INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

GENRE:  Horror/ Mystery/ Sci-fi
MADE:  1978
CAST:  Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum
DIRECTOR:  Philip Kaufman
WRITER:  Jack Finney, W.D. Richter

PLOT:  In San Francisco people are beginning to noticed weird things as an alien form is quietly taking over by duplicating bodies.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Thing, The Invasion, Invasion Of The Body Snatcher 1956

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JURASSIC PARK

GENRE:  Adventure/ Family/ Sci-fi
MADE:  1993
CAST:  Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum
DIRECTOR:  Steven Spielberg
WRITER:  Michael Crichton, David Koepp

PLOT:  Dr. Alan Grant & Dr. Ellie Sattler are recruited by John Hammond along with Dr. Ian Malcolm to explore his new dinosaur themed park.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Back To The Future, King Kong 2005, Jaws

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INDEPENDENCE DAY

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Sci-fi
MADE:  1996
CAST:  Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum
DIRECTOR:  Roland Emmerich
WRITER:  Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich

PLOT:  When alien ships surround earth and have a plot to destroy and take over, the President of the United States along with a computer genius and fighter pilot create a plan with hopes to take them down.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  War Of The Worlds, Armageddon, Mars Attacks!, Battle Los Angeles

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LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU

GENRE:  Comedy/Drama/Adventure
MADE:  2004 
CAST:  Angelica Huston, Bill Muray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum 
DIRECTOR:  Wes Anderson 
WRITER:  Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach

PLOT:  After his best-friend and sea-exploring partner is eaten by a Jaguar Shark during an expedition, Steve Zissou and an eclectic mix of a crew go on a voyage to seek out the Jaguar Shark and eliminate it for revenge.  Along the way he meets his grown son, a pilot, for the first time and falls in love with a pregnant journalist that his son just happens to also be in love with.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Royal Tenenbaums, Darjeeling Limited, Lost In Translation

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