INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure
MADE:  1984
CAST:  Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Jonathan Ke Quan
DIRECTOR:  Steven Spielberg
WRITER:  Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz, George Lucas

PLOT:  Professor Jones gets lured into another adventure when his charter plane crashes near India, with a beautiful singer and his side-kick Short-Round in tow, Indiana Jones must find three sacred stones that have been stolen from an Indian village in order to save the people from starvation.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Indiana Jones and The Raiders of The Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull

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SUPER 8

GENRE:  Sci-fi/ Adventure/ Mystery
MADE:  2011
CAST:  Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, Kyle Chandler, Riley Griffiths, Ryan lee
DIRECTOR:  J.J. Abrams
WRITER:  J.J. Abrams

PLOT:  A group kids of in a small town in the state Ohio accidentally witness a strange train crash which unleashes something, when odd things begin to happen and people start disappearing an answer is in order, when the military refuses to answer people of the small town take matters into their own hands.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  E.T., The Goonies, War Of The Worlds

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WAR OF THE WORLDS

GENRE:  Sci-fi/ Action/ Adventure/ Drama
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins
DIRECTOR:  Steven Spielberg
WRITER:  Josh Friedman, David Koepp, H.G. Wells

PLOT:  Ray is divorced and it's his weekend to take the kids, unfortunately he has his work cut out for him as he tries to get his kids to their mother during a machine-alien invasion.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Jurassic Park, Aliens, The Abyss, Independence Day

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JURASSIC PARK

GENRE:  Adventure/ Family/ Sci-fi
MADE:  1993
CAST:  Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum
DIRECTOR:  Steven Spielberg
WRITER:  Michael Crichton, David Koepp

PLOT:  Dr. Alan Grant & Dr. Ellie Sattler are recruited by John Hammond along with Dr. Ian Malcolm to explore his new dinosaur themed park.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Back To The Future, King Kong 2005, Jaws

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E.T.

GENRE:  Adventure/ Drama/ Family/ Sci-fi
MADE:  1982
CAST:  Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote
DIRECTOR:  Steven Spielberg
WRITER:  Melissa Mathison

PLOT:  An extra-terrestrial must find his way back home when he finds himself stranded on earth, a group of earthling children enlist themselves to keep him safe and help.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Jurassic Park, The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, Back To The Future I, Harry And The Hendersons

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HOOK

GENRE:  Adventure/ Family/ Fantasy
MADE:  1991
CAST:  Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts
DIRECTOR:  Steven Spielberg
WRITER:  J.M. Barrie, James V. Hart, Nick Castle, Malia Scotch Marmo

PLOT:  Peter Pan grew up and forgot about Neverland when he followed Wendy home.  His past will come back to him however, when Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and the only way to get them back is if Peter can remember.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Chronicles Of Narnia:  The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, Everafter, The Princess Bride

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