Bart reveals the backlot of secrets behind Hollywood's biggest hits and misses in film, television and theatre: how movies with the biggest stars and budgets turned out to be bombs and how unknowns with no studio support overcame great adversity to make cinematic history. In doing so, he reveals the history of pop culture itself - an alluring road with many false turns. Includes mega successes of today - Lord of the Rings and CSI, to name but two - and smash hits of the past, from Birth of a Nation to Easy Rider and American Graffiti.