Plot Outline:   

Jefferson Steel is a fading Hollywood action star. After a series of box-office flops, he’s out of favour and out of work. In desperation, his agent stumbles upon the perfect role: playing King Lear at Stratford in England. Jefferson believes he has landed the role of a lifetime; instead, he discovers that he has been booked to tread the boards with an amateur dramatic society in sleepy Stratford St John in Suffolk. A clash of cultures with comic complications ensues in this funny and ultimately moving comedy.

Cast: Burt Reynolds, Samantha Bond, Imelda Staunton, Derek Jacobi