CAST AWAY

GENRE:  Adventure/ Drama
MADE:  2000
CAST:  Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt
DIRECTOR:  Robert Zemeckis
WRITER:  William Broyles Jr.

PLOT:  Chuck Noland was just on another business related trip when his plane goes down leaving his stranded but very much alive on a desserted island, there he survives as best as he knows how for many years until he attempts to save himself by making a raft and heading out to sea.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Robinson Crusoe, The Blue Lagoon, Lord Of The Flies

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THESPIAN OF THE WEEK: Tom Hanks

Name:  Thomas Jeffrey Hanks

AKA:  Tom Hanks

Date of birth:  July 9, 1956

From:  Concord, California

Specialty:  Actor

Tom Hanks Inside the Actor's Studio:

Tom Hanks films you can't miss:

Forrest Gump
Drama

Philadelphia
Drama

Cast Away
Drama

The Green Mile
Crime Drama Fantasy

WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR

GENRE:  Documentary
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Martin Sheen, Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson
DIRECTOR:  Chris Paine
WRITER:  Chris Paine

PLOT:  A documentary that investigates the life of the Electric car from it's rise to it's short lived life-span and death.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Food Inc., Maxed Out, The Business Of Being Born

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PHILADELPHIA

GENRE:  Drama
MADE:  1993
CAST:  Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington
DIRECTOR:  Jonathan Demme
WRITER:  Ron Nyswaner

PLOT:  Andrew Beckett an attorney working in one of the most prestigious law firms in New York is on the verge of becoming a partner until his colleagues find out he is gay and has AIDS.  Looking for justice Beckett hires an unlikely ambulance chaser to fight for him in court.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Scent Of A Woman, Rain Main, Kramer vs Kramer, Erin Brockovich

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YOU'VE GOT MAIL

GENRE:  Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  1998
CAST:  Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear
DIRECTOR:  Nora Ephron
WRITER:  Miklos Laszlo, Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron

PLOT:  When Joe Fox, a multi-millionaire has a multi-millionaire plan to open up a Fox Books right around the corner from a charming independent children's bookstore owned by Kathleen Kelly, he wipes her out putting her out of business.  Face to face the two become fast rivals while on the internet unbeknown to them, they find themselves falling in love.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Julie & Julia, Sleepless In Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, When A Man Loves A Woman, Pride & Prejudice

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