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NATALIE (cont'd)

Your condition, I mean.

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LEONARD:

(shrugs)

Nobody's perfect.

Natalie leans in close, studying Leonard, looking him over.

NATALIE:

What's the last thing you remember?

Leonard looks at her.

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133 INT. LEONARD'S BATHROOM - NIGHT 133

An extreme close up, from floor level, of a woman's staring

eyes seen through water-beaded, blood-spattered clear

plastic.

The EYES BLINK.

134 INT. FERDY'S BAR - DAY 134

BACK TO LEONARD IN BAR:

Leonard looks at Natalie.

LEONARD:

My wife.

NATALIE:

Sweet.

LEONARD:

Dying.

NATALIE:

What?

LEONARD:

I remember my wife dying.

Natalie picks up the silver tankard from the table.

NATALIE:

Let me get you a fresh glass. I think

this one was dusty.

135 INT. MOTEL ROOM 21 - DAY ##BLACK AND WHITE SEQUENCE## 135

Leonard, in boxers and long-sleeved plaid work shirt, lies on *

the bed, trying to ignore the RINGING PHONE. he rubs his *

tattoo:
"NEVER ANSWER THE PHONE". The phone goes quiet. *

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Leonard hears a noise, and turns to see an ENVELOPE sliding*

underneath the door. He gets off the bed and picks it up. It *

is addressed:
"LEONARD". He opens it and removes a POLAROID. *

The photo of himself, bare-chested, tattooed and grinning *

maniacally, pointing to the bare area of skin above his *

heart. Leonard stares at it, disturbed. Underneath the photo *

is written:
*

"TAKE MY CALL"*

The phone RINGS. *

CUT TO:

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136 OMIT 136*

137INT. JAGUAR PARKED IN FERDY'S BAR PARKING LOT - DAY

Leonard sits, studying his Polaroids. A metallic howl makes*

him glance up and he sees the lid of a dumpster BANG SHUT. He *

puts his Polaroids in his pocket and examines the beer mat *

with the message: "COME BY AFTERWARDS, NATALIE" *

138 OMIT 138*

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139 INT. FERDY'S BAR ON MAIN STREET - DAY 139

Leonard enters and sits at the bar a couple of places down

from a filthy, toothless Drunk. Natalie (without bruises)

appears in front of him. Leonard looks up at Natalie without

recognition. She eyes him coldly, staring at his clothes.

LEONARD:

Beer, please.

NATALIE:

(apprehensive)

What do you want?

LEONARD:

A BEER, please.

NATALIE:

Don't just waltz in here dressed like *

that and order a beer. *

Leonard looks over to the filthy Drunk, then back at Natalie.

LEONARD:

There's a dress code?

NATALIE:

What are you here for?

LEONARD:

I'm meeting someone called Natalie.

NATALIE:

Well, that's me.

LEONARD:

Oh. But haven't we met before?

Natalie slowly shakes her head. Leonard is confused.

LEONARD (cont'd)

So why am I here?

NATALIE:

You tell me.

LEONARD:

I don't remember. See, I have no short-*

term memory. It's not amnesia - *

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NATALIE:

You're the memory guy?

LEONARD:

How do you know about me?

NATALIE:

My boyfriend told me about you.

LEONARD:

Who's your boyfriend?

NATALIE:

(beat)

Jimmy Grantz. Know him?

Leonard shrugs.

NATALIE (cont'd)

Well, it seems like Jimmy knows you. He

told me about you. Said you were staying

over at the Discount. Then, just this *

evening, this cop comes in here looking*

for you. Looking for a guy who couldn't

remember stuff, who'd forget how he got

here or where he was going. I told him we

get a lot of guys like that in here.

Leonard does not find this funny.

LEONARD:

Chronic alcoholism ~ one cause of short

term memory loss.

NATALIE:

Are you Teddy?

LEONARD:

My name's Leonard. *

NATALIE:

Did Teddy send you?

LEONARD:

I don't know.

Natalie stares at Leonard. Her look softens, becoming almost

pleading.

NATALIE:

What's happened to Jimmy?

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LEONARD:

I don't know. I'm sorry.

NATALIE:

You have no idea where you've just come

from? What you've just done?

Leonard shakes his head.

LEONARD:

I can't make new memories. Everything *

fades, nothing sticks. By the time we

finish this conversation I won't remember

how it started, and the next time I see

you I won't know that I've ever met you

before.

NATALIE:

So why did you come here?

Leonard pulls the beer mat out of his pocket and hands it to

Natalie.

LEONARD:

Found it in my pocket.

Natalie takes it, staring at it, emotional.

NATALIE:

(quiet)

Your pocket.

She retreats down the bar to attend to a CUSTOMER, eyeing

Leonard suspiciously as he pulls out his Polaroids.

LATER:

Leonard hears a hocking sound and looks over to see the

filthy Drunk spitting a blob of sticky phlegm into a silver

tankard which Natalie holds across the bar. Natalie smiles.

NATALIE (cont'd)

Bar bet.

Leonard shakes his head and looks down. He hears a snort and

glances over again. The Drunk is pushing his finger against

one nostril, whilst blowing snot out the other into the

tankard. Natalie smiles again.

NATALIE (cont'd)

For a lot of money.

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She approaches with the tankard.

NATALIE (cont'd)

Care to contribute?

Leonard shakes his head, disgusted. Natalie waves the tankard

in his face.

NATALIE (cont'd)

Come on, proceeds are going to charity.

Leonard drops a tidy blob of spit into the beer, shakes his

head, revolted. Natalie places the mug on the bar in front of

the stool next to Leonard's. She takes a long-handled spoon

and stirs it vigorously. Leonard grabs his Polaroids and

moves over to a booth.

Natalie brings over the tankard arid places it in front of

him, smiling.

NATALIE (cont'd)

On the house.

LEONARD:

Thank-you.

Leonard raises the tankard to his lips.

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140 INT. MOTEL ROOM 21 - DAY ##BLACK AND WHITE SEQUENCE## 140

Leonard, holding the Polaroid of himself, stares at the ringing *

phone. He picks up the receiver. *

LEONARD *

(anxious) *

What do you want? *

(listens) *

I know you're a cop, but what do you *

want? Did I do something wrong? *

(frightened) *

No, but I can't remember things I do. I*

don't know what I just did. Maybe I did*

something wrong, did I do something *

wrong? *

Leonard paces.*

LEONARD *

I dunno - something bad. Maybe I did *

something bad.*

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A140 EXT. ALLEYWAY BEHIND TATTOO PARLOUR - DAY *

Leonard DROPS from a WINDOW, gains his balance and HURRIES to *

his Jaguar which is parked on the street by the mouth of the *

alley. He slips into the car, CLOSES the door gently, starts *

the engine and SPEEDS away. *

B140 INT./EXT. JAGUAR PARKED OUTSIDE FERDY'S - DAY *

Leonard reaches into his jacket pocket and pulls out a round *

piece of cardboard. It is a BEER MAT with the name of a local *

bar:
"FERDY'S". There is a message written on it:*

"COME BY AFTERWARDS, NATALIE". *

Leonard looks up at the doorway of the bar, then pulls the *

car around into the parking lot. Natalie is standing by a *

dumpster, heaving a trash bag into it. She watches the car *

pull up, unable to see the driver. Natalie casually knocks on *

the passenger side window. Leonard lowers the window and *

Natalie leans down.*

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