Hollywood is still the home of the American Dream - the place where fame and fortune can be achieved overnight. Or so the story goes. For some it does come true. In this status conscious town Barry Norman looks at the attitudes towards success and failure among the famous and not quite so famous.

A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness.

A listless hitman is enthralled by theatre acting and becomes eager to leave his old life behind in pursuit of a new career.

A young Barack Obama forges his identity while dealing with race, divergent cultures and ordinary life as a New York City college student.

Saving Norman tells the story of a hypochondriac ex-ping pong player who missed the biggest tournament of his career because of a cold. Now years later he lives a hermetic existence with his parrot Norman. But, when Norman seems to be suffering from a case of bird narcolepsy he calls in pet psychic Belinda who soon realizes that in order to help Norman, she'll first have to help his owner.

Norm, the Plywood Forest's fix-it guy, uses comedy, music, and a little bit of magic to make his neighborhood the best place in the world for his friends.

Barry is a drug-addled, abusive bastard who - after yet another bender - is abducted by aliens. Barry takes a backseat as an alien visitor assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town. What follows is an onslaught of drugs, sex, and violence as our alien tourist enters the weird and wonderful world of humankind.

A conniving mother tries desperately to marry off her son Barry to a senator's daughter.

Barry Brown is a cheesy stripper who still thinks it's 'cool' to take his clothes off in-front of screaming Hen Doo's girls. But when he is faced with being a tribute act will he be able to pull it off.

A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page One news.