Memento / [DVD videorecording] Newmarket presents in association with Summit Entertainment a Team Todd production ; screenplay, directed and produced by Christopher Nolan.
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FilmPublication details: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2001.Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits: - Director of photography, Wally Pfister ; music, David Julyan.
- Sundance Film Festival: 2001, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan (story))
- London Film Critics Circle Award: 2001, ALFS Award British - Screenwriter of the Year (Christopher Nolan)
- Deauville Film Festival: 2000, CinĽive Award (Christopher Nolan); Critics Award (Christopher Nolan); Jury Special Prize (Christopher Nolan)
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| DVD | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | DVDs | DVDs | DVD MEM | Available | 36748002430447 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A man is determined to find justice after the loss of a loved one, even though he is incapable of fully remembering the crime, in this offbeat thriller. Leonard (Guy Pearce) is a man who is struggling to put his life back together after the brutal rape and murder of his wife. But Leonard's problems are different from those of most people in his situation; he was beaten severely by the same man who killed his wife. The most significant manifestation of Leonard's injuries is that his short-term memory has been destroyed; he is incapable of retaining any new information, and must resort to copious note-taking and Polaroid photographs in order to keep track of what happens to him over the course of a day (he's even tattooed himself with a few crucial bits of information he can't get along without). Leonard retains awareness that his wife was brutally murdered, however, and he's convinced that the culprit still walks the streets. Leonard is obsessed with the notion of taking revenge against the man who has ruined his life, and he sets out to find him, getting help from Natalie (Carrie-Anne Moss), who appears to be a sympathetic barmaid, and Teddy (Joe Pantoliano), who claims to be Leonard's friend, even though Leonard senses that he cannot be trusted. Writer/director Christopher Nolan adapted Memento from a short story by his brother Jonathan Nolan. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Based on the short story by Jonathan Nolan.
Aspect ratio 2.35:1, 16x9 widescreen.
Director of photography, Wally Pfister ; music, David Julyan.
Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano.
An intricate crime story about a man who has lost his short term memory due to a rare brain disorder. Now he is out to catch his wife's murderer, whose identity he cannot ever know for sure. The more he tries to figure out what is true and real, the more he sinks deeper into a multi-layered abyss of uncertainty and surprises.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD ; code 1 ; Dolby digital 5.1.
In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Sundance Film Festival: 2001, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan (story))
London Film Critics Circle Award: 2001, ALFS Award British - Screenwriter of the Year (Christopher Nolan)
Deauville Film Festival: 2000, CinĽive Award (Christopher Nolan); Critics Award (Christopher Nolan); Jury Special Prize (Christopher Nolan)