The Thing Called Love is a Peter Bogdanovich comedy-drama movie released in 1993. The film's tagline is: "Stand by your dream."

The movie stars Samantha Mathis as Miranda Presley ("no relation," she tells people), who comes from New York City to Nashville, where she auditions at The Bluebird Cafe. She is not invited to perform, but she accepts a job as a waitress. She meets and falls in love with James Wright, an up-and-coming star (performed by River Phoenix in his last role before his death), and she befriends Linda Lue Linden, performed by Sandra Bullock.

While the movie 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. A more bitter movie with the same premise is Robert Altman's Nashville . Interestingly, both movies feature songs written and performed by actors who are not professional musicians and were distributed by Paramount Pictures.

A "making of" documentary is available on the film's DVD release, titled The Thing Called Love: A Look Back .

Plot summary

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 strike it big as a musician. After arriving in Music City after a long bus ride, Miranda makes her way top the Bluebird Cafe, a local watering hole with a reputation as a showcase for new talent. The bar's owner, Lucy, takes a shine to the 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 looking to land a gig or sell a song, including sweet and open-hearted Kyle Davidson, moody but talented James Wright, and spunky Linda Lue Linden. 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, but she is drawn to James in spite of his moody temperament. Miranda pursues James, and they end up getting married, but they soon realize marriage takes work. James leaves Miranda behind to make his album, what he always wanted to do, but realizes he left his heart with her. The film has an open ending, but we are led to believe she stays with James.

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