这部影片忠实地记录了美国传奇音乐人格莱姆·帕森斯死后的故事。这是一个公平与正义消失的年代,刚刚录制完自己第二张专辑的乡村音乐人帕森斯(加布里埃尔·马赫特饰)因过量饮用加了吗啡的龙舌兰酒而晕倒在旅馆里,在送往医院途中死亡。帕森斯那年仅27岁的生命就这样结束。
Uniform Cop: Wherever there's a hippie, there's a crime, even if that crime hasn't happened yet. That's what I always say. Uniform Cop: So what'cha doing here? Barney: We're, uh, meeting someone off a flight. Uniform Cop: You're meeting someone off of a flight? Barney: Yes. Uniform Cop: In a hearse? Barney: Yes. It's a, surprise. Uniform Cop: Which part's the surprise, um, the fact that you're in a bright yellow hearse? The fact that you look like something out of a horror film? Or, the fact, that you're a half mile away from the terminal and they're gonna have to walk across two runways to reach you? Barney: The first part. Phil Kaufman: We'll be goin' now that your sign is no longer impeding our forward progress. Uniform Cop: You missed a gap 50 yards wide and hit a wall... IN BROAD DAYLIGHT!