MR. DEEDS

GENRE:  Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro
DIRECTOR:  Steven Brill
WRITER:  Clarence Budington Kelland, Robert Riskin, Tim Herlihy

PLOT:  Longfellow Deeds is an all around nice guy who grew up in a small town with a humble life working in a pizza parlor when he inherits a media conglomerate that makes him a billionaire.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Little Nicky, 50 First Dates, Happy Gilmore

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THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3

GENRE:  Action/ Crime/ Thriller
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzman, John Turturro
DIRECTOR:  Tony Scott
WRITER:  Brian Helgeland, John Godey

PLOT:  It's a rough day at the office for New York subway train dispatcher, Walter Garber who is faced with hostile men who have overtaken a train.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Man On Fire, Swordfish, Inside Man

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BARTON FINK

GENRE:  Mystery/ Drama/ Dark comedy
MADE:  1991
CAST:  John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis
DIRECTOR:  Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
WRITER:  Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

PLOT:  A dark comedy set in 1941 a playwright coming into popularity strikes a deal with Capital Pictures to write a B-movie wrestling film.  Staying in a grim looking hotel with a jovial neighbor the playwright is befallen with writer's block that continues as weird events begin to unfold in his life.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Big Lebowski, Fargo, The Hudsucker Proxy

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