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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AIR FORCE ONE

GENRE:  Action/ Drama/ Thriller
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close
DIRECTOR:  Wolfgang Petersen
WRITER:  Andrew W. Marlowe

PLOT:  When hijackers take over Air Force One the President plots to over-take them.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Flightplan, The Fugitive, In The Line Of Fire

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IMMORTAL BELOVED

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama/ Music
MADE:  1994
CAST:  Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbe, Isabella Rossellini, Valeria Golino
DIRECTOR:  Bernard Rose
WRITER:  Bernard Rose

PLOT:  A biographical film on the many loves and one true love of Ludwig Van Beethoven.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Amadeus, Walk The Line, Total Eclipse

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TRUE ROMANCE

GENRE:  Crime/ Romance
MADE:  1993
CAST:  Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper
DIRECTOR:  Tony Scott
WRITER:  Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary

PLOT:  Things can only go south when a young man marries a hooker and steals her pimp's stash of cocaine.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Training Day, Natural Born Killers, Pulp Fiction

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THESPIAN OF THE WEEK: Gary Oldman

 Name:  Gary Leonard Oldman

AKA:  Gary Oldman

Date of birth:  March 21, 1958

From:  London, England

Specialty:  Actor

Gary Oldman's Top Three

Bramstroker's Dracula
Fantasy, Drama, Romance

Fifth Element
Sci-fi, Action, Adventure

Immortal Beloved
Romance, drama, biographical, music

BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA

GENRE:  Horror/ Romance
MADE:  1992
CAST:  Winona Ryder, Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves
DIRECTOR:  Francis Ford Coppola
WRITER:  Bram Stroker, James V. Hart

PLOT:  Count Dracula moves to England from Transylvannia and very odd things begin to occur.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Interview With The Vampire, Underworld, New Moon

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THE FIFTH ELEMENT

GENRE:  Science fiction/ Action/ Fantasy
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Milla Jovovich, Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm
DIRECTOR:  Luc Besson
WRITER:  Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen

PLOT:  Set in the future, a cab drive also an ex-elite soldier has a run-in with the fifth element, the only being that can save humanity and the world from evil.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Resident Evil,  Avatar, X2

 

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THE PROFESSIONAL

GENRE:  Action/Crime/Drama
MADE:  1994
CAST:  Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman
DIRECTOR:  Luc Besson
WRITER:  Luc Besson

PLOT:  When Mathilda's family is brutally murdered she takes refuge with an illiterate professional assassin who teaches her the skills needed one day to take revenge on the man who killed her family.  Beyond that a story about trust, friendship and love.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Fifth Element, La Femme Nikita, Angel-A

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THE BOOK OF ELI

GENRE:  Action/Apocalyptic
MADE:  2010
CAST:  Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, Gary Oldman
DIRECTOR:  Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
WRITER:  Gary Whitta

PLOT:  Set in a post-apocalyptic period the earth is barren, all dust, and everyone is fighting to survive, water is scarce and the system of old: bartering, is the way of life.  Eli, a blind man touched by God must get to his destination where the King's James Book must be brought, this proves to be a harrowing journey as he crosses deserts running into unwanted trouble with gangs.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Man On Fire, Inside Man, The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc

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