DINER ON TIME - SYNOPSIS

THE DINER ON TIME

-         - Marilyn 

LOG LINE: The Diner on Time is a story about a man who awakens in hospital after a head injury and has partial amnesia however his first memories to surface are of having been James Dean in his past life and the adventure that ensues.

SYNOPSIS:  James is in recovery in hospital after wiping out on ice and hitting his head resulting in a concussion.  He sits in bed bewildered of memories returning from his previous life as James Dean.  The doctor is perplexed and encourages him to be normal and to return to his daily life.  James finally leaves the hospital released lying he is back to normal and is not bothered by any more reincarnation material. James returns to his apartment orders pizza has his old girlfriend shows up hates it he throws her out.

James returns to work as a stock broker he sees his boss who wondered what the hell happened to him for a week he’s glad to have him back.  He gets back to work realizing he’s in a fast paced racket he’s tired of however he naturally does well for his clients.   

On a late evening James hears a flute playing on the street below his apartment as he’s playing his bongo drums. He goes outside and meets Azure a gorgeous dark haired, fair beauty. They decide to meet at a local trendy retro style diner.

Azure is a sky diving instructor she owns the business with a partner.  James is smitten by her remembering she is Pier Angeli reincarnated; his past love in the James Dean life.  They hit it off falling in love quickly and spend time together.  He finally joins her sky diving facing his fear after his accident of ‘falling.’  Having fallen for her already, he has no trouble with the skydiving plunge and is elated by the experience.

A trip to Italy calls Azure off for her holidays.

James stays behind making more money for his stock clients.  She misses him and calls him and spur of the moment he decides to join her in Venice.  They stay in a quaint hotel on the water front have wine ride in a gondola paint the next day on the water front and meanwhile mafia shows up where they are staying looking for a thug who robbed them and they off his father Giovanni killing him.  Later they arrive at his girlfriend’s and rough her up looking for him.

Marlo finds his father killed on the bed in the hotel Monaco and realizes the boys mean business finding him and getting the money he took from them back.  Marlo runs into James at a local book store and overhears he is in investments he asks if he wants to invest for him his money. He gives him quick advice and leaves him meanwhile the mafia are looking for a gun purchase. James dreams cops found Giovanni dead in bed and Azure reveals in the paper the next morning it really happened for James has more psychic ability after his accident. She reads finally the gang leader was found shot dead as well from the mafia foiling their plans to racket guns.

James and Azure leave Italy and get engaged.  He decides to buy out her partner in her parachuting business for her to go solo as a surprise. She is thrilled she moves in to his place to begin a life together and a strange note from James’s mother is sent to them and she shows up as a bilocating apparition in the local park at night to say hi from afar as the film ends revealing his soul mate is Marilyn Monroe; his mom in her past life.