A week with Junior Bonner| a rodeo pro on the wrong side of 40| broke| bruised| and headed into Prescott| his home town| for the annual 4th of July Frontier Days.His dad| Ace| is a dissolute dreamer fixed on finding gold in Australia; his mom is resigned to Ace's roving; his brother Curly is tearing up the countryside to makea million in real estate. Junior just wants to stay on a bucking Brahma for eight seconds| hang out with Ace| find a way to spend time with a beautiful woman whoseeyes catch his| and earn enough to get to next week's rodeo. As the old West and its code give way to progress| Junior is lonesome| laconic| and on the road - justwhere he wants to be.