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Jason (Jeff Meyer) is a photographer whose career has hit a really rough patch. He wants to make the transition from commercial photography to art photography. In the meantime, he is living and dreaming (and rapidly running out of money) on a houseboat. He has been hoping that he will be able to get grant money to pursue his dream, but time is running out. He meets a really beautiful woman, Amanda (Gail Kappler Rosella), and gets to photograph her and fall in love with her. When she goes off about her business, he thinks that is the end of the story. Just as he learns he is about to be evicted from his shabby digs, Amanda shows up and reveals herself to be quite rich, with good connections in the art and publishing worlds, and his life takes a turn for the better. Except, of course, that this new world is revealed as being shallow and exploitative, and Amanda is shown to have some flaws as well. Just as we are beginning to see what the fly in the ointment is, Jason wakes up. The whole thing with Amanda was a dream. Then he meets her in real life...