- Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
- Sullivan is a successful, spoiled, naive director of fluffy films with a heart of gold, who decides that he wants to make a film about the troubles of the downtrodden poor. Much to his producers' chagrin, he sets off in tramp's clothing with a single dime in his pocket to experience poverty first-hand, and he feels the sting of reality.—Bob Doolittle <Bob.Doolittle@east.sun.com>
- After years of kowtowing to studio executives by making light, fluffy fare, successful and talented movie director John L. Sullivan wants to make a "message" movie, specifically about the plight of the downtrodden in society. Beyond wanting him to continue making money-making escapist movies, the studio executives counter that his privileged background disqualifies him to make a film about the downtrodden. So Sullivan decides to hit the road with only 10¢ in his pocket to truly experience what being poor is like. The studio executives will only allow him to do this if they can follow him and document his experience. Not wanting it to be a publicity stunt, Sullivan makes a deal with his tailing party: leave him alone for a few weeks, then they'll meet up at a determined location. After a few false starts where he can't seem to shed his privileged past, Sullivan manages to hit the road, this time with an aspiring but struggling actress who believes she can help him navigate road life; he met her when she did a Good Samaritan deed for him. But when Sullivan tries to do his own Good Samaritan deed in return, he finds that shedding his downtrodden life may be even harder than shedding his privileged life.—Huggo
- In Hollywood, spoiled director of humdrum movies John Lloyd Sullivan was born with a silver spoon but is very successful with his superficial comedies. Out of the blue, he tells his producer that he wants to make serious dramas, like "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and he will live like a tramp on the streets to learn the sorrows of great part of the population. He wears cheap clothes and tries to blend with poor people but he always returns to Hollywood protected by the safety team hired by the studio. One day, he goes to a diner with a coin and a blonde girl offers him bacon and eggs. Soon he learns that the girl is a failed actress who never a chance in Hollywood and is hitchhiking home with no money. Sullivan rewards her kindness by giving her a ride in his car but they're arrested. When they're released, the girl joins Sullivan in his quest to learn about poverty. When Sullivan is satisfied, he is robbed and dumped unconscious in a train and awakens in the countryside where there's an incident and he is arrested and sentenced to a labor camp, where he leans the importance of comedy in the miserable lives of destitute people.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Hollywood movie director John Sullivan is tired of making lightweight comedies and musicals and decides to go on the road, posing as a hobo to learn how the poor live. Those around him think he's mad but he sets off with only 10 cents in his pocket. He has several false starts, always ending up back in Hollywood. After he meets an out-of-work actress, they manage to live a few days with tramps and hobos. It's only the beginning of Sullivan's adventures--including a stint in prison--and he learns the importance of those lightweight comedies he had so come to hate.—garykmcd
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