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Four singer/songwriter hopefuls learning the ins and outs of the country music business discover that matters of the heart can be even tougher that getting a record deal.
Editor's Note
New Yorker Miranda Presley (Samantha Mathis)--no relation to the King--buses it to Nashville and arrives with her guitar and the dream of making it big in country music. She meets other twentysomethings at the Bluebird Caf, a popular local nightspot/talent showcase: Linda Lou Linden (Sandra Bullock), a sweet, talentless southern girl who becomes Miranda's roommate; Kyle Davidson (Dermot Mulroney) a Connecticut Yankee with country dreams and crush on Miranda; and River Phoenix as James Wright, a moody, talented musician to whom Miranda is drawn. These four hopefuls struggle with life and love as they try to achieve success. Various country stars, including Trisha Yearwood and Pam Tillis, appear as themselves, and K.T. Oslin plays Lucy, the talent gatekeeper at the Bluebird Caf. Mathis, Phoenix, Mulroney, and Bullock all performed the vocals for their characters' songs. The film, directed by Peter Bogdanovich (MASK), marks Phoenix's final performance. The young actor died in 1993.
Plot Summary
Four struggling country-western performers wrangle with making it in love and the music business in this film, centering around Miranda Presley (Samantha Mathis), a talented young singer who buses it from New York City to Nashville. En route to success, she finds herself at the Bluebird Caf on open-mike night, making friends with handsome bucks, singers James Wright and Kyle Davidson (River Phoenix and Dermot Mulroney). Sandra Bullock also stars as Miranda's less-talented roommate, in this drama from Peter Bogdanovich (MASK).
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 6/20/1995 |
| Running Time: 116 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1993 | | Catalog ID: 32843 | | UPC: 00097363284338 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC] | | Video: Color |
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"...The scenes are fresh and the emotions real in Peter Bogdanovich's tune-laden, mixed-mood drama..." 09/06/1993New York Times
"[A] small, sweet-tempered film....Mr. Bogdanovich seems genuinely interested by country music..." 03/14/2006 p.E9 |
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