THE TOWERING INFERNO

GENRE:  Action/ Thriller
MADE:  1974
CAST:  Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden
DIRECTOR:  John Guillermin
WRITER:  Stirling Silliphant, Richard Martin Stern, Thomas N. Scortia, Frank M. Robinson

PLOT:  During the opening party of the tallest building in the world a fire breaks out trapping the guests in the building.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Backdraft, The Poseidon Adventure, King Kong

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THE HUDSUCKER PROXY

 GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Fantasy
MADE:  1994
CAST:  Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh
DIRECTOR:  Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
WRITER:  Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Sam Raimi

PLOT:  A small town man with a graduate degree in business goes to New York to seek out his dreams, making it big almost instantly with his creation of the hula-loop.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, Being John Malkovich

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