Quentin Tarantino's ninth film is set in the chaotic year of 1969. The setting is Hollywood, Los Angeles. Actor Rick Dalton was once the top of the pop world, but now works primarily as a guest villain on various television series. His regular stuntman Cliff Booth has followed Rick through thick and thin and now helps his good friend with everything from housework to moral support when Rick loses his self-confidence. Rick's new neighbors are Hollywood's latest stars, Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski, but on the outskirts of town a new threat lurks, namely the group of Charles Manson's cult members.