A touching story of a man and his dreams. Everyone else is trying to destroy the happiness he has... all his books (a library full) they say are causing him to have his "dreams", so they burn them all (all the books he has gathered over the years), and then seal the library off... a very touching movie... John Lithgow really breaks out of the character from 3rd Rock from the Sun... if you get the chance, record it... it's a great, CLASSIC film...