Washed-up hollywood producer charlie berns has mailed in his updated obit and is about to suck his mercedes tailpipe and fade to black when a miracle materializes: his nephew, a wannabe screenwriter from new jersey, has ...Washed-up hollywood producer charlie berns has mailed in his updated obit and is about to suck his mercedes tailpipe and fade to black when a miracle materializes: his nephew, a wannabe screenwriter from new jersey, has scripted the life story of Queen Victoria's prime minister benjamin disraeli, which charlie manages to turn into a hot property that reinstates him as a player. But as the deal heats up, a few conceptual changes morph the project into an action thriller with a black jewish superstar, a yugoslavian location, a mad polish director, and even a real-life kidnapping.