As Sydney shoots her latest film on location in a small New England town, the media is typically relentless about her impending wedding to Hollywood leading man Ryan Stern (Andrew Jackson). Then, when things go awry on set, Sydney looks for solace only to find her fiancé in the arms of her stand-in. Frustrated, angry and humiliated, she storms into the nearby woods, where she gets lost.

Sydney eventually finds herself stranded in a small mill town. There, she decides to take anonymous refuge for a while, and in so doing discovers the true meaning of friendship and love. Torn between wanting a normal life and the all-consuming high profile career she=s worked so hard for, Sydney soon finds that making decisions without a script and her personal manager, Fran Kavner (Jane Curtin), is a complex, frightening, but ultimately empowering, experience.

John Slattery plays Ben, the new manager of the local steel mill; Rebecca Jenkins, the bowling alley waitress who befriends Sydney.

The Cast:
Sela Ward as Cheryl Belson/Sydney Clarke
Andrew Jackson as Ryan Stern
Jane Curtin as Fran Kavner
John Slattery as Ben
Rebecca Jenkins

Production Credits:
Catch A Falling Star was co-produced by South Shore Films and Citadel Entertainment (an Alliance Atlantis Company). Carole Bloom and Sela Ward are the executive producers; David MacLeod and Tracey Dodokin, the producers. Bob Clark ("Baby Geniuses," "From the Hip") directed the film from a script by Josh Goldstein ("The Jamie Foxx Show"), Jonathan Prince ("Party of Five") and Paul Eric Myers ("Behind the Mask").

Airdates:
It premiered on CBS on March 5th, 2000.