PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Fantasy
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
DIRECTOR:  Gore Verbinski
WRITER:  Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert

PLOT:  Jack Sparrow and friends find themselves in another dangerous adventure when Jack Sparrow goes on the hunt to find Davy Jones' heart.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Pirates of  the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

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RANGO

GENRE:  Family/ Animation/ Adventure
MADE:  2011
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant, Abigail Breslin
DIRECTOR:  Gore Verbinski
WRITER:  John Logan, Gore Verbinski, James Ward Byrkit

PLOT:  When a domesticated lizard ends up lost in the dessert he goes on the hunt for water.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Coraline, Alice In Wonderland, The Nightmare Before Christmas

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Drama
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom
DIRECTOR:  Peter Jackson
WRITER:  J.R.R. Tolkien, Fran Walsh, PHilippa boyens, Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson

PLOT:  Hobbits Frodo and Sam continue on their journey to destroy the ring that is being sought while allies do their part to fight Isengard.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring, Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Drama
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Ian Holm, Viggo Mortensen
DIRECTOR:  Peter Jackson
WRITER:  J.R.R. Tolkien, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson

PLOT:  Based on J.R.R. Tokien's trilogy, a young hobbit by the name of Frodo Baggins is entrusted with an ancient ring that must be destroyed, leading him to begin a journey through distant lands with friends and allies.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  LOTR: The Two Towers, LOTR: The Return of the King, Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Comedy
MADE:  2003
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
DIRECTOR:  Gore Verbinski
WRITER:  Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert

PLOT:  Jack Sparrow finds himself in a misfit adventure when he finds his way off a deserted island and has plans to take back the ship, The Black Pearl, leads him to a gold coin, the last gold coin a group of pirates rumored to be "dead" are looking for.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Hook

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INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure
MADE:  1984
CAST:  Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Jonathan Ke Quan
DIRECTOR:  Steven Spielberg
WRITER:  Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz, George Lucas

PLOT:  Professor Jones gets lured into another adventure when his charter plane crashes near India, with a beautiful singer and his side-kick Short-Round in tow, Indiana Jones must find three sacred stones that have been stolen from an Indian village in order to save the people from starvation.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Indiana Jones and The Raiders of The Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull

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SPACEBALLS

GENRE:  Adventure/ Comedy/ Sci-Fi
MADE:  1987
CAST:  Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga
DIRECTOR:  Mel Brooks
WRITER:  Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan, Ronny Graham

PLOT:  A spoof on Star Wars.  The president of Planet Spaceball sends Lord Dark Helmet to steal air from Planet Druidia when he comes upon Lone Starr who is hired by the king of the Druids to stop him.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Young Frankenstein

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EURO TRIP

GENRE:  Comedy/ Adventure
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Michelle Trachtenberg
DIRECTOR:  Jeff Schaffer, Alec Berg, David Mandel
WRITER:  Alec Berg, David Mandel, Jeff Schaffer

PLOT:  Now graduated from high-school a group of friends take a trip to Europe.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Road Trip, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Can't Hardly Wait

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PLUNKETT & MACLEANE

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Crime
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Iain Robertson, Liv Tyler, Alan Cummings
DIRECTOR:  Jake Scott
WRITER:  Selwyn Roberts, Robert Wade, Neal Purvis, Charles McKeown

PLOT:  Plunkett & Macleane agree to work together as highway men by night and socialites by day in order to help each other get what they desire.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Robin Hood, Prince of Persia, Shakespeare In Love

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THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

GENRE:  Family/ Adventure/ Fantasy
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, William Moseley, James McAvoy
DIRECTOR:  Andrew Adamson
WRITER:  Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson, C.S. Lewis, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely

PLOT:  Based on the book by C.S. Lewis, four kids find a fantasy world, Narnia and their true calling, beyond their Uncle's wardrobe.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Jumanji

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PAUL

GENRE:  Adventure/ Comedy/ Sci-Fi
MADE:  2011
CAST:  Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen
DIRECTOR:  Greg Mottola
WRITER:  Nick Frost, Simon Pegg

PLOT:  Two old friends traveling across the U.S. to attend comic-on encounter an Alien during their Alien-tour trip.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  E.T., Evolution, Mars Attacks!

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YOUR HIGHNESS

GENRE:  Comedy/ Adventure/ Fantasy
MADE:  2011
CAST:  Danny McBride, Natalie Portman, James Franco, Zooey Deschanel
DIRECTOR:  David Gordon Green
WRITER:  Danny McBride, Ben Best

PLOT:  Prince Fabious and Prince Thadeous, two very different brothers go on a quest to rescue Fabious' bride from the evil Leezar.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Pineapple Express, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Spaceballs

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BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Comedy
MADE:  1986
CAST:  Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun
DIRECTOR:  John Carpenter
WRITER:  Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein, W.D. Richter

PLOT:  Truck driver Jack Burton makes a stop in Chinatown when unbelievable things begin to happen.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Willow, Romancing The Stone, From Dusk Till Dawn

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