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 BIRDCAGE

GENRE:  Comedy
MADE:  1996
CAST:  Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria
DIRECTOR:  Mike Nichols
WRITER:  Jean Poiret, Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon, Elaine May

PLOT:  In Miami, life partners Armand & Albert own a cabaret and have a straight son who's in love with Barbara, the daughter of very square right-wingers.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Soapdish, A Fish Called Wanda, Pink Flamingos, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert

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THE QUICK AND THE DEAD

GENRE:  Action/ Western
MADE:  1995
CAST:  Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio
DIRECTOR:  Sam Raimi
WRITER:  Simon Moore

PLOT:  A lady gunslinger seeking revenge for her father's death comes into a small town called "Redemption" where dying is a way of life.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  3:10 To Yuma,  Tombstone, True Grit

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THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS

GENRE:  Comedy/Dark Comedy
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Angelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Bill Murray, Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson
DIRECTOR:  Wes Anderson
WRITER:  Owen Wilson & Wes Anderson

PLOT:  A film about the life of the Royal Tenebaum's which includes a had-been pro tennis player, an OCD widower, an adopted overly-private daughter, a perfect mother, a screw-up father and a family friend that is a drug-abuser novelist.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Bottle Rocket

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