CAST AWAY

GENRE:  Adventure/ Drama
MADE:  2000
CAST:  Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt
DIRECTOR:  Robert Zemeckis
WRITER:  William Broyles Jr.

PLOT:  Chuck Noland was just on another business related trip when his plane goes down leaving his stranded but very much alive on a desserted island, there he survives as best as he knows how for many years until he attempts to save himself by making a raft and heading out to sea.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Robinson Crusoe, The Blue Lagoon, Lord Of The Flies

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THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION

GENRE:  Comedy/ Crime/ Mystery
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Woody Allen, Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd, Charlize Theron
DIRECTOR:  Woody Allen
WRITER:  Woody Allen

PLOT:  An insurance investigator and an efficiency expert working for the same insurance company hate each other, when priceless jewels go missing from one of their client's estate both of them are questionable.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Small Time Crooks, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Scoop, Crimes and Misdemeanors

SCORE:

AS GOOD AS IT GETS

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
DIRECTOR:  James L. Brooks
WRITER:  Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks

PLOT:  Melvin has some problems, some Obsessive Compulsive problems.  Carol, a single mother and a waitress just making do finds Melvin impossible... and so does his gay neighbor Simon.  A series of events however takes the three of them on a road trip where they find themselves becoming friends.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Spanglish, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Little Miss Sunshine

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