flees, and Sonny discovers they have arrived after the daily cash pickup, finding only $1,100 in cash.
Depois, mais tarde:
Using the head teller as a shield, Sonny begins a dialogue with Moretti that culminates in his shouting "Attica! Attica!" to invoke the recent Attica Prison riot, and the crowd begins cheering for Sonny.
Você pode ver o clipe original aqui em 1: 50:
Al Pacino grita "Ática! Ática!" no Dog Day Afternoon
Esse canto aparece em inúmeros outros lugares. Por exemplo, o personagem de John Travolta em Saturday Night Fever grita enquanto se veste para sair para a danceteria. este Artigo da Vanity Fair explica por que ele faz o canto:
When he first moved to New York from Rochester, Pape says, “Pacino was the actor to be—he was the hottest thing. He was the presiding spirit of the movie. When Tony (Travolta) comes out of his room in his underwear and his Italian grandmother crosses herself, he says, ‘Attica! Attica!’—that’s from Dog Day Afternoon.”