BOYS ON THE SIDE

GENRE:  Drama/ Comedy
MADE:  1995
CAST:  Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore
DIRECTOR:  Herbert Ross
WRITER:  Don Roos

PLOT:  Jane, Robin and Holly become lasting friends when they meet through a ride-share to California.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Riding In Cars With Boys, Steel Magnolias, Where The Heart Is

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SOAPDISH

GENRE:  Romance/ Comedy
MADE:  1991
CAST:  Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr, Whoopi Goldberg
DIRECTOR:  Michael Hoffman
WRITER:  Robert Harling, Andrew Bergman

PLOT:  The real drama behind the makings of a TV soap opera.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Birdcage, A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures

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GIRL, INTERRUPTED

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg, Brittany Murphy
DIRECTOR:  James Mangold
WRITER:  Susanna Kaysen, James Mangold, Lisa Loomer, Anna Hamilton Phelan

PLOT:  A film based on Susanna Kaysen and her book about her 18 month visit to a mental hospital in the 60s, recounting the details of the colorful patients that became her friends.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Virgin Suicides, American Beauty

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