Article: `SLIDING DOORS' OPENS WORLD OF PARALLEL LIVES; UNIQUE STORY TURNS ACTOR INTO ROOKIE DIRECTOR AND SETS PALTROW UP FOR WIG-WEARING DUALISM.(L.A. LIFE)

Byline: Bob Strauss Daily News Film Writer

Everybody has imagined what their lives would be like if something had happened to them that didn't, or vice versa.

British actor Peter Howitt decided to do something about it. The result is his feature screenwriting and directing debut with the funny and fantastical romance ``Sliding Doors,'' which stars Gwyneth Paltrow and was produced by Oscar-winning filmmaker Sydney Pollack (``Out of Africa,'' ``Tootsie,'' ``The Firm'').

``I was just walking down the road in London one day,'' explains Howitt, who has appeared in such films as ``In the Name of the Father'' and ``Some Mother's Son.'' ``I had to ...

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