After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realise the care he's receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
A dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
The story of seven people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
