Harvey Lewis

Tilt is the story of a precocious young girl who is a pinball wizard. Because she does not get on with her parents, Tilt is contemplating running away from home. Skipping school one day, she decides to go to to Mickey's Bar. Mickey, who is Tilt's good friend, helps her set up a gambler for a pinball game. Because the gambler is unaware of Tilt's pinball wizardry, he is easily hustled out of his money. While watching the confrontation, a young man named Neil Gallagher, who is an aspiring musician, is impressed with Tilt's ability, congratulating her after the win. Neil invites Tilt to watch him sing at a rock concert, and after his performance she believes he can become a great singer. Because Neil needs money for a demo tape of his songs, he has an idea of taking Tilt with him and having her hustle would-be gamblers.

Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."

Dans l'Oregon en 1980, Jane, Elaine et Louise, trois femmes au foyer coquettes et amies depuis l'enfance, sont confrontées à la récession et ont beaucoup de mal à arriver à la fin du mois. Le centre commercial local organise un concours dont le prix est une boule géante remplie d'argent... Les trois jeunes femmes y voient le parfait remède contre la crise et élaborent le plan parfait pour subtiliser l'argent !

An aging motor-cross racer, already having lost his wife and daughter to his footlooseness and now about to have his semi-tractor cab repossessed, vows to make one last go of it on his bike in the race of his career.

Alamo Bay est un petit port de pêche texan. Des réfugiés vietnamiens ont choisi de s'y installer. Ils sont mal acceptés par la population composée en grande partie d'artisans-pêcheurs dont la situation est déjà précaire. Des accrochages fréquents ont lieu entre les deux communautés.

Les Etats-Unis ont mis au point un nouveau système de défense, nécessitant une puissance source d’énergie : le byzanium, un métal rarissime, que l’on ne trouve que dans des régions reculées. Des chercheurs découvrent que des quantités importantes du précieux métal avaient été embarquées sur le Titanic. Les autorités américaines tentent de renflouer le navire, mais certains en ont décidé autrement : la guerre des abîmes s’engage…