FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN

GENRE:  Animation/ Action/ Adventure/ Sci-fi/ Fantasy
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Ming-Na
DIRECTOR:  Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motonori Sakakibara
WRITER:  Hironobu Sakaguchi, Al Reinert, Jeff Vintar, Jack Fletcher, Ramin Mebdy

PLOT:  Earth is devastated and deserted by the take over of the alien Phantoms, Doctor Aki Ross with the help of a group of military men, continues to hunt each of the life forms that remain on earth that can aid the humans against the Phantoms and their particles which continue to take over the planet.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Avatar, Star Wars IV A New Hope, Howl's Moving Castle

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PARIS, JE T'AIME

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Juliette Binoche, Natalie Portman, Steve Buscemi
DIRECTOR:  Coen Brothers, Gerard Depardieu, Alexander Payne, Sylvain Chomet, Wes Craven...
WRITER:  Coen Brothers & many more...

PLOT:  Shorts stories of love in Paris

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  My Blueberry Nights, Love Actually, 2 Days In Paris, Sidewalks Of New York

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DESPERADO

GENRE:  Action/ Comedy/ Crime
MADE:  1995
CAST:  Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida
DIRECTOR:  Robert Rodriguez
WRITER:  Robert Rodriguez

PLOT:  A gunslinger and a drug runner are in the midst of a war with each other.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Once Upon A Time In Mexico, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Mask Of Zorro

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BIG FISH

GENRE:  Fantasy/ Adventure/ Drama
MADE:  2003
CAST:  Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman
DIRECTOR:  Tim Burton
WRITER:  Daniel Wallace, John August

PLOT:  When a father lies dying his son tries to understand and get to know his father by reliving his father's stories of the past.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Delicatessen

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THE BIG LEBOWSKI

GENRE:  Dark comedy
MADE:  1998
CAST:  Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi
DIRECTOR:  Joel & Ethan Coen
WRITER:  Joel & Ethan Coen

PLOT:  A story about mistaken identity between two Lebowskis leading into a story beginning with two bimbo henchmen urinated on a rug, spurring the story on to a deal made for the compensation of the rug, a deal that leads into more funny trouble with a group of nihilist and an eccentric artist.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Barton Fink, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, American Psycho, O' Brother Where Art Thou?

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