Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.

• Columbia Pictures
• 20th Century Fox
• Roy Scheider
• Jessica Lange
• Ann Reinking
• Leland Palmer
• Cliff Gorman
• Ben Vereen
• Erzsebet Foldi
• Michael Tolan