P.K., a former movie star now reduced to working as a stripper in a Las Vegas nightclub, is desperate for a comeback, and thinks she could make one if she could only get a big-name star to appear in a movie with her. She relates all these problems, and many of her fantasies, to her psychiatrist, and also approaches several entertainers working in Las Vegas to try to get them to help make her dream come true.

A young couple decide to live together and they wind up having a baby. They decide they should give the baby up for adoption. The baby's Mother's parents wind up adopting the baby using a fake name.

Martin and Sally Cramer grew up on the hardscrabble Lower East Side, where Sally still teaches; meanwhile, Martin's the head of a fancy private school. Romantic dalliances with others convince them that they're meant to be together despite their differences, a decision that's cemented, oddly enough, by an over-the-top argument that draws the police.

On his twenty-first birthday, the Prince goes on a quest that takes him across the land searching for the one woman that gets him sexually excited, Princess Sleeping Beauty.

CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they think. During a night out with the rest of the office employees, they go to watch Voltan, a magician who secretly hypnotizes both of them.

A couple with marriage problems goes to Family Court, where a judge takes them back in time to view lovers through the ages.

20世纪70年代，美国纽约风起云涌。适值此时，一名犹太肉类批发商又为这个动荡的时代推波助澜。他名叫拉瑞·拉文森（Larry Levenson），脸上永远浮现和蔼可亲的笑容，他和妻子格劳瑞拉拥有一个幸福的家庭。不过，拉瑞似乎不安于现状，他和女朋友玛丽以安森尼亚旅馆为据点，合伙开设一家名为“柏拉图庄园”的俱乐部。他们鼓励已婚夫妇来此进行换妻游戏，这一举措在纽约引起极大震动。渴望身心解放的人们纷纷聚首于此，人员遍布各行各业。人们尽情享受鱼水之欢，只争朝夕，乐而忘忧。正如硬币的另一面，拉瑞及其俱乐部不可避免地遭受来自各界的质疑和刁难，从70年代到90年代，这位公认的放荡之王经历着多次多彩、起伏跌宕的人生……

Thomas Pynchon is a best-selling American novelist, who, unlike the vast majority of his peers, has eschewed the limelight with near-fanatical determination since the 1960s. This film compiles testimonies and evidence culled from Pynchon's fans and colleagues, investigating the enigmatic writer's background and speculating on his motivations.

Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal, so the 10 year old boy looks like a 40 year old man. After years of being tutored at home, Jack convinces his overprotective parents to send him to public school. The children don't know what to make of Jack, but with the help of his fifth-grade teacher, he makes an effort to win them over.