WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

GENRE:  Adventure/ Family/ Drama
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Max Records, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker
DIRECTOR:  Spike Jonze
WRITER:  Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers, Maurice Sendak

PLOT:  Based off of the children's story by Maurice Sendak, a young boy by the name of Max is sent to bed without supper and in his room he creates a world of his own by pure imagination where he, Max is the crowned ruler.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Science Of Sleep, Being John Malkovich, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, Alice In Wonderland

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ADAPTATION

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Crime
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris cooper
DIRECTOR:  Spike Jonze
WRITER:  Susan Orlean, Charlie Kaufman, Donald Kaufman

PLOT:  A screen-writer suffering from writer's block in the midst of love lost turns to his twin brother for help.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Science Of Sleep, Being John Malkovich, Burn After Reading

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BEING JOHN MALKOVICH

GENRE:  Dark comedy/ Drama/ Fantasy
MADE:  1999
CAST:  John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich
DIRECTOR:  Spike Jonze
WRITER:  Charlie Kaufman

PLOT:  A puppeteer and his love interest, his coworker, find a way to make easy money when they stumble upon a portal in their office that leads into the head of John Malkovich the movie star.  There on ensues a bizarre love triangle between the puppeteer, his wife and the co-worker.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Hudsucker Proxy

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