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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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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LAST NIGHT

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2010
CAST:  Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes
DIRECTOR:  Massy Tadjedin
WRITER:  Massy Tadjedin

PLOT:  A story tackling the issues of temptations that lead to infidelity.  A young married couple spends a night away from each other while the husband is off on business trip.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Closer, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Reader

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Keira Knightley

Name:  Keira Christina Knightley

AKA:  Keira Knightley

Date of birth:  March 26, 1985

From:  London, England

Specialty:  Actress

Keira Knightley Films To Watch:

Pride & Prejudice

Pure

Never Let Met Go

THE DUCHESS

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Dominic Cooper
DIRECTOR:  Saul Dibb
WRITER:  Jeffrey Hatcher, Anders Thomas Jensen, Saul Dibb, Amanda Foreman

PLOT:  Set in the 18th Century, a biography of the Duchess of Devonshire who was known for being active in politics.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Young Victoria, The Other Boleyn Girl, Marie Antoinette

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LOVE ACTUALLY

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2003
CAST:  Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson
DIRECTOR:  Richard Curtis
WRITER:  Richard Curtis

PLOT:  Following the relationship and lives of eight couples focusing on the subject of love.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Bridget Jones's Diary, About A Boy, Sliding Doors, Notting Hill

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THE JACKET

GENRE:  Drama/ Fantasy/ Mystery
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig
DIRECTOR:  John Maybury
WRITER:  Tom Bleecker, Marc Rocco, Massy Tadjedin

PLOT:  A young man is sent to a mental institution and is the object of a doctor's abuse that unknowingly sends the young man into another life.

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BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightely, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
DIRECTOR:  Gurinder Chadha
WRITER:  Gurinder Chadha, Guljit Bindra, Paul Mayeda Berges

PLOT:  A young indian girl goes against here parents' traditional ways and against their wishes keeps playing soccer on a team.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Cutting Edge

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NOTE:  Ok, so it is, I admit, some what of a teen film but it was comical and funny plus, a film about a girl's soccer team WITH a young Keira Knightely running around kicking balls, c'mon, who really doesn't want to watch that?

PRIDE & PREJUDICE

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Rosamund Pike, Donald Sutherland,
DIRECTOR:  Joe Wright
WRITER:  Jane Austen, Deborah Moggach, Emma Thompson

PLOT:  A proud and brainy Elizabeth Bennett from a middle-class family loathes Mr. Darcy the rich single young man who is too prejudiced to love anyone below his class.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Emma,  Sense and Sensibility, You've Got Mail

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