HOLLYWOOD UNDERGROUND is the true story about how one young man lived inside two major movie studios for over three years in pursuit of a show business dream. Armed with a couple screenplays he'd written, a short film and some extra clothes, at the age of twenty-seven Jim jumped a blue line train from Long Beach to Hollywood. After being on the streets of Hollywood, he maneuvered into Sunset Gower Studios via a slightly opened door and ended up living inside the historic movie lot for a few months, while getting an audition from a casting agent, placing his screenplays on a major production company's desk and trying to make a connection for subsequent work. After three months living inside a cable cubbyhole atop STAGE 1 at Sunset Gower Studios, where they filmed Who's The Boss? and From Here To Eternity, Jim was found out by some Gaffers working on a new production. Chased off the lot by armed guards, he decided to jump the fence of Paramount Studios, where he would live for the next THREE YEARS eating from the craft service tables of various TV shows like: Becker, Roswell, Judging Amy, The Amanda Show, Frasier, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, various failed TV pilots and the movie, 15 Minutes, to name a few. During this time, his quest took many weird turns, as he met various TV, film actors and show business millionaires. Jim managed to use office computer before hours to work on his scripts, while sleeping in an outdoor ivy-covered catwalk attached to Star Trek: The Next Generation, but after being found out there by landscapers, he called the catwalks of STAGE 30 his home, where they filmed the TV show Soul Train. He survived by acting like he worked at various places throughout the lot and soon realized that he was acting to merely survive, rather than receive a paycheck. Keeping these so-called, "roles," or "personas" in the air for the powers that be, while trying to find real work proved to be a challenge like no other. Hollywood Underground is a true story. think Catch Me If You Can Meets Hollywood, but only then that doesn't really define this. This is original to say the least.