U TURN

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Thriller
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Billy Bob Thornton
DIRECTOR:  Oliver Stone
WRITER:  John Ridley

PLOT:  When Bobby Cooper's car fails on him in a small town in the Southwest he becomes involved with a the beautiful Grace and her husband.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  True Romance, 21 Grams, Wild at Heart

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MYSTIC RIVER

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery
MADE:  2003
CAST:  Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon
DIRECTOR:  Clint Eastwood
WRITER:  Brian Helgeland, Dennis Lehane

PLOT:  Three boys that are good friends from the same neighborhood grow up with a tragedy and must face yet another when a daughter is murdered.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Shawshank Redemption, Arlington Road, Sleepers

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MILK

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch
DIRECTOR:  Gus Van Sant
WRITER:  Dustin Lance Black

PLOT:  Set in the 70's, a biographical film on Harvey Milk who is known for being the first gay elected official.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Before Night Falls, Basquiat, Kinsey

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INTO THE WILD

GENRE:  Adventure/ Biographical/ Drama
MADE:  2007
CAST:  Emile Hirsch, Catherine Keener, Kristen Stewart, Vince Vaughn
DIRECTOR:  Sean Penn
WRITER:  Sean Penn, Jon Krakauer

PLOT:  A biography on Christopher McCandless who after graduating from University goes on a backpacking adventure to Alaska where he plans to live in the wild.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Motorcycle Diaries, Grave Of The Fireflies, Seven Years In Tibet, The World's Fastest Indian

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THE GAME

GENRE:  Drama/ Mystery/ Thriller
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Penn
DIRECTOR:  David Fincher
WRITER:  John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris

PLOT:  Nicholas Van Orton is a wealthy man with some issues about death that has haunted him since his father's suicide long ago.  When his birthday comes around he receives a strange birthday gift from him younger brother that would change the rest of his life.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Fight Club, Memento, V for Vendetta

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