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GENRE:  Drama/ Mystery/ Sci-fi
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt
DIRECTOR:  Robert Zemeckis
WRITER:  Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg

PLOT:  After many years of patiently searching the skies for aliens via radio, Dr. Ellie finally hears something, things get more interesting when the alien's send a blue-print on how to build an unknown machine that may very well be a type of space-craft.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  K-PAX, Sphere, Independence Day

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PANIC ROOM

GENRE:  Thriller/ Crime
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto
DIRECTOR:  David Fincher
WRITER:  David Koepp

PLOT:  Meg Altman and her daughter Sarah move into an expensive and beautiful tri-level stone townhouse equipped with a panic room in Manhattan in the midst of a divorce.  On their first night three burglars enter in the night and Meg and Sarah are trapped in the panic room.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Misery, Flightplan, Inside Man

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SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

GENRE:  Crime/ Thriller
MADE:  1991
CAST:  Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn
DIRECTOR:  Jonathan Demme
WRITER:  Thomas Harris, Ted Tally

PLOT:  Clarice Starling, a young FBI cadet is given the chance to prove her self when she is given the assignment to draw information from the infamous cannibal, Dr. Hannibal Lecter for an on-going serial killer hunt.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Hannibal, The Red Dragon, Se7en

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A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

GENRE:  Romance/ Mystery/ Drama/ Foreign
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Audrey Totou, Marion Cotillard, Dominque Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth
DIRECTOR:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
WRITER:  Sebastien Japrisot, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant

PLOT:  The story of a young lady's hunt for her missing fiance after World War I.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Amelie, Delicatessen, City Of Lost Children

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FLIGHTPLAN

GENRE:  Drama/ Mystery/ Thriller
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean
DIRECTOR:  Robert Schwentke
WRITER:  Peter A. Dowling, Billy Ray

PLOT:  A plot is against her or is she just going crazy?  A woman and her young daughter get on a plane to American from Berlin when the  child disappears mid-flight.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Silence Of The Lambs,  Panic Room, Contact

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INSIDE MAN

GENRE:  Crime/ Thriller
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Clive Owen, Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, Willem Dafoe
DIRECTOR:  Spike Lee
WRITER:  Russell Gewirtz

PLOT:  The perfect bank robbery is taking place and a negotiator is brought in to handle the situation only to find that the crook is too smart.  Things begin to go awry when a lady from a 'high-up' place is brought in to negotiate a personal deal with the robber on behalf of the CEO of the bank.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Training Day, The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3, Point Break

 

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