WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

GENRE:  Adventure/ Family/ Drama
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Max Records, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker
DIRECTOR:  Spike Jonze
WRITER:  Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers, Maurice Sendak

PLOT:  Based off of the children's story by Maurice Sendak, a young boy by the name of Max is sent to bed without supper and in his room he creates a world of his own by pure imagination where he, Max is the crowned ruler.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Science Of Sleep, Being John Malkovich, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, Alice In Wonderland

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DEATH TO SMOOCHY

GENRE:  Comedy/ Crime
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener
DIRECTOR:  Danny DeVito
WRITER:  Adam Resnick

PLOT:  When the famous children's television host Rainbow Randolph is let go for receiving bribes and is replaced by do-gooder Smoochy the Rhino, Randolph plots his revenge.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Twins, The War of the Roses, Throw Momma From The Train

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THESPIAN OF THE WEEK: Catherine Keener

Name:  Catherine Ann Keener

AKA:  Catherine Keener

Date of birth:  March 23  1959

From:  Miami, Florida

Specialty:  Actress

Round Table interview with Catherine Keener on her best & worst moments in film

Catherine Keener Films You Can't Miss:

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Drama Comedy

Being John Malkovich

Drama Comedy Fantasy

Walking And Talking

Romantic Drama Comedy

WALKING & TALKING

GENRE:  Drama/ Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  1996
CAST:  Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Liev Schreiber, Randall Batinkoff
DIRECTOR:  Nicole Holofcener
WRITER:  Nicole Holofcener

PLOT:  Amelia and Laura have been friends forever but things begin to change when Laura get engaged.  While Laura is getting cold feet Amelia tries to find a man of her own and her cat gets cancer.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Lovely & Amazing, Friends With Money, Please Give, Dummy

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PLEASE GIVE

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama
MADE:  2010 
CAST:  Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Amanda Peet
DIRECTOR:  Nicole Holofcener
WRITER:  Nicole Holofcener

PLOT:  Set in New York a husband and wife, Kate & Alex, run a high-end 2nd hand vintage furniture shop, as parents they try to relate with their teenage daughter, Alex struggles with having an affair and Kate struggles with feelings of guilt.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Friends With Money, Greenberg, The Kids Are All Right, The Savages

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FRIENDS WITH MONEY

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener, Joan Cusack
DIRECTOR:  Nicole Holofcener
WRITER:  Nicole Holofcener

PLOT:  Olivia finds herself penniless in comparison to her friends with money, her future is unsure and she can't seem to find the right man.  This is a story about Olivia and her friends with money.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Please Give, Walking & Talking, Husbands And Wives

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INTO THE WILD

GENRE:  Adventure/ Biographical/ Drama
MADE:  2007
CAST:  Emile Hirsch, Catherine Keener, Kristen Stewart, Vince Vaughn
DIRECTOR:  Sean Penn
WRITER:  Sean Penn, Jon Krakauer

PLOT:  A biography on Christopher McCandless who after graduating from University goes on a backpacking adventure to Alaska where he plans to live in the wild.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Motorcycle Diaries, Grave Of The Fireflies, Seven Years In Tibet, The World's Fastest Indian

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THE SOLOIST

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama/ Music
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener
DIRECTOR:  Joe Wright
WRITER:  Susannah Grant, Steve Lopez

PLOT:  Steve Lopez is a journalist in Los Angeles looking for a big story when he runs into Nathaniel Ayers a homeless musical genius trained in Julliard.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Reign Over Me, Amadeus, Benny & Joon, Ray

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BEING JOHN MALKOVICH

GENRE:  Dark comedy/ Drama/ Fantasy
MADE:  1999
CAST:  John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich
DIRECTOR:  Spike Jonze
WRITER:  Charlie Kaufman

PLOT:  A puppeteer and his love interest, his coworker, find a way to make easy money when they stumble upon a portal in their office that leads into the head of John Malkovich the movie star.  There on ensues a bizarre love triangle between the puppeteer, his wife and the co-worker.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Hudsucker Proxy

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CAPOTE

GENRE:  Drama/Biographical/Crime
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Philip Seymour Hoffman, Clifton Collins Jr., Catherine Keener
DIRECTOR:  Bennett Miller
WRITER:  Dan Futterman, Gerald Clarke

PLOT:  The story behind Truman Capote's book In Cold Blood, his research and his close friendship with one of the murderers behind the story during the research for the book.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Doubt, Infamous, Monster, Love Liza

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