MISSISSIPPI BURNING

GENRE:  Crime/ Mystery/ Drama
MADE:  1988
CAST:  Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand
DIRECTOR:  Alan Parker
WRITER:  Chris Gerolmo

PLOT:  Agent Rupert Anderson and Agent Alan Ward travel to Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of civil rights activists.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Mystic River, In The Heat Of The Night, A Few Good Men

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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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BURN AFTER READING

GENRE:  Comedy/ Crime/ Drama
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Frances McDormand
DIRECTOR:  Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
WRITER:  Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

PLOT:  A computer disc containing secret information of a CIA agent is found in the gym locker room by a gym employee who attempts to use if for blackmail.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?

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