SOAPDISH

GENRE:  Romance/ Comedy
MADE:  1991
CAST:  Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr, Whoopi Goldberg
DIRECTOR:  Michael Hoffman
WRITER:  Robert Harling, Andrew Bergman

PLOT:  The real drama behind the makings of a TV soap opera.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Birdcage, A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures

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SHERLOCK HOLMES

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Crime/ Mystery
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams
DIRECTOR:  Guy Ritchie
WRITER:  Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham

PLOT:  Sherlock Holmes and Watson take on a crime mystery that when solved can keep all of England safe.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Sleepy Hollow

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A SCANNER DARKLY

GENRE:  Animation/ Crime/ Drama
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr.
DIRECTOR:  Richard Linklater
WRITER:  Philip K. Dick, Richard Linklater

PLOT:  Set in the future, Bob is an undercover cop who begins to lose himself and his mind to a new drug on the market.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Waking Life, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Memento, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

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IRON MAN

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Sci-fi
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard
DIRECTOR:  Jon Favreau
WRITER:  Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby

PLOT:  When Tony Stark gets kidnapped by terrorist and is held captive to build a weapon he instead builds an armored suit to break out of the situation, this proves to be the beginning of his new secret persona, Iron Man.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Iron Man 2, The A-Team, Transformers, Spiderman, The Dark Knight

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THE SOLOIST

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama/ Music
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener
DIRECTOR:  Joe Wright
WRITER:  Susannah Grant, Steve Lopez

PLOT:  Steve Lopez is a journalist in Los Angeles looking for a big story when he runs into Nathaniel Ayers a homeless musical genius trained in Julliard.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Reign Over Me, Amadeus, Benny & Joon, Ray

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KISS KISS BANG BANG

GENRE:  Comedy/ Crime/ Mystery
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan
DIRECTOR:  Shane Black
WRITER:  Brett Halliday, Shane Black,

PLOT:  When Harry Lockhart decides to attend a posh party his lying puts him in a big mess including a mysterious murder, falling for a childhood friend and running around with Gay Perry telling him what to do.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Pineapple Express, Lucky Number Slevin, The Saint

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NATURAL BORN KILLERS

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  1994
CAST:  Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore
DIRECTOR:  Oliver Stone
WRITER:  Quentin Tarantino, David Veloz, Richard Rutowski, Olive Stone

PLOT:  A man and woman with troubled childhoods fall in love and become psychopathic murderers that are glorified by the media.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Kill Bill vol.1, Capote, Pulp Fiction

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