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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I.Q.

GENRE:  Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  1994
CAST:  Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau
DIRECTOR:  Fred Schepisi
WRITER:  Andy Breckman, Michael Leeson

PLOT:  Catherine Boyd is Albert Einstein's niece and Ed Walters is in love with her, the only problem is that Ed is not a great physicist.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  You've Got Mail, French Kiss, Addicted To Love

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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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JACOB'S LADDER

GENRE:  Drama/ Horror
MADE:  1990
CAST:  Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pena, Danny Aiello
DIRECTOR:  Adrian Lyne
WRITER:  Bruce Joel Rubin

PLOT: Jacob Singer a Vietnam veteran finds himself facing demons and other hallucinations as a result of side affects from Agent Orange.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE: Apocalypse Now, The Shining, Rosemary's Baby

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THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama
MADE:  1994
CAST:  Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton
DIRECTOR:  Frank Darabont
WRITER:  Stephen King, Frank Darabont

PLOT:  When Andy Dufresne is falsely accused of murdering his wife and sent to Shawshank to serve his time, a veteran prisoner known as Red befriends him, there they form a strong bond and each in his own way finds redemption through acts of common decency.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  American History X, The Green Mile, The Bucket List

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THE HUDSUCKER PROXY

 GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Fantasy
MADE:  1994
CAST:  Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh
DIRECTOR:  Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
WRITER:  Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Sam Raimi

PLOT:  A small town man with a graduate degree in business goes to New York to seek out his dreams, making it big almost instantly with his creation of the hula-loop.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, Being John Malkovich

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HIGH FIDELITY

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama
MADE:  2000
CAST:  John Cuasack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet
DIRECTOR:  Stephen Frears
WRITER:  Nick Hornby, D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack, Scott Rosenberg

PLOT:  A man going through a break-up looks back at his past and recounts his top five break-ups.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Break-Up, He's Just Not That Into You, Sidewalks Of New York

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