SPANGLISH

GENRE:  Romance/ Drama/ Comedy
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni, Paz Vega
DIRECTOR:  James L. Brooks
WRITER:  James L. Brooks

PLOT:  John Clasky is a newly celebrated chef with a family and an insecure wife.  They hire a woman recently emigrated from Mexico to handle the house-hold chores.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Fun with Dick and Jane, About A Boy, As Good As It Gets

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THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance
MADE:  1988
CAST:  Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin
DIRECTOR:  Philip Kaufman
WRITER:  Milan Kundera, Jean-Claude Carriere, Philip Kaufman

PLOT:  Based on the book by Milan Kundera, Tomas, Tereza and Sabina find themselves in a love-triangle in the midst of a Soviet invasion.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Last Tango in Paris, In the Mood for Love, The Dreamers

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MOULIN ROUGE!

GENRE:  Music/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo
DIRECTOR:  Baz Luhrmann
WRITER:  Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce

PLOT:  A romantic poet falls for a beautiful but dying performer.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Rome + Juliet, Across the Universe, Big Fish

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THE DREAMERS

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2003
CAST:  Michael Pitt, Louis Garrel, Eva Green
DIRECTOR:  Bernardo Bertolucci
WRITER:  Gilbert Adair

PLOT:  A young American boy studying in Paris in 1968 forms an odd relationship with fraternal twins, Isabelle and Theo.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Last Tango In Paris, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Lolita

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GUN SHY

GENRE:  Crime/ Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  2000
CAST:  Liam Neeson, Sandra Bullock, Oliver Platt
DIRECTOR:  Eric Blakeney
WRITER:  Eric Blakeney

PLOT:  An undercover DEA agent has one last assignment and a case of uncontrollable bowels, which leads him to group therapy, love, friendship and happiness... on his own terms.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Snatch, The Whole Nine Yards, Miss Congeniality

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MR. DEEDS

GENRE:  Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro
DIRECTOR:  Steven Brill
WRITER:  Clarence Budington Kelland, Robert Riskin, Tim Herlihy

PLOT:  Longfellow Deeds is an all around nice guy who grew up in a small town with a humble life working in a pizza parlor when he inherits a media conglomerate that makes him a billionaire.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Little Nicky, 50 First Dates, Happy Gilmore

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10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

GENRE:  Romance/ Comedy
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
DIRECTOR:  Gil Junger
WRITER:  Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith,

PLOT:  Inspired by William Shakespeares "The Taming of the Shrew" set in modern day suburbia in a high-school.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Clueless, Never Been Kissed, Brick

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YES MAN

GENRE:  Romance/ Comedy
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper
DIRECTOR:  Peyton Reed
WRITER:  Nicholas Stoller, Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel, Danny Wallace

PLOT:  Carl is a man of safety and logic until he attends a seminar that challenges him to say "yes" to everything for 1 year.

PARALLEL UNIVERS:  Along Came Polly, Liar Liar, 50 First Dates

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WHERE THE HEART IS

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2000
CAST:  Natalie Portman, James Frain, Ashley Judd
DIRECTOR:  Matt Williams
WRITER:  Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Billie Letts

PLOT:  A hopeful 17 year old sets out to build a life with her boyfriend and unborn child when she's abandoned at a Wal-Mart in a strange town.  Through trials and tribulations she becomes proof that someone coming from nothing can become someone.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Hesher, Anywhere But Here, Pay It Forward

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I.Q.

GENRE:  Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  1994
CAST:  Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau
DIRECTOR:  Fred Schepisi
WRITER:  Andy Breckman, Michael Leeson

PLOT:  Catherine Boyd is Albert Einstein's niece and Ed Walters is in love with her, the only problem is that Ed is not a great physicist.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  You've Got Mail, French Kiss, Addicted To Love

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CRUEL INTENTIONS

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance/ Thriller
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon
DIRECTOR:  Roger Kumble
WRITER:  Choderlos de Laclos, Roger Kumble

PLOT:  Based off of Choderlos de Laclos' novel, Kathryn and Sebastian are step-siblings who make a bet, if Sebastian beds the virginal Annette he wins Kathryn, if not, Kathryn gets his Jaguar.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Dangerous Liaisons, Valmont, The Other Boleyn Girl

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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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FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Kristen Bell, Jason Segel, Paul Rudd, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Jonah Hill
DIRECTOR:  Nicholas Stoller
WRITER:  Jason Segel

PLOT:  Sarah Marshall's rising stardom leads her to break-up with her dead-beat boyfriend, Peter.  Peter devastated by the break-up takes a Hawaiian vacation where by coincidence Sarah just happens to be, with her new boyfriend.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  High Fidelity, Yes Man, Along Came Polly

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VANILLA SKY

GENRE:  Mystery/ Romance/ Sci-Fi
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz
DIRECTOR:  Cameron Crowe
WRITER:  Alejandro Amenabar, Mateo Gil, Cameron Crowe

PLOT:  David Aames has everything a man can dream of and takes advantage of everything he has until he finds himself involved in a car accident and his life turned inside out.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Eyes Wide Shut, Mulholland Dr., Blue Velvet

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