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Release Date:
11 October 2000 (France)
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Tagline:
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
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 42 wins
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32 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(139 articles)
Inception Stars Talk About Film
(From Beyond Hollywood. 21 October 2009, 8:10 AM, PDT)
'Inception' Hints From Cillian Murphy, Only On MTV
(From MTV Movies Blog. 19 October 2009, 2:30 PM, PDT)
(From Beyond Hollywood. 21 October 2009, 8:10 AM, PDT)
'Inception' Hints From Cillian Murphy, Only On MTV
(From MTV Movies Blog. 19 October 2009, 2:30 PM, PDT)
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Best Movie of 2001 (Thus Far)
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Guy Pearce | ... | Leonard |
 | Carrie-Anne Moss | ... | Natalie |
 | Joe Pantoliano | ... | Teddy Gammell |
 | Mark Boone Junior | ... | Burt |
 | Russ Fega | ... | Waiter |
 | Jorja Fox | ... | Leonard's Wife |
 | Stephen Tobolowsky | ... | Sammy |
| Harriet Sansom Harris | ... | Mrs. Jankis |
 | Thomas Lennon | ... | Doctor |
 | Callum Keith Rennie | ... | Dodd |
 | Kimberly Campbell | ... | Blonde |
 | Marianne Muellerleile | ... | Tattooist |
 | Larry Holden | ... | Jimmy |
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and some drug content.
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Runtime:
113 min | Turkey:107 min (TV version)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R (certificate #37211) |
Iceland:14 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Netherlands:16 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:MA |
Brazil:16 |
Canada:14A |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-15 |
France:U |
Germany:16 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Ireland:15 (re-rating) |
Ireland:18 (original rating) |
Japan:PG-12 |
Mexico:B |
New Zealand:R16 |
Norway:15 |
Singapore:PG (censored version) |
South Korea:15 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
Singapore:NC-16
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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!"
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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.
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Quotes:
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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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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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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
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Soundtrack:
Generation Z
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FAQ
Why Does Leonard take Jimmy's clothes?"Remember Sammy Jankis". Is Sammy Leonard?
How did Leonard get the scratches on his face?
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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.