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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   10,547 votes
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Director:
Christopher Nolan
Writer:
Christopher Nolan (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
6 May 1999 (Netherlands) more
Tagline:
You're Never Alone.
Plot:
A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Great Blueprint for Memento more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jeremy Theobald ... The Young Man
Alex Haw ... Cobb

Lucy Russell ... The Blonde
John Nolan ... The Policeman
Dick Bradsell ... The Bald Guy
Gillian El-Kadi ... Home Owner
Jennifer Angel ... Waitress
Nicolas Carlotti ... Barman
Darren Ormandy ... Accountant
Guy Greenway ... Heavy #1
Tassos Stevens ... Heavy #2
Tristan Martin ... Man at Bar
Rebecca James ... Woman at Bar
Paul Mason ... Home Owner's Friend
David Bovill ... Home Owner's Husband
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and some violence.
Runtime:
69 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Certification:
Canada:14A (video rating) | France:U | Netherlands:16 | UK:15 | USA:R | Germany:16
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK

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Trivia:
Principal photography of this film took over one year. Because all cast and crew members had other full time jobs they were only able to film on Saturdays about 15 minutes of footage until photography had been completed. more
Quotes:
Cobb: You take it away... to show them what they had. more
Movie Connections:
References Casablanca (1942) more

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26 out of 28 people found the following comment useful:-
Great Blueprint for Memento, 21 February 2002
8/10
Author: mikepwong from Whistler, BC, Canada

I just finished watching Following and I thought it was great. I rated it 8 out of 10. I plan on watching it again with the director's commentary and then again in chronological order.

I rented this movie because of my fascination of Christopher Nolan's more recent movie Memento. Following has some similarities; this movie was probably the blueprint for Memento. Even the music in some parts is very similar.

Shooting the movie in black and white gives it a mysterious feel. The story and dialogue is really good. The performance of the actors is believable.

Christopher Nolan made this movie on a really low budget. I look forward to his next release Insomnia, a big budget movie with my favourite actor Al Pacino.

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