Evan Bonner is a deserter from the Vietnam war; he is on his way back to America to give himself up when he meets Deirdre McCluskey, a beautiful if petulant model. The two make an unlikely couple, but once in France the magic of Paris works its charm and these two vulnerable people finally find each other.

A disillusioned housewife on a vacation in the woods is disturbed by her husband continually trying to get her to come home and, more ominously, a mysterious howling at night.

影片根据哈罗德罗宾斯的小说改编，分为两部四个小时。故事描述一位早期电影制作人(Mark Harmon扮演), 20世纪初带着梦想来到好莱坞，将加利福尼亚这块沉睡的土地建设成世界娱乐中心。