Dir.: George Hickenlooper; Script: George Hickenlooper; Phot.: Kramer Morgenthau; Ed.: Valerie Remy-Milora; Mus.: Steve Stevens; Cast: Trevor St. John, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jon Favreau, Rory Cochrane, Karen Black, Shawnee Smith, Harold Russell, Maureen McCormick; Prod.: Donald Zuckerman, Michael Beugg, Bradford L. Schlei, Dogtown Productions L.P., 21800 Oxnard Street, Suite 150, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 (États-Unis), tél.: (818) 715-7060, fax: (818) 715-7061; Sales: Showcase Entertainment, 21800 Oxnard Street, Suite 150, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 (États-Unis), tél.: (818) 715-7005, fax: (818) 715-7009 .

Fallen cheerleader and beauty queen Dorothy Sternen is trapped in her small town world of Cuba, Missouri and in a nowhere relationship with her overbearing and sometimes violent boyfriend Ezra Good. He was an all-star athlete in high school but now Ezra works as a tow-truck driver and is bitter about a fate that hasn't been kind to him. His relationship with Dorothy has lasted ten years mainly for lack of alternatives. This changes radically when a handsome stranger from Dorothy's past suddenly shows up in town. Philip Van Horn had fled town a decade earlier to try his luck in Hollywood but that never panned out and he's back at least for a visit. To the inhabitants of Cuba, Missouri, someone who was on the same set as Molly Ringwald and Jeff Bridges is a genuine celebrity and nothing that Philip can tell them will make them feel otherwise. Not that Philip has any intention of disabusing them of their dreams. In fact he's beginning to enjoy the adulation. Dorothy was the girl he never got in high school, but times and his reputation have changed...