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Memento (2000) -- A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.
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Director:
Writers:
Jonathan Nolan (short story "Memento Mori")
Christopher Nolan (screenplay)
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Release Date:
11 October 2000 (France) more
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Some memories are best forgotten
Plot:
A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 42 wins & 32 nominations more
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(139 articles)
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Best Movie of 2001 (Thus Far) more (1821 total)

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Rated R for violence, language and some drug content.
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113 min | Turkey:107 min (TV version)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Although the opening scene is literally shown backwards every single sound effect is in fact a "normal" forward-played sound effect. The only sound played backwards is Teddy screaming, "No!" more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): After fleeing Dodd, while driving to the hotel, Leonard is reading the description that Natalie wrote down for him. You hear him 'thinking' what she's written down. He 'says' that Dodd is staying at the Mountcrest Inn, yet it is written as the Monterest Inn. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Leonard Shelby: [voiceover] So where are you? You're in some motel room. You just - you just wake up and you're in - in a motel room. There's the key. It feels like maybe it's just the first time you've been there, but perhaps you've been there for a week, three months. It's - it's kind of hard to say. I don't - I don't know. It's just an anonymous room.
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Why Does Leonard take Jimmy's clothes?
"Remember Sammy Jankis". Is Sammy Leonard?
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122 out of 178 people found the following comment useful.
Best Movie of 2001 (Thus Far), 15 May 2001
10/10
Author: Chris Holland (cjholland24@yahoo.com) from Columbus, Mississippi

Incredible, riveting and powerful. What else could I say? This movie has all of the qualities of classic film noir as well as the magnitude of an original, unique concept that has been tried and tired before but works here.

Guy Pearce has been underrated for years (just think back now to Priscilla and can you believe this is the same guy) and finally might get the recognition here that was at least well-deserved of him back for LA Confidential. Powerful perfomances, well developed story with suspensful buildup of what our main character pieces together little by little makes this a must see.

Easily in my top 100 of all time.

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