Memento Page #9

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LEONARD (V.O.)(cont'd)

Some anonymous motel room. Nothing in the

drawers, but you look anyway.

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He grasps the handle of the bedside drawer.

LEONARD (V.O.) (cont'd)

Never anything but the Gideon...

Leonard pulls the drawer open, and pauses at what he sees.

LEONARD (V.O.) (cont'd)

... Bible.

In the drawer is a Gideon Bible. Resting on top of it is a

HANDGUN.

Leonard turns, looks over the rest of the room. He moves to

the bureau and opens drawers. Empty. He goes to the closet

and OPENS it.

Inside is a BOUND and GAGGED MAN on the floor, knees against

chest. His mouth is taped up with silver electrical tape,

stained with DRIED BLOOD from his swollen nose. He looks up

at Leonard, blinking in the sudden bright light, TERRIFIED.

Leonard SHUTS the closet door, CONFUSED. The Man in the

closet starts GRUNTING and BUMPING the closet door.

There is a KNOCK at the door. Leonard looks through the

peephole.

68 INT./EXT. DODD'S MOTEL - DAY 68

INSERT LEONARD'S P.O.V.:

A FISH-EYE TEDDY, grinning and waving.

69 INT. DODD'S MOTEL - DAY 69

Leonard looks around, trying to think. Teddy KNOCKS harder.

The Man in the closet BUMPS and GROANS. Leonard reaches into

his pocket and pulls out some Polaroids.

LEONARD (cont'd)

Just a minute!

He finds the one of Teddy, then sticks them back into his

pocket. He OPENS the door to Teddy and grins.

LEONARD (cont'd)

Teddy!

Teddy brushes past him into the room.

TEDDY:

Finished playing with yourself, Lenny?

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Teddy SLUMPS into a chair. Leonard tries to smile. There is a

faint GRUNTING and BUMPING from inside the closet. Teddy

notices the noise and grins.

TEDDY (cont'd)

I get it - amorous neighbors.

LEONARD:

Why are you here?

TEDDY:

(surprised)

You called me. You wanted my help. You

know, Lenny, I've had more rewarding

friendships than this one. Although I do

get to keep using the same jokes.

Leonard thinks, then moves to the CLOSET and OPENS the door.

Teddy looks in DISBELIEF at the Man in the closet.

TEDDY (cont'd)

Who the f*** is that?

LEONARD:

You don't know him?

TEDDY:

No! Should I?

Leonard shrugs.

TEDDY (cont'd)

Is this John G.?

LEONARD:

I don't think so.

TEDDY:

Think so? You don't know? Didn't you

write it down?

LEONARD:

I might have fallen asleep before I did.

Teddy shakes his head, chuckling.

TEDDY:

Ask him.

Leonard crouches down and RIPS the tape from the Man's mouth.

LEONARD:

What's your name?

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The Man looks at Leonard, wary, says nothing. Leonard tweaks

his broken nose. The Man groans.

LEONARD (cont'd)

Your name.

MAN:

Dodd.

LEONARD:

Who did this to you?

DODD:

(confused)

What?

LEONARD:

Who did this to you?

DODD:

You did.

Leonard replaces the gag and SHUTS the closet.

TEDDY:

I'm not gonna help you kill this guy, if

that's what -

LEONARD:

No. No, just let me think for a minute.

Leonard moves to the dresser and starts methodically emptying

his pockets. He pulls a Polaroid out of his inside jacket

pocket.

LEONARD (cont'd)

Here we go.

The Polaroid shows Dodd sitting on the bed, BOUND, GAGGED and

BLEEDING. The name Dodd is written below the picture. Leonard

flips it over. On the back it says:

"GET RID OF HIM, THEN ASK NATALIE"

Teddy looks at the photo over Leonard's shoulder.

TEDDY:

Natalie? Natalie who?

LEONARD:

Why?

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TEDDY:

I think I know her.

Leonard sticks his pictures in his pocket.

LEONARD:

We've got to get him out of here.

TEDDY:

He's got to have a car, right? We just

take him back to his car and tell him to

get the f*** out of town before we kill

him.

LEONARD:

We can't just walk him out tied up and

bleeding.

TEDDY:

How'd ya get him in here in the first

place?

LEONARD:

I don't know.

Leonard looks around the room for inspiration.

LEONARD (cont'd)

Yes I do... this isn't my room.

Teddy looks around at the anonymous room.

LEONARD (cont'd)

It's his. He was already here. Let's just *

go. *

Leonard starts for the door, Teddy lays a hand on his chest. *

TEDDY *

Wait, we can't just leave him. The maid*

finds him, calls the cops. He's seen us now *

Leonard thinks. *

LEONARD *

Okay. We clean him up, untie him and *

march him out with a gun in his back. *

TEDDY:

Why would I have a gun?

Leonard fishes the HANDGUN out of the bedside table drawer.

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LEONARD:

It must be his. I don't think they'd let

someone like me carry a gun.

TEDDY:

F***ing hope not.

Leonard covers Dodd with the gun while Teddy pulls him out of

the closet. Dodd has trouble standing up straight.

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70 EXT. DODD'S MOTEL - DAY 70

Teddy exits the room, glances around, motions for Leonard and

Dodd to follow. Dodd is cleaned up and unbound, Leonard is

pressed up right behind him. The three of them descend to the

parking lot.

LEONARD:

Which one?

Dodd leads them to a new LANDCRUISER. Teddy whispers in

Leonard's ear.

TEDDY:

We probably ought to take his car, you

know, teach him a lesson.

LEONARD:

Shut it, Teddy.

TEDDY:

Easy for you to say, you've got the Jag.

LEONARD:

I'll ride with him. You follow.

TEDDY:

Give me your keys.

Leonard looks at him, suspicious.

LEONARD:

Take your own car.

Teddy shrugs. Leonard motions Dodd into the driver's seat,

then slides into the passenger side. They pull out of the

parking lot, Teddy following in his GREY SEDAN.

71 EXT. SHOULDER OF HIGHWAY HEADING OUT OF TOWN - DAY

The Landcruiser PULLS OVER and stops. The grey sedan pulls up

behind. Leonard gets out of the Landcruiser and it PULLS AWAY

at speed. Leonard walks back to Teddy's car.

72 INT. GREY SEDAN - DAY72

TEDDY:

So was he scared?

LEONARD:

Yeah. I think it was your sinister

mustache that got him.

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Teddy leans over slightly so that he can see his reflection

in the rear view mirror. Leonard smiles. Teddy sees him.

TEDDY:

F*** you. We shoulda taken his car.

LEONARD:

What's wrong with this one?

TEDDY:

You like it? Let's trade.

73 EXT. ALLEY BEHIND THE MOTEL - DAY 73

The grey sedan pulls up beside Leonard's Jaguar. Leonard gets

out.

TEDDY:

So what are you gonna do now?

LEONARD:

I'm gonna ask Natalie what the f*** that

was all about.

TEDDY:

Natalie who?

Leonard ignores him and gets into his Jaguar.

74 EXT. A MODEST SINGLE-STOREY HOUSE - NATALIE'S - DUSK 74

The Jaguar pulls up. Leonard checks the address against the

address written on his Polaroid of Natalie, then goes to the

door and RINGS the bell. It is opened by Natalie.

LEONARD:

Natalie, right?

Natalie nods, wary of Leonard's tone. Leonard THRUSTS a

Polaroid in her face.

LEONARD (cont'd)

Who the f*** is Dodd?

The photo shows Dodd, BOUND, GAGGED and BLEEDING.

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75 INT. MOTEL ROOM 21 - DAY ##BLACK AND WHITE SEQUENCE## 75

Leonard (boxers, bandaged arm) talks on the phone as he takes

a NEEDLE and tapes it to the BALL-POINT PEN.

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