Memento

  • Theatrical - Wide 2001-03-16
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An insurance investigator (Guy Pearce) loses his short-term memory when he sustains a head injury during his wife’s murder. He can now remember things only through notes, photographs, or writing them on his body. As he tries to track down his... See more wife’s killer despite his handicap, the movie’s story moves backward in time to retrace his steps with him.

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Memento

Review Date: Director: Christopher Nolan Writer: Christopher Nolan Producers: Jennifer Todd & Suzanne Todd Actors: Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, Carrie-Anne Moss as Natalie, Joe Pantoliano as Teddy Plot: I am seriously not going to say much about this film’s...

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Movie Endings Explained – Memento (video)

Movie endings, they’re usually pretty straight forward right? Everything pays off, the main characters learn something, and our heroes ride off into the sunset. Sometimes though, we don’t get the typical ending from a movie, we get something much more...
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Sound familiar? Memento is getting a remake

I know we're all a little perturbed by 2002's CABIN FEVER getting a remake so soon, but AMBI Pictures has just upped the ante. They've announced their intentions to give the American public deja vu and remake the Christopher Nolan classic MEMENTO....

Even Christopher Nolan’s Memento can be remade apparently

Even Christopher Nolan's movies aren't safe from the remake bug that continues to infect Hollywood. MEMENTO is up on the block, with AMBI Pictures announcing that it will finance and produce a "new" version of the forward-and-backwards told story of...
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Top 10 Most Shocking Movie Endings of the 21st Century

Twist endings are a staple of movie culture and with M. Night Shyamalan’s THE SIXTH SENSE they have also become more prevalent. There have been some major shocking twists over the years, but in the past fifteen years alone we...

Why It Works: Memento

Why It Works is an ongoing column which breaks down some of the most acclaimed films in history and explores what makes them so iconic, groundbreaking, and memorable. ****SPOILERS AHEAD**** For some reason, memory loss played a prominent role in...

Exclusive Cool Video: Movie CliffsNotes – Memento!

The film that put director Christopher Nolan on the map; 2000's MEMENTO starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano is arguably the perfect example of the director's storytelling style, which is rich with twists, turns, big ideas, and heigtened...
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