NACHO LIBRE

GENRE:  Comedy Family Sport
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Hector Jimenez
DIRECTOR:  Jared Hess
WRITER:  Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess, Mike White

PLOT:  A monk in Mexico realizes his dream to become wrestler.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Napoleon Dynamite, Blades Of Glory, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

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KUNG FU PANDA

GENRE:  Animation/ Action/ Adventure
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Jack Black, Ian McShane, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan
DIRECTOR:  Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
WRITER:  Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris

PLOT:  Po, a panda who has been raised making noodle soup but an avid martial arts fan finds that he is chosen from the universe to protect the Valley of Peace from the evil Tai Lung though he has not one warrior skill.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Finding Nemo, Toy Story 3, A Bugs Life

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HIGH FIDELITY

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama
MADE:  2000
CAST:  John Cuasack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet
DIRECTOR:  Stephen Frears
WRITER:  Nick Hornby, D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack, Scott Rosenberg

PLOT:  A man going through a break-up looks back at his past and recounts his top five break-ups.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Break-Up, He's Just Not That Into You, Sidewalks Of New York

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BE KIND REWIND

GENRE:  Comedy
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover
DIRECTOR:  Michel Gondry
WRITER:  Michel Gondry

PLOT:  Working in a small video store Jerry and Mike accidentally erase all the videos and take on the task of remaking all the films and saving the dying video store from being bought out.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Science Of Sleep, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Hot Fuzz

 

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