The Thing Called Love
1993 American film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Thing Called Love is a 1993 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Samantha Mathis as Miranda Presley, a young musician who tries to make it big in Nashville. River Phoenix, Dermot Mulroney and Sandra Bullock also star. While the film involves a love triangle and various complications in Miranda's route to success, it provides a sweetened glimpse at the lives of aspiring songwriters in Nashville. Its tagline is: "Stand by your dream".
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The Thing Called Love | |
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Directed by | Peter Bogdanovich |
Written by | Carol Heikkinen |
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Cinematography | Peter James |
Edited by | Terry Stokes |
Music by | G. Marq Roswell |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 116 minutes 120 minutes (director's cut) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $14 million |
Box office | $1 million[1] (US) |
The film was Phoenix's final complete screen performance before his death, as well as Phoenix's final film which released during his lifetime. Bogdanovich called the movie "a little picture with a slightly meandering French quality."[2]
A "making of" documentary is available on the film's DVD release, titled The Thing Called Love: A Look Back.[3]