The Thing Called Love (1993)

Note Générale:

6,1/10   

Réalisateur:

Peter Bogdanovich

Scénariste (WGA):

Carol Heikkinen (written by)

Date de sortie:

16 juillet 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Comedie | Romance | Musique

Accroche:

Stand By Your Dream

Intrigue:

A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom.

Plot Keywords:

Newcomer | Singer | Tennessee | Country Music | Love

Avis des utilisateurs:

To Be Young And In Love In Nashville

Ensemble

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

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language. (2005 director's cut)

Durée:

116 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Australia:M | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:L | Finland:S | Argentina:13 | Spain:T | USA:PG-13 | Germany:6

Lieux de tournage:

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Société:

Paramount Pictures

Anecdotes:

Paramount released this movie only in certain regions of the United States. When it did not do well, it was not given a wider national release.

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: 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.

Guillemet:

[Kyle runs into back of a guy's car and a crowd gathers]
Driver: Didn't you see the stop sign?
Kyle Davidson: That's my song!
Driver: Well, that's my car!
Kyle Davidson: That's my song playing on the radio!
Driver: You wrote that song?
Kyle Davidson: Yeah!
Bystander: You're a better songwriter than you are a driver.
Kyle Davidson: That's my song!
Bystander: That song's all right.
[...]

Connexions:

figurer The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Bande son:

LOST HIGHWAY

To Be Young And In Love In Nashville

One of River Phoenix's last film roles was as part of a quartet of performer/songwriters looking to get a break in country music in Nashville. The rest of the quartet in The Thing Called Love is Samantha Mathis, Sandra Bullock, and Dermpt Mulroney. The whole thing kind of reminds me a little bit of Stage Door in the hopes and dreams and the camaraderie shared among the hopefuls.

In the two hour running time of the film there are almost 20 musical numbers, so many the plot almost gets in the way. When the quartet isn't singing, they're acting out the usual angst romantic and professional that are common to the young. And several country stars do some musical bits here, chiefly Tricia Yearwood who sings her hit, She's In Love With The Boy.

Tricia also figures into the plot when Mulroney and Mathis break into Yearwood's car in order to leave a cassette tape of Mulroney's latest song. It sounds like something out of I Love Lucy and it all works out in the Lucy manner with Yearwood being a good sport about it. In real life, those two would have been in court with Yearwood taking a restraining order out.

The plot is pedestrian, but the music is nice, especially if you are a country and western fan.