Title Memento Overview Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby snaps Polaroids of people and places, jotting down contextual notes on the backs of photos to aid in his search and jog his memory. He even tattoos his own body in a desperate bid to remember. Tagline Some memories are best forgotten. Genres Mystery, Thriller Keywords individual, insulin, tattoo, waitress, amnesia, motel, insurance salesman, revenge, memory loss, polaroid, flashback, neo-noir Production Companies Summit Entertainment, Newmarket Capital Group, Team Todd, I Remember Productions Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 113 Release Year 2000
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 40 million USD