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Director:
Christopher Nolan
Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss Guy Pearce
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Product Summary
| The revenge thriller gets an unforgettable new twist with Memento, an intricate crime story about a man with a damaged memory chasing a murderer whose identity he cannot possibly ever know for sure. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Memento has blown the minds of audiences around the world - by deftly forging a reality in which neither the lead character nor the audience knows who is pulling the strings… until everything that seemed true flips upside down. Leonard (Guy Pearce) suffers from a rare brain disorder - the inability to form any new memories. He can remember in detail everything that happened before his injury, but anyone he has met or anything he has done since that fateful night, simply vanishes. Who are his friends? Who are his enemies? What is the truth? In Leonard's world, the answers to these questions shift and change from second to second. And the more he tries to figure out what is true and real, the deeper he sinks into a multi-layered abyss of uncertainty and surprises. |
"A masterpiece! Mike D' Angelo, Time Out
"'Memento' is easily the best film so far this year! Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper and the Movies
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Editor's Note
MEMENTO, the second feature by writer-director Christopher Nolan (FOLLOWING), is an intricately constructed film noir that masterfully inverts time to comment on the foggy relationship between memory and truth. MEMENTO tells the story of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a former insurance investigator who witnesses a brutal attack on his wife. Knocked unconscious, Leonard wakes up with a rare brain condition--he no longer possesses short-term memory. He can remember his name and all the details of his past, but he can no longer make new memories. Armed with a careful system of remembering details (he compulsively snaps Polaroids and scribbles notes, then tattoos the important facts directly onto his body), the distraught Leonard goes on a manhunt to avenge his wife's death. To illustrate the unique and frightening state of the protagonist's mind (he cannot remember what happened even seconds before), Nolan takes a brilliantly successful risk in telling the story backwards. The film begins with Leonard killing the man he's looking for. From there MEMENTO unravels a compellingly disconcerting trail back to the start. As the layers of the story are peeled back scene by scene, Leonard's involvement with two enigmatic "friends"--who both claim to be helping him--complicates the mystery.Based on a short story by the director's brother, Jonathan Nolan, MEMENTO is an incredibly original film that is so wonderfully puzzling and eerily ambiguous that it will surely warrant repeated viewings.
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Features
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DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, English, Spanish, Subtitled, French, Dubbed |
Technical Info
Release Information |
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Studio: Sony |
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Release Date: 6/26/2007 |
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Running Time: 113 minutes |
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Original Release Date: 2001 |
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Catalog ID: 07646 |
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UPC: 00043396076464 |
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Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video |
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Original Language: English |
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Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed |
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Available Subtitles: English, Spanish |
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Video: Color |
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2.35:1 |
Cast & Crew
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Carrie-Anne Moss |
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Guy Pearce |
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Joe Pantoliano |
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Jonathan Nolan - Based on the Short Story By |
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John Papsidera - Casting By |
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William Tyrer & Chris J. Ball - Co-Executive Producers |
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Elaine Dysinger - Co-Producer |
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Wally Pfister - Director of Photography |
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Dody Dorn - Editor |
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Aaron Ryder - Executive Producer |
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Suzanne Todd & Jennifer Todd - Produced By |
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Patti Podesta - Production Designer |
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Christopher Nolan - Screenplay & Directed By |
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