What film starring Guy Pearce is based on a short story published in the March 2001 edition of "Esquire" magazine?
Memento Mori (short story) "Memento Mori" is a short story written by Jonathan Nolan and published in the March 2001 edition of "Esquire" magazine. It was the basis for the film "Memento". The name refers to "memento mori", a symbolic or artistic expression of the Latin phrase meaning "remember that you will die."
The Emperor's New Clothes (2001 film) The Emperor's New Clothes is a 2001 film that was adapted from Simon Leys's novel "The Death of Napoleon". Directed by Alan Taylor, the film stars Ian Holm as Napoleon (his third performance as that person, after "Napoleon and Love" and "Time Bandits") and Eugene Lenormand, a Napoleon look-alike, Iben Hjejle as Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut and Tim McInnerny as Dr. Lambert. The plot re-invents the history surrounding Napoleon Bonaparte's exile to St. Helena following his defeat at Waterloo.