Under the glare of studio lights, a floundering nobody named Eldon Phelps is thrust into sudden celebrity when a television producer offers him a macabre bargain: one million dollars to spend in a single week, after which he must die. What begins as a carnival of cash and reckless generosity quickly warps into a spectacle of greed, voyeurism, and moral decay, as friends and strangers alike claw for their piece of Eldon’s fleeting fortune. With every indulgence broadcast to a hungry nation, Eldon’s humanity flickers against the relentless machinery of entertainment, until the final day forces both him and his audience to confront the true cost of turning death into prime-time amusement.
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