FAST FOOD NATION

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Greg Kinnear, Bruce Willis, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama
DIRECTOR:  Richard Linklater
WRITER:  Eric Schlosser, Richard Linklater,

PLOT:  Based on Eric Schlosser's book, Fast Food Nation, this dramedy examines the fast food industry and its environmental and social impact.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Food Inc., The Amateurs, Catfish

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AS GOOD AS IT GETS

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
DIRECTOR:  James L. Brooks
WRITER:  Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks

PLOT:  Melvin has some problems, some Obsessive Compulsive problems.  Carol, a single mother and a waitress just making do finds Melvin impossible... and so does his gay neighbor Simon.  A series of events however takes the three of them on a road trip where they find themselves becoming friends.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Spanglish, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Little Miss Sunshine

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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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LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

GENRE:  Comedy/Dark Comedy
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin 
DIRECTOR:  Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris 
WRITER:  Michael Arndt

PLOT:  A funny adventure full of ups and downs of a family keeping it real and trying to keep it together inspite of financial woes and personal problems as they travel from New Mexico to California to get their youngest to the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Djarling Limited,  The Royal Tenenbaums, Transamerica

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