THE PRESTIGE

GENRE:  Drama/ Mystery/ Thriller
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, David Bowie
DIRECTOR:  Christopher Nolan
WRITER:  Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Priest

PLOT:  Robert Angier aspires to be the top magician and was until Alfred Borden performed the ultimate illusion.  Angier becomes obsessed with Borden's ultimate illusion and uses his beautiful stage assistant as a spy.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Illusionist, Memento, The Machinist

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BATMAN BEGINS

GENRE:  Action/ Crime/ Drama
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman
DIRECTOR:  Christopher Nolan
WRITER:  Bob Kane, David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan

PLOT:  The remake of Batman, Bruce Wayne lives with the memory of his parents' violence death in Gothan City, many years later still living in Gotham City that is continuously growing in crime, Bruce Wayne decides to fight the crime himself his way.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman, Batman Returns

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HANNAH AND HER SISTERS

GENRE:  Dark comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  1986
CAST:  Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine, Woody Allen
DIRECTOR:  Woody Allen
WRITER:  Woody Allen

PLOT:  Love blooms between Hannah's husband and her sister Lee while her ex-husband (a hypochondriac) falls in love with her other sister, Holly.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Annie Hall, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Crimes And Misdemeanors, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

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SLEUTH

GENRE:  Drama, mystery, crime
MADE:  1972
CAST:  Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Alec Cawthorne
DIRECTOR:  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
WRITER:  Anthony Shaffer

PLOT:  When a fortunate man with a head for game and theater finds his wife in a love affair with a young hair stylist, he invites the lover to his home to battle it out with a game of the wits.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Dial M For Murder, Murder By Death, Deathtrap

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CHILDREN OF MEN

GENRE:  Action/Drama
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor
DIRECTOR:  Alfonso Cuaron
WRITER:  Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby

PLOT:  Set in the year 2027 where humans are unable to pro-create and so have become a dying species, an activist asks a former lover to help her transport a woman secretly pregnant to a boat at sea where they may help her and the human species from extinction.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Blood Diamond, Inside Man, Magnolia

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