By: Paul I. Miller & Sloan Golden

TAGLINE: 1967 - The year a young boy and a nation came of age in the Summer of Love.

LOGLINE: It's 1967 and a young Paul Miller 13, is on a quest to form a band, attain the girl of his dreams and win the talent contest against his worst enemy, the neighborhood bully, Mickey Copper. But this summer, The Summer of Love... will change his life forever.

SYNOPSIS: In 1964 The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show before an audience of 74 million viewers, in 23 million homes, and for young teenagers all over America, nothing was ever the same. The electric guitar became an iconic symbol and a rite of passage and Rock-N-Roll was born. All young Paul Miller knows is he wants to form a band and play guitar to win the upcoming talent show, defeat his nemesis, the neighborhood bully Mickey Copper and win the girl of his dreams. The problem is he comes from a poor family on the other side of the tracks and has no money, no job and no chance. He might as well ask for the moon.
Nor does Paul have a father to help out. All he has is his mother, busy raising eight children by herself, but she is part of "The Greatest Generation" and she makes a deal with him and instills her sense of "can do spirit". If he will get up off the couch and stop daydreaming, she will buy him a lawnmower, and if he wants it bad enough, if he wants to reach for the moon... he will have to earn it.
It was part of the spirit of the age. An age that saw the first Americans land on the moon, an age that overcame racial injustice, gender inequality and civil rights that set out to change the world through the power of music and that "can do attitude", The Sweet Sixties.
If Paul wants to compete, he must first take "one small step" like the first men to land on the moon and a "giant leap" forward to make his dreams come true. In this classic underdog coming of age tale, Paul sets out with his mower in the hot Florida sun to earn enough money to buy a Silvertone Rocket guitar at Sears and Roebuck. Along the way he meets and befriends a Rock-N-Roll mentor, A.C. who teaches him how to sing and play guitar. A.C. even lets Paul use his classic, original Fender Stratocaster to begin his lessons in style.
A chance meeting, set up by his older sister Lynn, a flower girl just back from San Francisco introduces Paul to an up and coming clothes designer, Michael Braun who designed the iconic fringed suede leather jacket worn by the stars including Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan. She gets Paul a backstage meeting with the greatest guitar player ever, Jimi Hendrix who tells him to believe in himself. It is a message Paul takes to heart.
As told in flashback by an older, wiser baby boomer Paul Miller as he lies on the operating table undergoing open heart surgery the year 1967 was a life changing year not only for him but for the country as well through political assinations, the British invasion and an unpopular Vietnam war. It was the year both Paul and his country came of age. It all starts whether it's landing on the moon or winning a local talent show with one small step... believing in yourself.