BEETLEJUICE

GENRE:  Fantasy/ Comedy
MADE:  1988
CAST:  Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder
DIRECTOR:  Tim Burton
WRITER:  Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, Warren Skaaren

PLOT:  When Adam and Barbara Maitland die in a car accident a family of three, the Deetz, move into their home from New York.  Adam and Barbara now ghosts trapped in their home try to scare the Deetz to move out with the help of Beetlejuice.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Alice in Wonderland, The Addams Family, Delicatessen

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FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN

GENRE:  Animation/ Action/ Adventure/ Sci-fi/ Fantasy
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Ming-Na
DIRECTOR:  Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motonori Sakakibara
WRITER:  Hironobu Sakaguchi, Al Reinert, Jeff Vintar, Jack Fletcher, Ramin Mebdy

PLOT:  Earth is devastated and deserted by the take over of the alien Phantoms, Doctor Aki Ross with the help of a group of military men, continues to hunt each of the life forms that remain on earth that can aid the humans against the Phantoms and their particles which continue to take over the planet.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Avatar, Star Wars IV A New Hope, Howl's Moving Castle

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RUNNING WITH SCISSORS

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Gwyneth Paltrow
DIRECTOR:  Ryan Murphy
WRITER:  Ryan Murphy, Augusten Burroughs

PLOT:  When Augusten is handed off to stay with his mother's therapist's extended family he finds himself in a different world.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Royal Tenenbaums, Garden State, The Kid's Are All Right

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THE DEPARTED

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson
DIRECTOR:  Martin Scorsese
WRITER:  William Monahan, Alan Mak, Felix Chong

PLOT:  Two men from opposites sides of the law go under cover, their targets: the police and the Irish mafia.  Things go down badly when they are made.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Blood Diamond, Munich, Training Day

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BEETLE JUICE

GENRE:  Comedy/ Fantasy
MADE:  1988
CAST:  Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder
DIRECTOR:  Tim Burton
WRITER:  Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, Warren Skaaren

PLOT:  A young couple in the country are tragically killed in a car accident and cross over to the other world becoming ghosts trapped in their own home, this becomes a serious problem when they are confined to the attic as an obnoxious family from the city move in.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:   Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks!, Hook

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