THE BOONDOCK SAINTS

GENRE:  Action/ Crime/ Drama
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus
DIRECTOR:  Troy Duffy
WRITER:  Troy Duffy

PLOT:  Religious, Irish, fraternal twin brothers Connor and Murphy has a mission to wipe out the evil in Boston.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, Constantine, Wanted

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MISSISSIPPI BURNING

GENRE:  Crime/ Mystery/ Drama
MADE:  1988
CAST:  Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand
DIRECTOR:  Alan Parker
WRITER:  Chris Gerolmo

PLOT:  Agent Rupert Anderson and Agent Alan Ward travel to Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of civil rights activists.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Mystic River, In The Heat Of The Night, A Few Good Men

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THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST

GENRE:  Drama
MADE:  1988
CAST:  Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey
DIRECTOR:  Martin Scorsese
WRITER:  Nikos Kazantzakis, Paul Schrader

PLOT:  The journey of the life of Jesus Christ beginning from when he first knew he was a messenger of God.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Passion Of The Christ, Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments

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THESPIAN OF THE WEEK: Willem Dafoe

Name:  William Dafoe

AKA:  Willem Dafoe

Date of birth:  July 22, 1955

From:  Appleton, Wisconsin

Specialty:  Actor, voice actor

Willem Dafoe Films You Should Miss:

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Comedy Adventure

The last Temptation Of Christ
Drama

Mississippi Burning
Crime Drama Thriller Mystery

Antichrist
Drama Thriller

WILD AT HEART

GENRE:  Crime/ Romance/ Drama
MADE:  1990
CAST:  Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe
DIRECTOR:  David Lynch
WRITER:  Barry Gifford, David Lynch

PLOT:  A cult film about Sailor and Lula who run away together in love crossing a variety of characters and situations.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Cecil B. DeMented, True Romance, Blue Velvet

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FANTASTIC MR. FOX

GENRE:  Animation/ Adventure/ Comedy/ Family
MADE:  2009
CAST:  George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson
DIRECTOR:  Wes Anderson
WRITER:  Roald Dahl, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach

PLOT:  at 7 fox years Mr. Fox is having a mid-life crisis which prompts him to plot and raid the farmer's land, after which he must take responsibility and help the animal community somehow survive when the farmer decides to do something about it.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Chicken Run, Ratatouille, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

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THE ENGLISH PATIENT

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance/ War
MADE:  1996
CAST:  Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas
DIRECTOR:  Anthony Minghella
WRITER:  Michael Ondaatje, Anthony Minghella

PLOT:  Set at the end of WWII a young nurse gets to know the history of one of her patients as she nurses him back to health.

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INSIDE MAN

GENRE:  Crime/ Thriller
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Clive Owen, Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, Willem Dafoe
DIRECTOR:  Spike Lee
WRITER:  Russell Gewirtz

PLOT:  The perfect bank robbery is taking place and a negotiator is brought in to handle the situation only to find that the crook is too smart.  Things begin to go awry when a lady from a 'high-up' place is brought in to negotiate a personal deal with the robber on behalf of the CEO of the bank.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Training Day, The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3, Point Break

 

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ANTICHRIST

GENRE:  Drama/ Fantasy
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahistrom
DIRECTOR:  Lars Von Trier
WRITER:  Lars Von Trier

PLOT:  When a young couple's son plummets to his death the two escape to their cabin in the woods.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Apocalypse Now, Jacob's Ladder, Mulholland Drive
 

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NOTE:  I agreed to watch this film with a friend of mine who had already seen it a few night before with her housemates, the fact that her housemates who had watched it a few nights before retreated upstairs should have been a hint as to what I would see.  Don't misunderstand me, it was a good film, very slow at first but picking up and getting highly INTENSIFIED towards the end.  My warning to you shall be, it very well may give you nightmares, the scenes are very graphic, not only in the many sex scenes but also in the gruesome ones as well.  Pick your fate, to watch or not to watch?

AMERICAN PSYCHO

GENRE:  Drama/ Crime
MADE:  2000
CAST:  Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Chloe Sevigny, Willem Dafoe
DIRECTOR:  Mary Harron
WRITER:  Bret Easton Ellis, Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner

PLOT:  Based off of Bret Easton Ellis' book about the life of a young wealthy investment banker and his continuous fantasies of sex, women and murder.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Fight Club, Black Swan, The Machinist, Shutter Island

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LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU

GENRE:  Comedy/Drama/Adventure
MADE:  2004 
CAST:  Angelica Huston, Bill Muray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum 
DIRECTOR:  Wes Anderson 
WRITER:  Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach

PLOT:  After his best-friend and sea-exploring partner is eaten by a Jaguar Shark during an expedition, Steve Zissou and an eclectic mix of a crew go on a voyage to seek out the Jaguar Shark and eliminate it for revenge.  Along the way he meets his grown son, a pilot, for the first time and falls in love with a pregnant journalist that his son just happens to also be in love with.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Royal Tenenbaums, Darjeeling Limited, Lost In Translation

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