Griffin Mill is a studio executive who is responsible for accepting or rejecting the pitches for potential feature films. With his career on the line and the impending possibility that he might be replaced by a rival upstart. Griffin now finds his life threatened by an anonymous screenwriter whose pitch he rejected long ago. Drawn into a web of blackmail and murder, Griffin must evade the police investigation that he caused. But he must also watch his back, because in Hollywood, there's always another person to take your place.

The opening tracking shot (8 minutes) includes people talking about famous long tracking shots in other movies. The scene was rehearsed for a day, shot for half a day. Fifteen takes were done, five were printed, and the third one was used in the film. The entire sequence was unscripted, and all the dialogue is improvised.

Detective Susan Avery:
Mr. Mill, have you been going to detective school?


Griffin Mill:
No, actually, we're doing a... a movie right now, called Lonely Room, and Scott Glenn plays a detective much like yourself.


Detective Susan Avery:
Is he a black woman?

Crew or equipment visible: Leg and sneaker visible reflecting in the grille of Griffin's Rolls Royce.

Written & Performed by Kurt Neumann
Copyright Lla-Mann Music