This time around Max, after years of struggle to get his writing recognised, decides impulsively to try his hand at acting in order to get his career off the ground. If anything can bring him attention, it's recognition as a performer. Shot through with Max's characteristic black humour, Nowhere Near Hollywood traces his long, wacky journey through the fringes of the film and theater industries in New York City, to his heartbreaking near-misses as a playwright and screenwriter.