In 1969, while studying at the University of Maine, artist Alan Parker becomes obsessed with death. Believing he is losing his girlfriend, he tries to commit suicide on his birthday but his friends manage to stop him. He receives news that his mother has had a stroke and decides to hitchhike to visit her at the hospital.

• Motion Picture Corporation of America
• Apollo Productions
• Jonathan Jackson
• Erika Christensen
• David Arquette
• Cliff Robertson
• Nicky Katt
• Matt Frewer
• Barbara Hershey
• Barry W. Levy