PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Fantasy
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
DIRECTOR:  Gore Verbinski
WRITER:  Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert

PLOT:  Jack Sparrow and friends find themselves in another dangerous adventure when Jack Sparrow goes on the hunt to find Davy Jones' heart.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Pirates of  the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

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RANGO

GENRE:  Family/ Animation/ Adventure
MADE:  2011
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant, Abigail Breslin
DIRECTOR:  Gore Verbinski
WRITER:  John Logan, Gore Verbinski, James Ward Byrkit

PLOT:  When a domesticated lizard ends up lost in the dessert he goes on the hunt for water.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Coraline, Alice In Wonderland, The Nightmare Before Christmas

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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Comedy
MADE:  2003
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
DIRECTOR:  Gore Verbinski
WRITER:  Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert

PLOT:  Jack Sparrow finds himself in a misfit adventure when he finds his way off a deserted island and has plans to take back the ship, The Black Pearl, leads him to a gold coin, the last gold coin a group of pirates rumored to be "dead" are looking for.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Hook

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FROM HELL

GENRE:  Crime/ Horror/ Mystery
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm
DIRECTOR:  Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
WRITER:  Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell, Terry Hayes, Rafael Yglesias

PLOT:  Set in London during he Victorian era, Insprector Frederick Abberline a detective with special abilities investigates the murders of Jack The Ripper.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  What Lies Beneath, Perfume: The Story Of A Murder, Se7en, The Ninth Gate

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THE NINTH GATE

GENRE:  Horror/ Mystery/ Thriller
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin
DIRECTOR:  Roman Polanski
WRITER:  Arturo Perez-Reverte, John Brownjohn, Enrique Urbizu, Roman Polanski

PLOT:  Dean Corso is a rare books dealer, while looking for the last two copies of a demon text, Corso begins to get drawn into a supernatural conspiracy.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Rosemary's Baby, From Hell, The Mothman Prophecies, The Omen

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DEAD MAN

GENRE:  Drama/ Fantasy/ Western
MADE:  1995
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover
DIRECTOR:  Jim Jarmusch
WRITER:  Jim Jarmusch

PLOT:  William Blake is falsely accused of murdering a man and is now on the run hiding in the woods with a lone Indian named, "Nobody", who has him mistaken for a famous poet.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, True Grit, Jeremiah Johnson

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO

GENRE:  Action/ Comedy/ Crime
MADE:  2003
CAST:  Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp
DIRECTOR:  Robert Rodriguez
WRITER:  Robert Rodriguez

PLOT:  A hitman that calls himself "El Mariachi" finds himself in a violent adventure involving a psychotic CIA and the beautiful Carolina.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Desperado, The Boondock Saints, Blood Diamond

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EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

GENRE:  Drama/ Fantasy/ Romance
MADE:  1990
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne West
DIRECTOR:  Tim Burton
WRITER:  Tim Burton, Caroline Thompson

PLOT:  Dear Peg welcomes orphaned Edward Scissorhands who has scissors for hands, his scissor hands allows him to be creative while at the same time singling him out as an outcast in the very colorful and "normal" neighborhood.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Charlie And The Chocolate Factory by Tim Burton, Alice In Wonderland by Tim Burton, Beetle Juice

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FINDING NEVERLAND

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama/ Family
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie
DIRECTOR:  Marc Forster
WRITER:  Allan Knee, David Magee

PLOT:  A biographical film on the creator of Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie and how he came to create Peter Pan.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Hook, EverAfter, The Brothers Grimm

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THESPIAN OF THE WEEK: Johnny Depp

Name:  John Christopher Depp II

AKA:  Johnny Depp

Date of birth:  June 9, 1963

From:  Kentucky, U.S.

Specialty:  Actor, screenwriter, director, producer, musician

3 Must Watch Depp Films

Blow

Crime Biography

Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas

Adventure

Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl

Fantasy Adventure Action

BENNY & JOON

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  1993
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quin, Julianne Moore
DIRECTOR:  Jeremiah S. Chechik
WRITER:  Barry Berman, Lesley McNeil,

PLOT:  Benny has taken care of his mentally-ill sister since childhood and tries to handle the situation as best he can when he finds that she has fallen in love with very eccentric Sam.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Other Sister, Edward Scissorhands, What's Eating Gilbert Grape

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BEFORE NIGHT FALLS

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama/ Foreign
MADE:  2000
CAST:  Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, Olatz Lopez Garmendia
DIRECTOR:  Julian Schnabel
WRITER:  Cunningham O'Keefe, Lazaro Gomez Carriles, Julian Schnabel, Reynaldo Arenas, Jana Bokova

PLOT:  A biogaphical film on the life of Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Seas Inside, Milk, Total Eclipse

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FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS

GENRE:  Adventure/ Drama
MADE:  1998
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire
DIRECTOR:  Terry Gilliam
WRITER:  Hunter S. Thompson, Terry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni, tod Davies, Alex Cox

PLOT:  An odd journalist named Raoul Duke and his lawyer whom he calls Dr. Gonzo take an adventurous trip to Las Vegas where many psychedelic escapades occur.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  A Scanner Darkly, The Doors, The Imaginarium Of Doctor Pernassus, Alice In Wonderland by Tim Burton, The Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

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BLOW

GENRE:  Biographical, Crime, Drama
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Franka Potente, Paul Reubens
DIRECTOR:  Ted Demme
WRITER:  Bruce Porter, David McKenna, Nick Cassavetes

PLOT:  A biographical film set in the 70's of the man, George Jung, the biggest coke dealer at the time.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Boogie Nights, Scarface, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

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