The Thing Called Love (1993)

Nutzer-Bewertung:

6.1/10   

Regisseur:

Peter Bogdanovich

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Carol Heikkinen (written by)

Premierendatum:

16. Juli 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Komödie | Romanze | Musik

Werbezeile:

Stand By Your Dream

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Country Singer | Humor | Affection | Aspiration | Bittersweet

Nutzerkommentare:

Samantha Mathis at her best

Besetzung

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

Alternativ:

The Thing Called Love - Die Entscheidung fürs Leben (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

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

Länge:

116 Min

Land:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

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

Drehorte:

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Firma:

Paramount Pictures

Dies und das:

Sandra Bullock co-wrote and performed the song "Heaven Knocking On My Door" in this film.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When James and Kyle fight in the parking lot of the Bluebird after Linda Lou wins 4th prize in the Miss Nashville pageant, Kyle falls. Linda Lou is on top of Kyle in one shot, but in the next, she is behind him, squatting down.

Dialogzitate:

Kyle Davidson: You want me to tell you how I feel about you?
Miranda Presley: Yeah.
Kyle Davidson: Okay, okay. Uh, sometimes you hear a song on the radio and it's just the song you want to hear right then, and then it's over and you're just glad you heard it.
Miranda Presley: And I'm like that song?
Kyle Davidson: No, you're nothing like that song. You're like if that was the only song in the world that I could hear for the rest of my life. You're that song.

Querbezüge:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in The Look of the Film (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

LOST HIGHWAY

Samantha Mathis at her best

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.