Inspired by PBS’ Antiques Roadshow, Lost & Found in Cleveland is a look at the post-industrial American dream in the industrial Midwest - a slice of life depiction over a 24-hour period that follows the personal odysseys of five very different people, whose lives intertwine when America's favorite televised antiques appraisal show comes to Cleveland. It’s “Best in Show" meets “The Wizard of Oz."

As we discovered -- at the McKinley Presidential Library and Museum -- The Wizard of Oz is an allegory about the American Dream. If Scarecrow represents the farmers, and Tin Man the factory workers, then each of our characters represent a slice through modern America. And rather than a heart or a brain, our heroes bring their objects to our Wizards, the appraisers …only to discover that the answer to self-worth lies within.

Twelve years in the making, assembling an all-star ensemble cast and a multi-generational story with universal appeal, the film is the kind of comedy with heart that Hollywood doesn't make any more. It has the ingredients of a holiday classic in the spirit of A Christmas Story. The underlying theme is hope.