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Winner of a primetime emmy for his work on the sopranos 1999, for which he also received two sag award nominations, joe pantoliano is married to former model nancy sheppard, with whom he has two daughters, daniella and isabella. A guy going by the name of teddy, whose real name is john edward gammell, a secret police investigator, played by joe pantoliano, is revealed as being one of the murderers, and there is a possible connection with drug related enquiries. He sports the trappings of an expensive lifestyle, yet he lives in seedy motels, and seems to be on a desperate mission of revenge to find the. The films script was based on a pitch by jonathan nolan, who later wrote the story memento mori from the concept. A man with shortterm memory loss attempts to track down his wifes murderer. The fact that i started with some learning disabilities and then was encouraged by. Joe pantoliano, the ubiquitous master of sleazebag characters, who played ralphie on the sopranos this year, is the only scene that literally. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids. Memento stars guy pearce as its amnesiac protagonist. Contact apb speakers for bio, videos, topics, and to inquire about speaking fees and availability. Hollywood tales from my great depression in a recording session at for. Memento joe pantoliano joey pants with guy pearce 2000. It is also somewhat reminiscent of one of my favourite authors, christopher priest his novel the affirmation springs to mind here, whom nolan has since either.
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