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The Thing Called Love (1993) -- A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom.

Overview

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6.1/10   2,748 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Carol Heikkinen (written by)
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Release Date:
16 July 1993 (USA) more
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Stand By Your Dream
Plot:
A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom. full summary | add synopsis
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Phoenix Drug Use Was Talked About
 (From WENN. 5 January 2001)

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Samantha Mathis at her best more (42 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

River Phoenix ... James Wright

Samantha Mathis ... Miranda Presley

Dermot Mulroney ... Kyle Davidson

Sandra Bullock ... Linda Lue Linden
K.T. Oslin ... Lucy
Anthony Clark ... Billy
Webb Wilder ... Ned

Earl Poole Ball ... Floyd
Deborah Allen ... Herself
Jimmie Dale Gilmore ... Himself
Katy Moffatt ... Herself
Jo-El Sonnier ... Himself
Pam Tillis ... Herself
Kevin Welch ... Himself
Trisha Yearwood ... Herself
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language. (2005 director's cut)
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116 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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River Phoenix wrote his character’s song 'Lone Star State Of Mine' especially for the film. more
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Revealing mistakes: In the scene when James meets with a record label agent after performing, Miranda is closing up the bar, however it is obviously day time outside with cars and people going by the windows. more
Quotes:
Miranda Presley: You're always asking everyone else what they think.
Linda Lue Linden: 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.
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HAPPY EVER AFTER (COMES ONE DAY AT A TIME) more

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8 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Samantha Mathis at her best, 2 January 2005
Author: (caspian1978@hotmail.com) from Attleboro, MA

Not really a story about generation x, although the cast is young and as fresh as it can be for 1992 / 1993. This is the story about youth, music and growing up an Elvis fan. More than that, it is a story about friendship and young love. Kind of like an Elvis movie, without the bad country music. Samantha Mathis gives one of her better performances here as the young girl from NYC who wants to be the next country singer out of Memphis. Much like the rocky career of the later (great) River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis has disappeared. Although she is not dead, like some people, Samantha Mathis fell off the radar screen to be in a number of independent films. Here, she is fun to look at and even more, she is one of the reasons why this movie is still good. Even if you don't like country music, this is worth watching.

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