The Thing Called Love
The Thing Called Love is a 1993 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Samantha Mathis as Miranda Presley, a young musician who tries to make it big in Nashville. River Phoenix, Dermot Mulroney and Sandra Bullock also star. While the film involves a love triangle and various complications in Miranda's route to success, it provides a sweetened glimpse at the lives of aspiring songwriters in Nashville. Its tagline is: "Stand by your dream".
Plot
Miranda Presley is an aspiring singer/songwriter from New York City who loves country music and decides to take her chances in Nashville, Tennessee, where she hopes to become a star. Arriving after a long bus ride, Miranda makes her way to the Bluebird Café, a local bar with a reputation as a showcase for new talent. Although she arrives too late to audition for that week's roster, the bar's owner Lucy likes the plucky newcomer and gives her a job as a waitress.
More details
author | Carol Heikkinen |
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contentLocation | Tennessee |
director | Peter Bogdanovich |
editor | Terry Stokes |
genre | comedy-drama |
keywords | act aspiring singer bluebird café bus ride convenience store country music double date even graceland line dances line dancing listen married motel room music scene nashville tennessee new york city newlywed recording studio road trip sing sleep telephone call texas want whirlwind romance write |
musicBy | G. Marq Roswell |
producer | John Davis |
publisher | Paramount Pictures |
theme | dance romantic comedy |