MOULIN ROUGE!

GENRE:  Music/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo
DIRECTOR:  Baz Luhrmann
WRITER:  Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce

PLOT:  A romantic poet falls for a beautiful but dying performer.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Rome + Juliet, Across the Universe, Big Fish

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A LIFE LESS ORDINARY

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance/ Comedy
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Cameron Diaz, Ewan McGregor, Holly Hunter
DIRECTOR:  Danny Boyle
WRITER:  John Hodge

PLOT:  When Robert Lewis was fired from his cleaning job for rich boss Mr. Naville he decides to kidnap his daughter.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Wild Target, The Whole Nine Yards, Snatch

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THE ISLAND

GENRE:  Action/ Sci-Fi/ Thriller
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Scarlett Johansson, Ewan MGregor, Djimon Hounsou
DIRECTOR:  Michael Bay
WRITER:  Caspian Tredwell-Owen, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci

PLOT:  Trapped in a future utopian society, Lincoln Six-Echo and Jordan Two-Delta come to realize that they are actually clones to be harvested, upon this knowledge the two make a daring escape to freedom.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Equilibrium, Blade Runner, Surrogates, Gattaca

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STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Fantasy
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman
DIRECTOR:  George Lucas
WRITER:  George Lucas

PLOT:  A prequel to Star Wars IV, V & VI, The Phantom Menace uncovers the story of Anakin Skywalker's childhood later to be known as Darth Vader.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Star Wars: Episode II Attack Of The Clones, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge Of The Sith, Spider-man, Red Dragon

SCORE:

STAY

GENRE:  Drama/ Mystery/ Thriller
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling
DIRECTOR:  Marc Forster
WRITER:  David Benioff

PLOT:  Dr. Sam Foster is Henry Letham's therapist continually trying to keep the depressed and suicidal Henry alive, this proves to be quite a feat as Dr. Foster struggles with his own sanity.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Mulholland Drive, Identity, The Machinist

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BIG FISH

GENRE:  Fantasy/ Adventure/ Drama
MADE:  2003
CAST:  Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman
DIRECTOR:  Tim Burton
WRITER:  Daniel Wallace, John August

PLOT:  When a father lies dying his son tries to understand and get to know his father by reliving his father's stories of the past.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Delicatessen

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TRAINSPOTTING

GENRE:  Drama/ Crime
MADE:  1996
CAST:  Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Johnny Lee Miller
DIRECTOR:  Danny Boyle
WRITER:  Irvine Welsh, John Hodge

PLOT:  Renton tries to clean-up and kick his drug habits to the curb even though his flurry of drug addicted friends are no help.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Basketball Diaries, Requiem For A Dream, Clock Work Orange

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NOTE:  You know how there are certain films that you think are absolutely great but that you would never watch again.  Maybe because it was too disturbing?  "Trainspotting" is one of those films, filled with disturbing scenes of shooting up, death, the lives of drug addicts, withdrawals, but still a great film.  Just watch it once and I promise you you won't have to watch it ever again.