In February 1969, veteran Hollywood actor Rick Dalton (DiCaprio), star of 1950s Western television series Bounty Law, fears his career is coming to an end. Casting agent Marvin Schwarz (Pacino) advises him to travel to Italy to make Spaghetti Westerns, which Dalton feels are beneath him. Dalton’s best friend and stunt double, Cliff Booth (Pitt) – a war veteran skilled in hand-to-hand combat who lives in a tiny trailer with his pit bull, Brandy — drives Dalton around Los Angeles because Dalton’s drinking has resulted in several DUI tickets. Booth struggles to find stunt work in Hollywood due to rumors that he murdered his wife. Actress Sharon Tate (Robbie) and her husband, director Roman Polanski (Zawierucha), have moved next door to Dalton, who dreams of befriending them as a means of reviving his declining acting career. That night, Tate and Polanski attend a celebrity-filled party at the Playboy Mansion.