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About
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
Theatrical
May 25, 2001
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 5, 2006
Box Office
$40.1M
Budget
$9.0M
Return
4.5x
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Writer
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Music
Studio
Newmarket Films, Summit Entertainment, Team Todd, I Remember Productions
Keywords
insulin
tattoo
waitress
amnesia
drug dealer
motel
manipulation
revenge
murder
flashback
confusion
memory
memory loss
psychological thriller
whodunit
los angeles, california
polaroid
based on short story
nonlinear timeline
mourning
insurance agent
individuality
phone call
paranoid
neo-noir
somber
reverse chronology
awestruck
bewildered
bold
Cast
Full credits →G
Guy Pearce
Leonard
C
Carrie-Anne Moss
Natalie
J
Joe Pantoliano
Teddy
M
Mark Boone Junior
Burt
R
Russ Fega
Waiter
J
Jorja Fox
Leonard's Wife
S
Stephen Tobolowsky
Sammy
H
Harriet Sansom Harris
Mrs. Jankis
T
Thomas Lennon
Doctor
C
Callum Keith Rennie
Dodd
K
Kimberly Campbell
Blonde
M
Marianne Muellerleile
Tattooist
L
Larry Holden
Jimmy
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Quotes
See all →The Nature of Memory and Identity
DVD extras
* From "Memento Mori", by Jonathan Nolan, as quoted on the DVD
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Confronting the Reality of Existence
DVD extras
Your life is over. You're a dead man. The only thing the doctors are hoping to do is teach you to be less of a burden to the orderlies. And they'll probably never let you go home, wherever that would be. So the question is not "to be or not to be," because you aren't. The question is whether you want to do something about it.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
