En dag under en flugt fra sine kreditorer gemmer den unge manuskriptforfatter Joe Gillis sig i en garage til et palæ på Sunset Boulevard. Her møder Joe den tilbagetrukne stumfilmstjerne Norma Desmond, der vil hyre Joe til at renskrive et comeback, hun har arbejdet på i flere år. Den kyniske og opportunistiske Joe siger ja til det håbløse projekt og er snart fuldstændig i hænderne på Norma. Alt imens følger Normas chauffør Max Von Mayerling tavst begivenhederne fra sidelinien.
Popstjernen Alex er på vej mod en karriere mæssig maveplasker og får et par dage til at komponere et comback hit. Hårdt presset søger Alex anderledes inspiration hos planteeksperten Sophie, der er ferm med ord. Ikke overraskende får de to efterhånden et godt øje til hinanden, men Alex hader faste forhold, og Sophie er lige kommet ud af et og vil for alt i verden ikke gentage sine fejl.
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a family to help him replay his childhood and assume the identity of an average, everyday kid.
Buddy er en komiker, der ikke længere kan få folk til at le. Alt mislykkes. Hans liv er ganske enkelt....... mislykket. I fen årtier kæmper han for at nå toppen. Vi følger ham fra de tidlige år, hvor han optræder for sin familie til han når berømmelsen og bliver stjerne i sit eget TV-show og frem til nedturen, hvor kan må optræde på alderdomshjem.
Hele livet igennem er humoren hans måde at forsvare sig på. Med sin vakse tunge går han til angreb mod publikum og mødes med klapsalver. Men han gør det også mod sin familie og mådes med tårer.
Og nu stilles han overfor sit livs valg: Skal han placere sin famillie i rampelyset? Eller har hans liv været spildt....... Og må han, indse at han er gået glip af hele pointen?
After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old director in Rome as a chance for personal and professional redemption.
A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but continues to desire a comeback.
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
Matt sets out to live his dreams of becoming a world champion fighter. He meets Happy McBride, a washed up has-been, who takes him under his wing and introduces him to the underground world of MMA fighting. Matt fights his way to the top but then finds that love throws a stronger punch when he falls for Happy's daughter Nikki.
The wildly popular British television show Absolutely Fabulous gets a Francophonic makeover with this film version directed by Gabriel Aghion. In this go around, Josiane Balasko and Nathalie Baye play the incorrigible Eddie and Patsy, who leave no impulse unenacted and no lust unsated -- be it for sex or the latest in designer clothing. Waking up from a night of drunken debauchery, the two dip right into a feast of champagne and caviar, much to the irritation of Eddie's elegant mother and her resentful daughter. As Eddie stretches an appalling pair of leopard-print leotards (complete with matching shoes, purse, and hat) over her massive rear end, she and Patsy learn of a handsome young Rollerblading delivery boy who quickly becomes the object of their lust. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.
Nothing stirs up the competitive spirit in haggard Hollywood has-been Evie Harris like having to share a house with a younger actress like Varla. Especially since Varla happens to be the daughter of Evie's now-deceased rival! But even as their saner roommate, Coco, attempts to keep the peace, Evie's jealousy over Varla's burgeoning infomercial career is about to explode... in the most spectacular, showstopping way possible!
When Aaron, an ex-fighter, turns to music after years of being knocked around and left with permanent mental disabilities, he falls for Jana, an off-centered Bulgarian immigrant living in New York. While he recognizes that she is as crazy as he is, Jana does not share the same opinion. But her brother, Bobby, an up and coming wannabe fighter, decides to convince her she is that crazy in order to get Aaron in the ring against him.
The ups and downs in the life of a country-western singer.
Three sisters had a hit song years ago, but now deal with a family member's schizophrenia.
THE AUTEUR follows formerly renowned porn director Arturo Domingo (Five Easy Nieces, Requiem for a Wet Dream) through a bizarre weekend as he receives a lifetime achievement award at a film festival in Portland, OR. Encountering crazed fans, former collaborators, bitter enemies and free-loving hippies, Arturo attempts to put the pieces of his broken career and personal life back together.
After a series of failed pitches, a has-been TV presenter's attempts to get his old show rebooted are stifled after his puppet goes missing.