History Film / TheThingCalledLove

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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Miranda Presley. And [[AlliterativeName Linda Lou Linden]].

* 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 and Kyle, tells him off, and then storms off.

A 1993 {{dramedy}} film directed by Creator/PeterBogdanovich, featuring plenty of CountryMusic and a cast of actors at the [[Creator/SandraBullock beginning]] or [[Creator/RiverPhoenix end]] of their career.

* [[AsHimself As Herself]]: 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.

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In UsefulNotes/{{Nashville}}, there are 10,000 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 from New York City, Miranda befriends three fellow hopefuls: shy Connecticut cowboy Kyle Davidson (Creator/DermotMulroney), 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 Music City's well-worn highway, finding hope, heartbreak, happiness ... and [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove The Thing Called Love]].

A 1993 {{dramedy}} film directed by Creator/PeterBogdanovich, featuring plenty of CountryMusic and a cast of actors at the [[Creator/SandraBullock beginning]] or [[Creator/RiverPhoenix end]] of their career. There's a well-made DVD out there that has an [[DVDCommentary audio commentary]] and several nice extras including a particularly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] one called "Our Friend River".

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Linda Lou Linden. And Miranda Presley.

* [[AsHimself As Herself]]: 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.

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* [[AsHimself As Herself]]: Music/TrishaYearwood appears as herself when Kyle and Miranda get caught breaking into her house so they can give her a song Kyle wrote. Yearwood records it later in the movie.

In UsefulNotes/{{Nashville}}, there are 10,000 singer-songwriters chasing success ... with one chance in a million of getting it. For Miranda Presley (Samantha Mathis), that's one chance worth taking. Fresh from New York City, Miranda befriends three fellow hopefuls: shy Connecticut cowboy Kyle Davidson (Dermot Mulroney), 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 Music City's well-worn highway, finding hope, heartbreak, happiness ... and [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove The Thing Called Love]].

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: There's a display board titled "Weeklyrates new pool" in the street outside the Drakes Hotel (where Miranda und Linda stay) which comments on plot developments in the form of song lines.

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A 1993 {{dramedy}} film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, featuring plenty of CountryMusic and a cast of actors at the [[Creator/SandraBullock beginning]] or [[Creator/RiverPhoenix end]] of their career. There's a well-made DVD out there that has an [[DVDCommentary audio commentary]] and several nice extras including a particularly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] one called "Our Friend River".

-> ''Look out Music City, cause here I am and I ain't never leavin'!''

1993 movie featuring plenty of CountryMusic and a cast of actors at the [[Creator/SandraBullock beginning]] or [[Creator/RiverPhoenix end]] of their career. There's a well-made DVD out there that has an [[DVDCommentary audio commentary]] and several nice extras including a particularly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] one called "Our Friend River".

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther

* BetaCouple: Linda and Billy.
* BettyAndVeronica: Kyle is the Betty, James is the Veronica.

* BreakTheHaughty: Happens to both James and Miranda.
* ButtMonkey: Billy, Linda's would-be boyfriend.

* ConvenientSlowDance

* DaddysGirl: Miranda. James calls her out on it.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Kyle.

* FourPhilosophyEnsemble:
** TheCynic: Miranda.
** TheOptimist: Linda.
** The Realist: James.
** The Conflicted: Kyle.
* FourthDateMarriage: Quite literally.

* HotBlooded: Miranda.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: James.

* LoveWillLeadYouBack

* NaiveNewcomer: Miranda, at first.
* NiceGuy: Kyle.

* ShutUpKiss

* StepfordSmiler: Linda, very much so.

* TallDarkAndSnarky: James.
* TheyDo
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth
* {{Tsundere}}: Miranda.

* InvisibleAdvertising: Paramount only distributed the film in the South and left it for dead in a crowded summer as they felt that the film had very limited appeal outside of country music fans. When the director found out about this, he was not pleased (as he felt it was one of his better films). Eventually, the film was re-marketed as an art film after River Phoenix's death in some markets but audiences still didn't show.

* NamesTheSame: Miranda insists her middle name bears no relation to that other [[Creator/ElvisPresley Presley]]. Her father was an Elvis fan.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Linda Lou apparently had a thing for Kyle -- [[ObliviousToLove who never realized]]. She tells him about it on their departure.
--> '''Linda:''' You know, there's something that you never understood about me ... You could have had me for a song.

* NamesTheSame: Miranda insists her last name bears no relation to that other [[ElvisPresley Presley]].
** Actually Presley is her middle name. Her father was an Elvis fan.

In Nashville, there are 10,000 singer-songwriters chasing success ... with one chance in a million of getting it. For Miranda Presley (Samantha Mathis), that's one chance worth taking. Fresh from New York City, Miranda befriends three fellow hopefuls: shy Connecticut cowboy Kyle Davidson (Dermot Mulroney), 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 Music City's well-worn highway, finding hope, heartbreak, happiness ... and [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove The Thing Called Love]].

In Nashville, there are 10,000 singer-songwriters chasing success ... with one chance in a million of getting it. For Miranda Presley (Samantha Mathis), that's one chance worth taking. Fresh from New York City, Miranda befriends three fellow hopefuls: shy Connecticut cowboy Kyle Davidson (Dermot Mulroney), SouthernBelle Linda Lue Linden (SandraBullock), and James Wright (RiverPhoenix), a cocky Texan with brooding good looks and a honeyed voice. Together they begin a rocky ride down Music City's well-worn highway, finding hope, heartbreak, happiness ... and [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove The Thing Called Love]].

1993 movie featuring plenty of CountryMusic and a cast of actors at the [[SandraBullock beginning]] or [[RiverPhoenix end]] of their career. There's a well-made DVD out there that has an [[DVDCommentary audio commentary]] and several nice extras including a particularly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] one called "Our Friend River".