US (2000): Drama/Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Leonard (Guy Pearce) is an insurance investigator, who's memory has been damaged following a head injury he sustained after intervening on his wife's murder. His quality of life has been severely hampered after this event, and he can now only live a comprehendable life by tattooing notes on himself, and taking pictures of things with a Polaroid camera. The movie is told in forward flashes of events that are to come that compensate for his unreliable memory, during which he has liaisons with various complex characters. Leonard badly wants revenge for his wife's murder, but, as numourous characters explain, there may be little point if he won't remember it in order to provide a satisfying feel to him. The movie veers between these future occurrences, and a telephone conversation Leonard is having in his motel room, in which he compares his current state to that of a client whose claim he once dealt with. Directed by Christopher Nolan. (IMDb)

· Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen 2001: Screenplay by Christopher Nolan, Story by Jonathan Nolan
· Achievement in Film Editing 2001: Dody Dorn

2 nominations