James Wilder

19-year-old Jack Ariamehr toils daily as a sign spinner on the street corners of New York. But under the gaze of the statue of liberty, he dreams of bigger things and who wouldn't? No one is more aware of this than Jack's teacher, Bobby Blue Day, an ex-Hollywood screenwriter who shows up at Jack's apartment early one morning eager to talk about Jack's screenplay. To Bobby's astonishment, J.F.K. Atiamehr has written the best screenplay he's ever read....

A down-and-out film director has a vision he wants to bring to the big screen, but no money. So he decides to burn his house down and collect the insurance money. Soon, everyone wants a piece of the action.