Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work. In 1959 a guitar-strumming youth (Marcus Carl Franklin) rides the rails, calling himself 'Guthrie.' Then a man named Jack (Christian Bale) emerges in New York's Greenwich Village, followed by 'Robbie (Heath Ledger),' Jude (Cate Blanchett) and other personalities.