The Beckoning

At the end of America's age of innocence just six weeks before the murder of President John F. Kennedy 17-year old Lee Moffit is told by his father to leave their Stillwater Oklahoma farm and never return. With $40 and a German Luger pistol in his pocket Lee roars across Route 66 on his motorcycle toward California with dreams of becoming a movie stuntman.</p><p>Following one misadventure after the next Lee arrives in Venice Beach and is befriended by Iris Pond a hippie with literary ambitions and a troubled past. Lee's hope to capture the California dream turns to despair and leads him to a life-defining moment.</p>