电影讲述了在新年即将到来之前，四对情侣在克服恐惧与不安的同时，度过了一周欢笑与浪漫并存的时光。

After secret agent Michael Scarn (played by Scott) is forced into retirement due to the death of his wife Catherine Zeta-Scarn, the President of the United States of America (played by Darryl Philbin) requests that he prevent Goldenface (played by Jim Halpert) from blowing up the NHL All-Star Game and killing several hostages. Scarn goes undercover and learns how to play hockey, killing another hockey player (played by Oscar Martinez) to make it into the game, but after confronting Goldenface, he is shot. He later recuperates but learns that the President was in on it all along. Depressed, he goes to a bar to drown his sorrows. The patrons of the bar sing a song called "The Scarn" which he danced to with his wife, which cheers Scarn up immensely. With his courage restored, Scarn is able to save the day and blow up Goldenface in the process.

八公（Forest 饰）是一条谜一样的犬，因为没有人知道它从哪里来。教授帕克（理查·基尔 Richard Gere 饰）在小镇的火车站拣到一只走失的小狗，冥冥中似乎注定小狗和帕克教授有着某种缘分，帕克一抱起这只小狗就再也放不下来，最终，帕克对小狗八公的疼爱感化了起初极力反对养狗的妻子卡特（琼·艾伦 Joan Allen 饰）。八公在帕克的呵护下慢慢长大，帕克上班时八公会一直把他送到车站，下班时八公也会早早便爬在车站等候，八公的忠诚让小镇的人家对它更加疼爱。有一天，八公在帕克要上班时表现异常，居然玩起了以往从来不会的捡球游戏，八公的表现让帕克非常满意，可是就是在那天，帕克因病去世。帕克的妻子、女儿安迪（萨拉·罗默尔 Sarah Roemer 饰）及女婿迈克尔（罗比·萨布莱特 Robbie Sublett 饰）怀着无比沉痛的心情埋葬了帕克，可是不明就里的八公却依然每天傍晚五点准时守候在小站的门前，等待着主人归来……本片根据上个世纪30年代发生在日本的真实故事改编，1987年在日本拍成电影后创造了40亿日元的票房。

一个将古老的歌谣唱进当代人心里的摇滚音乐人，一个年过六旬还想找对象的说书人，一个爱唱情歌却被同村人吐槽的“花儿”歌手，一个因找不到演员发愁的秦腔剧团团长，一个整天哀叹“皮影要死光”的皮影班班主......他们用泥土谱曲，拿命运作词。生活都是循环播放，但谁说不能是一首激昂的摇滚？音乐不止，生命不息。