Christian is a young man growing up in Hollywood who dreams of following in his father's footsteps into show business. When he meets Tony, an industry insider with "connections," he is convinced that he has found his big break -- landing acting jobs and dating beautiful women. Christian thinks he is at his prime, until he has a falling out with Tony over drugs. He soon learns that the same connections that enabled him to get his start and realize his dream can just as easily destroy it. Hiding the truth of his washed-up career from family and friends, Christian escapes his reality through intense drug use - beginning his fatal turn of fate. Will Christian ever turn his life around? Will he find redemption?
A gifted athlete (T. J. Storm) moves to Tinseltown with dreams of making it big in show business, but finds himself sucked into a doppelganger world of crime and drugs. Ever the survivor, he learns firsthand about the dark side of life and becomes stronger in that knowledge. And hey, it's great experience for acting future film roles.
Главная героиня, Новали Нэйшн — типичная Золушка. Ей семнадцать лет, у нее восьмимесячная беременность и жизненная мудрость: при любых обстоятельствах число «пять» приносит несчастье. Когда бойфренд-грубиян сажает Новали в полуразвалившуюся машину и везет в солнечную Калифорнию, он бросает ее в первом же придорожном супермаркете Wal-Mart именно в тот момент, когда касса отбивает сдачу: 5 долларов 55 центов. Героине придется пожить между магазинных полок, осторожно устраивая себе на ночь подобие квартиры с постелью, будильником, магнитофоном — чем не реклама в духе «У нас есть все, что вам нужно?»
