THE PRESTIGE

GENRE:  Drama/ Mystery/ Thriller
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, David Bowie
DIRECTOR:  Christopher Nolan
WRITER:  Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Priest

PLOT:  Robert Angier aspires to be the top magician and was until Alfred Borden performed the ultimate illusion.  Angier becomes obsessed with Borden's ultimate illusion and uses his beautiful stage assistant as a spy.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Illusionist, Memento, The Machinist

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BATMAN BEGINS

GENRE:  Action/ Crime/ Drama
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman
DIRECTOR:  Christopher Nolan
WRITER:  Bob Kane, David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan

PLOT:  The remake of Batman, Bruce Wayne lives with the memory of his parents' violence death in Gothan City, many years later still living in Gotham City that is continuously growing in crime, Bruce Wayne decides to fight the crime himself his way.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman, Batman Returns

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THE DARK KNIGHT

GENRE:  Action/ Crime/ Drama
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart
DIRECTOR:  Christopher Nolan
WRITER:  Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Bob Kane

PLOT:  Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent unite to fight the Joker.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Batman, Iron Man, Batman Begins, Batman Returns

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MEMENTO

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery
MADE:  2000
CAST:  Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
DIRECTOR:  Christopher Nolan
WRITER:  Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan

PLOT:  With the constant memory of the murder of his wife Leonard struggles to hunt down the killer with the help of Natalie and many notes as well as tattoos to help him remember.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Fight Club, Inception, Following

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INCEPTION

GENRE:  Action/ Mystery/ Sci-fi
MADE:  2010
CAST:  Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy
DIRECTOR:  Christopher Nolan
WRITER:  Christopher Nolan

PLOT:  Set in the future where entering a person's dream to get to the sub-conscious is possible.  Cobb must not fail his last job if he wishes to go back home, his job is to sow the beginning of an idea into the sub-conscious of a heir of an energy empire that will ultimately lead to the dissolution of the business.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Shutter Island, Dark City, Memento

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FOLLOWING

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery
MADE:  1998
CAST:  Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell
DIRECTOR:  Christopher Nolan
WRITER:  Christopher Nolan

PLOT:  A young writer follows strangers in order to obtain material and ideas for his works.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Memento,  The Machinist, Rear Window

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