CHICAGO

GENRE:  Comedy/ Crime/ Drama/ Musical
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, John C. Reilly
DIRECTOR:  Rob Marshall
WRITER:  Bill Condon, Bob Fosse, Fred Ebb, Maurine Dallas Watkins

PLOT:  A musical comedic drama set in the 1920s sexy performer Velma Kelly and poor fragile Roxie Hart with a big dream find themselves locked up on death row when both turn to murder for vengeance.  It begins here where both ladies fight for the fame that will keep them alive and ultimately lead to their fame and fortune.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet, Burlesque

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BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY

GENRE:  Romance/ Comedy/ Drama
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
DIRECTOR:  Sharon Maguire
WRITER:  Helen Fielding, Andrew Davies, Richard Curtis

PLOT:  An awkward British woman makes it her goal, for fear of spinsterhood, to find love.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  About A Boy, Notting Hill, Sliding Doors

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EMPIRE RECORDS

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama
MADE:  1995
CAST:  Anthony LaPaglia, Liv Tyler, Johnny Whitworth, Robin Tunney, Renee Zellweger
DIRECTOR:  Allan Moyle
WRITE:  Carol Heikkinen

PLOT:  The eccentric but dedicated group of young workers of an independent music store scramble to keep it from being bought out by a large chain.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Mall Rats, Party Girl, Can't Hardly Wait

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WHITE OLEANDER

GENRE:  Drama
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Michelle Pfieffer, Renee Zellweger, Robin Wright, Alison Lohman
DIRECTOR:  Peter Kosminsky
WRITER:  Janet Fitch, Mary Agnes Donoghue

PLOT:  The film based off the novel, White Oleander, follows a young girl's life in three foster homes and trying to find herself and closure after her mother is put in prison for murder.

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