BEN-HUR

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Drama
MADE:  1959
CAST:  Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd
DIRECTOR:  William Wyler
WRITER:  Lew Wallace, Karl Tunberg

PLOT:  Judah Ben-Hur is a Jewish prince who becomes a slave, betrayed by a friend.  This is the story of Ben-Hur of how he regains his freedom and gets his revenge.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Count Of Monte Cristo, Gladiator, Braveheart

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ROMAN HOLIDAY

GENRE:  Romance/Drama/Comedy
MADE:  1953
CAST:  Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert
DIRECTOR:  William Wyler
WRITER:  Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton, Dalton Trumbo

PLOT:  The story of a princess who wants to live a normal life, escapes palace life while visiting Rome and fall in love with an American she does not know works for the news press.  A story about a princess who becomes more the wiser after her adventurous runaway in Rome.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Sabrina, Breakfast At Tiffany's,  Love In The Afternoon, French Kiss

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