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TEDDY:

Gimme the keys, I'll move the car.

Leonard watches Teddy.

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LEONARD:

It'll be alright for a minute.

Teddy shrugs. The tattooist looks up at him.

TATTOOIST:

Wait out there.

Teddy goes back through the curtain. Teddy pops his head back

through the curtain.

TEDDY:

Lenny, I'll be back in a minute. I've got

to get you some stuff.

149 INT.CURTAINED CUBICLE - TATTOO PARLOR - DAY - MOMENTS LATER 149

The buzzing of the tattoo needle stops. Leonard looks down at

his thigh. It says:

"FACT 6. CAR LICENSE: SG13 7IU"

150 INT. TATTOO PARLOR - DAY - MOMENTS LATER 150

Leonard exits the curtained cubicle, buckling his belt. Teddy

is waiting for him with a PLASTIC BAG. Leonard pays the

tattooist. Teddy looks at her.

TEDDY:

Give us a minute, will ya?

She shrugs and heads into the back. Teddy watches her go,

then turns to Leonard, conspiratorial.

TEDDY (cont'd)

We've got to get you out of here. *

LEONARD:

Why?

TEDDY:

Why? Come on, Leonard, we talked about

this. It's not safe f or you to be walking

around like this.

LEONARD:

Why not?

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TEDDY:

Because that cop's looking for you. We *

need to get you a change of identity.

Some new clothes and a different car

should do for now. Put these on. *

Teddy offers the bag of clothes. Leonard refuses it. *

LEONARD *

What cop?

TEDDY:

This bad cop. He checked you into the *

Discount Inn. Then he's been calling you *

for days, sticking envelopes under your*

door, telling you sh*t. *

LEONARD:

Envelopes? *

TEDDY:

He knows you're no good on the phone, so *

he calls you up to bullshit you. *

Sometimes you stop taking his calls, so*

he slips something under your door to *

frighten you into answering your phone *

again. He's been pretending to help you. *

Feeding you a line of crap about John G. *

being some local drug dealer.*

LEONARD:

How do you know this?

TEDDY:

'Cos he f***ing told me. He thinks it's

funny. He's laughing at you.

LEONARD:

How do you know him?

TEDDY:

(glances around)

I'm a snitch. He's a cop from out of town

looking for information. The local boys

put us in touch.

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Leonard takes the plastic bag.

LEONARD *

What did he want to know from you?*

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TEDDY *

He wanted to know all, about Jimmy Grantz.

LEONARD:

Who?

TEDDY:

Jimmy's a drug dealer. This cop wanted to

know all about how he sets up deals, sh*t

like that. He's got some score in mind *

and you're involved. Come on, there's no *

time to argue - if he knew I was helping *

you he'd find a way to kill me. Just get *

these clothes on. You're gonna take my *

car and get the f*** out of here. *

Leonard heads back into the curtained cubicle with the

plastic bag of clothes.

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151 INT. CURTAINED CUBICLE - TATTOO PARLOR - DAY - CONTINUOUS 151

Leonard drops the plastic bag and takes his jacket off. He

feels something in the pocket, sticks his hand in and pulls*

out a charred Polaroid photograph.*

Leonard examines it, PUZZLED. All that is visible is AN ARM, *

lying on a floor. Leonard reaches into the other pocket and*

pulls out his POLAROIDS, flicking through them until he finds

the one of Teddy. He flips it over and checks the back:

"DON'T BELIEVE HIS LIES"

Leonard reacts with amused RELIEF.

LEONARD:

(under his breath)

Sneaky f***. "Bad Cop". Had me going.

Leonard puts his jacket back on, checks the other pockets. He

finds a BEER MAT for a local bar named FERDY'S. There is a

message written on it:

"COME BY AFTERWARDS, NATALIE"

Leonard sticks it back in his pocket. He PEEKS through the

curtains. Teddy is sitting by the door, waiting. Leonard

looks around, NOTICES a window set high in the wall above the

padded bench in the cubicle. Leonard CLIMBS on the bench,

OPENS the window and SQUEEZES himself through.

152 EXT. TATTOO PARLOUR ALLEYWAY - DAY - CONTINUOUS

Leonard DROPS from the window, regains his balance and

hurries to his Jaguar which is parked on the street by the

mouth of the alley.

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153 INT. MOTEL ROOM 21 - DAY ##BLACK AND WHITE SEQUENCE## 153

Leonard, in boxers and plaid work shirt, sits hunched over *

the bedside table, flipping through the file as he talks on*

the phone.

LEONARD:

So this Jimmy Grantz deals drugs out of*

the bar where his girlfriend works. But*

he'll come to the meet alone.*

Leonard looks down at the FRESH TATTOO on his thigh. *

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"FACT 5:
DRUG DEALER" *

He consults a file which he has drawn from his bag. *

LEONARD (cont'd) *

I always figured the drugs angle would *

be the best way to get him. No, officer, *

I'm ready. Ready as I'll ever be.

(listens)

You're downstairs now? What do you look

like?

(listens)

I'll be right down.

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Leonard hangs up the phone and pulls on a pair of scruffy

jeans. He grabs his Polaroid camera and puts it over his *

shoulder.

154 EXT. DISCOUNT INN - DAY ##BLACK AND WHITE SEQUENCE## 154

Leonard exits and heads to the Motel office.

155 INT. DISCOUNT INN OFFICE - DAY ##BLACK AND WHITE SEQUENCE## 155

The BELL CHIMES as Leonard enters. Burt is behind the

counter. A MAN stands by the free coffee. The Man TURNS *

AROUND. It is Teddy, with a big grin.

TEDDY:

Lenny!

Leonard smiles cautiously, and offers his hand.

LEONARD:

Officer Gammell.

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Leonard exits the office, followed by Teddy, and looks

through his Polaroids. He finds one of a PICKUP TRUCK, spots

it in the lot, and walks over to it. He turns around and

points his camera at Teddy. Teddy grins wider. Leonard snaps

the picture.

LEONARD:

Something to remember you by.

Leonard lowers the camera and takes out a pen, resting the

picture against the truck, about to write on the white strip

beneath the developing picture.

LEONARD (cont'd)

I'm sorry - is it Officer, or Lieutenant

Gammell?

Teddy coughs and looks at the picture.

TEDDY:

Just Teddy. Don't write Gammell please.

Leonard raises his eyebrows.

TEDDY (cont'd)

I'm undercover. Here's directions. He'll

be heading there now.

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Teddy pulls a note out of his pocket and hands it to Leonard.

LEONARD:

You're not coming?

TEDDY:

Wouldn't be appropriate.*

Leonard climbs into the truck. Teddy taps on the window.

TEDDY (cont'd)

Leonard?

Leonard cranks it down. Teddy looks at Leonard with something

like fatherly affection.

TEDDY (cont'd)

Make him beg.

157 INT./EXT. PICKUP TRUCK ON STREET - DAY ##BLACK AND WHITE157

SEQUENCE##

The pickup truck speeds along, past strip malls and gas

stations, heading into more desolate industrialization.

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