A group of friends come of age in the asphalt desert of the San Fernando Valley, as set to a blazing soundtrack and endless drinking, drugs and sex.
A late-1960s teen (Steve Guttenberg) working in a chicken-takeout stand cannot get his mind off his dream-girl (Lisa Reeves).
James Brolin plays a renegade canoeist who illegally runs a river to protest its exploitation by a greedy corporation.
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.