It's post-World War II Hollywood, and Ed and Johnny have proven themselves the fastest rewrite-men in town...except that they're not content to be doctoring the scripts of other writers and are burning to sell original screenplays in which they can showcase their inventive genius. But there's a catch. Their ideas aren't simply inventive, they're downright outlandish...not to mention oddly anachronistic. Who ever heard of making a movie about homosexual cowboys in 1946? Certainly not the moguls who run the big studios. Before they know it, Ed and Johnny have become pariahs.But will they give up their dreams? Not when a relic from Hollywood's silent era is looking to make a comeback and can't find a single respectable screenwriter who'll give him the time of day. So a partnership is born...one that throws the past and future together in one unforgettable brew.