Richard Fleischer repeatedly turned down Dino De Laurentiis' overtures to direct the film. He ultimately relented when he realized that the best way to make the film was to shoot it straight and tell the story as truthfully as he could.
Jellicle cats join for a Jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, Old Deuteronomy. One cat will be chosen to go to the Heavyside Layer and be reborn. The cats introduce themselves.
When a creative, sensitive teen from a dysfunctional family meets a beautiful, enigmatic runaway; his life is turned upside down when he travels the dark path with her toward parties and drug addiction.
17-year-old Lucy discovers that her mom was once a porn actress and she herself is the product of a porn accident. Together with the wrecked ex-porn star Udo Oxcox she sets out on a journey into the porn industry to search for her father. It's a trip into a strange world where she will find more than she had expected.
