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6	[[quoteright:305:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_thing_called_love.jpeg]]
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8	-> ''"Look out, Music City, 'cause here I am and I ain't never leavin'!"''
9	-->-- '''Miranda Presley'''
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11	A 1993 {{dramedy}} film directed by Creator/PeterBogdanovich, featuring plenty of CountryMusic and a cast of young actors at the beginning or end of their career.
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13	In UsefulNotes/{{Nashville}}, there are over 10,000 aspiring singer-songwriters chasing success... with one chance in a million of getting it. For Miranda Presley (Creator/SamanthaMathis), that's one chance worth taking. Fresh to Music City from New York City, Miranda befriends three fellow hopefuls: shy Connecticut cowboy Kyle Davidson (Creator/DermotMulroney), spunky SouthernBelle Linda Lue Linden (Creator/SandraBullock), and James Wright (Creator/RiverPhoenix), a cocky Texan with brooding good looks and a honeyed voice. Together they begin a rocky ride down the industry's well-worn highway, finding hope, heartbreak, happiness ... and, yes, [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove the thing called love]].
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15	There's a well-made DVD out there that has an [[DVDCommentary audio commentary]] and several nice extras, including a particularly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] tribute to Phoenix (who died two months after this film's release) called "Our Friend River".
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18	!!Tropes featured in this film:
19	* AngerBornOfWorry: As a joke, Kyle hangs off of a freight train as it's going down the track, and then falls off onto the ground. While Linda Lue and Billy treat it like it's no big deal, Miranda gets upset at Kyle, tells him off, and then storms off.
20	* AuthorAppeal: When Miranda tells James she wants to write a song with him, he takes her to see ''Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance'' at a drive-in. Creator/PeterBogdanovich is a big Creator/JohnFord fan, and a big fan of that movie.
21	%%* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther
22	* BelligerentSexualTension: Miranda and James, resulting in quite a bit of SlapSlapKiss.
23	%%* BetaCouple: Linda and Billy.
24	%%* BettyAndVeronica: Kyle is the Betty, James is the Veronica.
25	* BewareTheNiceOnes:
26	--> '''Miranda:''' You're always asking everyone else what they think.
27	--> '''Linda:''' That's right. And you know what? I'm not going to do it anymore. If I don't feel like bein' nice to somebody, I'm just goin' to be mean ... or at least impolite.
28	%%* BreakTheHaughty: Happens to both James and Miranda.
29	%%* ButtMonkey: Billy, Linda's would-be boyfriend.
30	* TheCameo: Music/TrishaYearwood appears {{as herself}} when Kyle and Miranda get caught breaking into her car so they can give her a song Kyle wrote. Yearwood records it later in the movie. Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Music/PamTillis also show up briefly.
31	* CockFight: Kyle and James have a brief one over Miranda.
32	%%* ConvenientSlowDance
33	* CrashIntoHello: James and Miranda meet for the first time on the parking lot of the Bluebird Café, both late for the audition that takes place there. [[WhatTheHellHero James then proceeds to involve Miranda in a scheme attempting to get in.]]
34	%%* DaddysGirl: Miranda. James calls her out on it.
35	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Miranda lost her father prior to the beginning of the movie, and just can't stop thinking about him.
36	%%* DidNotGetTheGirl: Kyle.
37	* TheDitherer: Linda can't decide between becoming a singer, a beauty contestant, or an actress.
38	* FailedAuditionPlot: The movie starts as this for Miranda, but soon turns into more of a romance plot.
39	%%* FourPhilosophyEnsemble:
40	%%** TheCynic: Miranda.
41	%%** TheOptimist: Linda.
42	%%** The Realist: James.
43	%%** The Conflicted: Kyle.
44	%%* FourthDateMarriage: Quite literally.
45	* GilliganCut: Miranda ''really'' doesn't want to have the waitress job. The next time we see her, she's indeed waiting tables.
46	--> '''Miranda:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I'm writing a song about a waitress who kills herself.]]
47	* GiveMeAReason: James provokes Kyle about getting the girl.
48	* HiddenDepths: Linda has some.
49	--> '''Linda:''' You know, sometimes people aren't exactly the person you might think they are when you first meet someone.
50	%%* HotBlooded: Miranda.
51	* IAmNotMyFather: James is afraid of unintentionally becoming the same bad person his father was.
52	* TheInsomniac: Miranda, to the point of it seriously impeding her relationship with James.
53	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: James.
54	* LastMinuteHookup: James and Miranda make up during the last couple of minutes of the film.
55	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: There's a display board titled "Weeklyrates new pool" in the street outside the Drakes Hotel (where Miranda and Linda stay) which comments on plot developments in the form of song lines.
56	* LetsDuet: Miranda and James, "Blame It On Your Heart."
57	* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple:
58	--> '''James:''' It seems as though you've made a cheque out for "selfish, arrogant dickhead."
59	--> '''Miranda:''' Yeah, they'll cash it. They know it's you.
60	** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that they're actually married by this point. Though not for a very long time.
61	%%* LoveWillLeadYouBack
62	* MyBelovedSmother: Linda Lou's mother shows traits of this.
63	%%* NaiveNewcomer: Miranda, at first.
64	%%* NiceGuy: Kyle.
65	* OhCrap: When Kyle falls off a horse and has to be taken to the hospital. And again when he falls off a railway bridge.
66	* PluckyComicRelief: Linda is a particularly [[TheCutie cute]] version.
67	* RuleOfFun: The record company where Miranda tries to land a deal is simply called "The Famous Music Publishing Companies."
68	* ShutUpKiss: When James takes Miranda back to her room, Miranda babbles about Linda Lue and her habits, until James says, "I need for you to stop talking", and kisses her.
69	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Interestingly, Miranda can't decide between this and AllGirlsWantBadBoys for a long while.
70	* SkywardScream: See the title quote. Done from the roof of a skyscraper.
71	%%* StepfordSmiler: Linda, very much so.
72	* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Miranda, James and Kyle make up and drive away together, planning their future in an AndTheAdventureContinues manner.]]
73	%%* TallDarkAndSnarky: James.
74	%%* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth
75	%%* {{Tsundere}}: Miranda.
76	* WackyMarriageProposal: It features a plastic ring and takes place in a supermarket.

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