THE CONSPIRATOR

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Biographical
MADE:  2010
CAST:  Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Tom Wilkinson
DIRECTOR:  Robert Redford
WRITER:  James D. Solomon, Gregory Bernstein

PLOT:  The story of Mary Surratt's trial and attorney, Frederick Aiken, who defended Surratt in court who was charged with conspiring to assassinate President Lincoln.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Whistleblower, Philadelphia, A Few Good Men

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THE SEA INSIDE

GENRE:  Drama/ Biographical
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Duenas
DIRECTOR:  Alejandro Amenabar
WRITER:  Alejandro Amenabar, Mateo Gil

PLOT:  A biographical film about Ramon Sampedro who campaigned for 30 years for pro-choice euthanasia brought about by his full body paralysis.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Before Night Falls, Biutiful

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ERIN BROCKOVICH

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama
MADE:  2000
CAST:  Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin
DIRECTOR:  Steven Soderbergh
WRITER:  Susannah Grant

PLOT:  Based on the true story of a single mother in a small town working as a legal assistant who was the driving force of bringing a large California power company to court regarding the pollution of the city's water supply, which as a result lead to many cases of cancer.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Philadelphia, A Few Good Men, Disclosure

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MY LEFT FOOT

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama
MADE:  1989
CAST:  Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan
DIRECTOR:  Jim Sheridan
WRITER:  Shane Connaughton, Jim Sheridan, Christy Brown

PLOT:  A biographical film on the life of Christy Brown who was with cerebral palsy and learned to live life by the use of his left foot.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Mask, Before Night Falls, This Boy's Life, What's Eating Gilbert Grape

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THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana
DIRECTOR:  Justin Chadwick
WRITER:  Peter Morgan, Philippa Gregory

PLOT:  The story of two sister fighting for the love of the same man, King Henry VIII.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Girl With A Pearl Earring, Dangerous Liaisons, Sense and Sensibility, The Duchess

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POLLOCK

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama
MADE:  2000
CAST:  Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor
DIRECTOR:  Ed Harris
WRITER:  Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith, Barbara Turner, Susan Emshwiller

PLOT:  A biographical film on famous American abstract artist Jackson Pollack.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  A Beautiful Mind, Frida, Seraphine

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COCO BEFORE CHANEL

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Allessandro Nivola
DIRECTOR:  Anne Fontaine
WRITER:  Anne Fontaine, Edmonde Charles-Roux, Camille Fontaine

PLOT:  Based off the book by Edmonde Charles-Roux, this biographical film takes a look into the life of Gabrielle before becoming Coco Chanel.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Milk, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, Girl With A Pearl Earring

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GOYA'S GHOSTS

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama/ Water
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard
DIRECTOR:  Milos Forman
WRITER:  Milos Forman, Jean-Claude Carriere

PLOT:  The story of painter Francisco Goya and his muse who is an outcast in society.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Frida, Seraphine, Pollock, Girl With A Pearl Earring, Amadeus

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127 HOURS

GENRE:  Drama/ Biographical/ Sport
MADE:  2010
CAST:  James Franco
DIRECTOR:  Danny Boyle
WRITER:  Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Aron Ralston

PLOT:  Based off the book written by Aron Ralston, Between A Rock and A hard Place, recounting the true story of his solo canyoneering trip in Utah where he becomes trapped by a falling boulder.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Cast Away, Into The Wild, The Motorcycle Diaries

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PAPILLON

GENRE:  Biographical/ Crime/ Drama
MADE:  1973
CAST:  Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory
DIRECTOR:  Franklin J. Schaffner
WRITER:  Dalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Henri Charriere

PLOT:  Papillon and Louis become fast friends during their prison term on a prison island where they plant to escape.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Shawshank Redemption, Capote, Ben-Hur

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MIDNIGHT EXPRESS

GENRE:  Biographical/ Crime/ Drama
MADE:  1978
CAST:  Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins
DIRECTOR:  Alan Parker
WRITER:  Billy Hayes, William Hoffer, Oliver Stone

PLOT:  The story of Billy Hayes who is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and is thrown into a Turkish prison.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Papillon, Brokedown Palace, Shawshank Redemption

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PERMANENT MIDNIGHT

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  1998
CAST:  Ben Stiller, Maria Bello, Jay Paulson, Owen Wilson, Elizabeth Hurley
DIRECTOR:  David Veloz
WRITER:  Jerry Stahl, David Veloz

PLOT:  Jerry Stahl is a successful comedic writer for television who also has a bad habit called heroin.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Requiem For A Dream, Ray, Gia, The Basketball Diaries

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MASK

GENRE:  Drama/ Biographical
MADE:  1985
CAST:  Cher, Eric Stoltz, Sam Elliott
DIRECTOR:  Peter Bogdanovich
WRITER:  Anna Hamilton Phelan

PLOT:  Based on the true story of a boy named Rocky who suffers from a facial skull deformity and how he and his mother tried to live a normal and full life in spite the limitations his deformity brought.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  My Left Foot, Dying Young, Jack, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

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THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC

GENRE:  Adventure/ Biographical/ Drama
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Rab Affleck
DIRECTOR:  Luc Besson
WRITER:  Andrew Birkin, Luc Besson

PLOT:  A young girl with visions said to be from God goes on a mission to free France from it's oppressors, the story of Joan of Arc.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Last Temptation Of Christ, Schindler's List, Kundun

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HER MAJESTY, MRS. BROWN

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer
DIRECTOR:  John Madden
WRITER:  Jeremy Brock

PLOT:  When Queen Victoria loses her husband and finds herself in a prolonged depression and state of seclusion she sends for Scottish Highlander,Brown, well spoken of by her late husband she entrusts this man to bring her around to a normal life once more.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Queen, The Young Victoria, Elizabeth: The Gold Age, The King's Speech

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