A dramatization of the story of legendary movie actor James Dean. The film’s writer, William Bast, had roomed with Dean in the early ’50s, when both were trying to break into films as actors.
Alex and Erica Boyer’s marriage is in a crisis: job and wife bore Alex. When Erica has an accident that has her staying in a wheel chair for some time, it changes their life: Alex meets Erica’s young therapy assistant Lisa and gets the idea that she’d be the end of his boredom and he could start over with her. However Lisa’s boyfriend feels what’s going on and isn’t idle.