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Plot summary
Miranda Presley, an aspiring singer and songwriter, leaves New York City for a career in country music. She takes a bus to Nashville, Tennessee, hoping to become a star, and goes to the Bluebird Café, a bar with a reputation for showcasing new talent. She arrives too late for that week's auditions, but the owner, Lucy, gives her a waitress job. When the café holds its second week of auditions, Miranda has met other newcomers: Kyle Davidson, a sweet, open-hearted musician from Connecticut; James Wright, a moody but talented musician from Texas; and Linda Lue Linden, a spirited young woman from Alabama. Linda Lue persuades Miranda to share her motel room, which Linda Lue's mother helps pay for. The four friends try to find their place in Nashville's competitive music scene. Both Kyle and James are attracted to Miranda.
Cast
- K.T. Oslinas Lucy
- Webb Wilderas Ned
- Earl Poole Ballas Floyd
- Katy Moffattas Herself
- Jo-El Sonnieras Himself
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Thing Called Love (1993)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Thing Called Love was River Phoenix's final complete screen performance before his death, and the last of his films released while he was still alive.
- Paramount opened the film in a few Southern markets and planned to expand it in autumn 1993, but canceled the wider release after River Phoenix died.
- River Phoenix himself approached Paramount to get his role in The Thing Called Love, according to director Peter Bogdanovich.
- River Phoenix wrote two songs for the film, including "Lone Star State of Mine", Dermot Mulroney wrote one and Sandra Bullock wrote lyrics for the song she performed. Phoenix's song was left off the soundtrack album.
- Brian Gibson was to direct The Thing Called Love but left the project in September 1992 to make What's Love Got to Do with It, and Peter Bogdanovich took over.
