THESPIAN OF THE WEEK: Angelina Jolie

Name:  Angelina Jolie Voight

AKA:  Angelina Jolie

Date of birth:  June 4, 1975

From:  Los Angeles, CA

Specialty:  Actress & humanitarian

Three Angelina Jolie Films You Should Watch:

Girl, Interrupted

Drama

Gia

Biographical Drama Romance

Life Or Something Like It

Romantic Comedy

TAKING LIVES

GENRE:  Mystery/ Thriller
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland
DIRECTOR:  D.J. Caruso
WRITER:  Michael Pye, Jon Bokenkamp,

PLOT:  Illeana, an FBI profiler is called on to catch a serial killer.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Se7en, Silence Of The Lambs, Copycat, Memento

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MR. & MRS. SMITH

GENRE:  Action/ Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Adam Brody
DIRECTOR:  Doug Liman
WRITER:  Simon Kinberg

PLOT:  Unknowingly, two assassins from opposite sides get married, when this is found out the two must kill each other which proves very hard to do.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Knight and Day, Get Smart, Date Night

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KUNG FU PANDA

GENRE:  Animation/ Action/ Adventure
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Jack Black, Ian McShane, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan
DIRECTOR:  Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
WRITER:  Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris

PLOT:  Po, a panda who has been raised making noodle soup but an avid martial arts fan finds that he is chosen from the universe to protect the Valley of Peace from the evil Tai Lung though he has not one warrior skill.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Finding Nemo, Toy Story 3, A Bugs Life

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WANTED

GENRE:  Action/ Crime/ Thriller
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman
DIRECTOR:  Timur Bekmambetov
WRITER:  Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan, Mark Miller, J.G. Jones

PLOT:  Wesley a panic-stricken office employee is sought out by a team of organized assassins to be recruited.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Inception, The Boondock Saints, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Salt

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THE BONE COLLECTOR

GENRE:  Crime/ Mystery
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah
DIRECTOR:  Phillip Noyce
WRITER:  Jeffery Deaver, Jeremy Iacone

PLOT:  A quadriplegic homicide detective teams up with a cop to track down a serial killer.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Man On Fire, Se7en, Copycat

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SALT

GENRE:  Action/ Crime/ Mystery
MADE:    2010
CAST:  Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor
DIRECTOR:  Phillip Noyce
WRITER:  Kurt Wimmer

PLOT:  CIA agent Salt is on the run and must find a way to clear her name when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russia spy.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Bourne Identity, Knight And Day, Wanted

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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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GIA

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  1998
CAST:  Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth Mitchell
DIRECTOR:  Michael Cristofer
WRITER:  Jay McInerney, Michael Cristofer

PLOT:  A biographical film of the life of Gia Carangi, a supermodel from the 1970's.  The film begins with her budding fame, being picked up by an agent on the streets of New York, to her slow dissipation from drug abuse.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Girl Interrupted, Requiem For A Dream, Factory Girl

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