Rating: PG13
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 03/07/2006
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DDS2.0
Run Time: 118 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
A handful of up-and-coming songwriters discover that love is as difficult to navigate as the music business in this
romantic comedy-
drama from director
Peter Bogdanovich.
Miranda Presley (
Samantha Mathis) is an aspiring
singer/songwriter from New York City who loves
country music and has decided to take her chances in Nashville, TN, where she hopes to strike it big as a musician. After arriving in the Music City after a long bus ride,
Miranda makes her way to the Bluebird Café, a local watering hole with a reputation as a showcase for new talent. The bar's owner,
Lucy (
K.T. Oslin), takes a shine to the shy but plucky newcomer, and gives her a job as a waitress. Before long,
Miranda has gotten to know a number of other Nashville transplants who are look looking to land a gig or sell a song, among them sweet and open-hearted
Kyle Davidson (
Dermot Mulroney), moody but talented
James Wright (
River Phoenix), and spunky
Linda Lue Linden (
Sandra Bullock). As the four friends struggle to find their place in the competitive Nashville music scene, both
Kyle and
James display a romantic interest in
Miranda, while she finds it difficult to choose between the two.
The Thing Called Love features cameos from a number of noted
country performers, including
Trisha Yearwood,
Pam Tillis,
Katy Moffatt,
Jo-El Sonnier, and
Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Sadly,
The Thing Called Love would be best remembered as the last film actor
River Phoenix completed before his death in the fall of 1993.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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