Julia Webb
Having missed several deadlines, and with the studio's attorneys hassling him, screenwriter Elliot Callahan (Tom Gilroy) takes the advice of his agent and rents a beachside house on the island Nantucket to find the peace and quiet he needs to get the creative juices flowing. There he meets the seriously intense Henry Carver (Matthew Dixon), who's written a screenplay he wants Callahan to read. Before long, Callahan suspects that Henry might be a serial killer writing about himself and that his screenplay is worth plagiarizing.
Fran
When their abusive parents are killed in a car crash, twin sisters Rosie and Violet vow to run away to Kentucky in search of a better life. While on the road, the girls meet up with Pete, a drifter working as a grounds keeper on a derelict army base, who takes them in. While Violet falls for him, Rosie becomes increasingly angry and hostile, and the sisters' childhood bond is eventually destroyed forever.
Daniel's Date
Daniel Miller (Albert Brooks) ao dirigir pelas ruas de Los Angeles bate em um ônibus, o que provoca um acidente fatal. Ele vai então para o céu, e começa a viver uma vida parecida com a da Terra, as vezes até melhor. Lá ele conhece Julia (Meryl Streep), uma encantadora mulher, que o faz não querer voltar ao mundo dos vivos de jeito nenhum. Só que para conseguir ficar nesse "pós-vida", ele é obrigado a passar por um julgamento, onde terá que provar que encarou seus medos na terra e que teve coragem. Caso Daniel não consiga, ele terá que voltar e começar tudo de novo, e sem a Julia.
Nurse
The sun's too bright, the traffic's going to be bad, there's too many people out there... It's just easier to sit back on the couch and laugh with Richard Lewis.
