For the soundtrack recorded by Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle see One from the Heart (album)
One from the Heart is a
musical film directed by
Francis Ford Coppola. It is set entirely in
Las Vegas, on the
Las Vegas Strip and the desert surrounding the city. Though the film realistically evokes the feeling of being on the busy Las Vegas Strip, there were no
location shots used in the film, it shot on studio sound stages with the single exception of one space on the back lot for a "Las Vegas junkyard" set, described by a character in the film as being "the garden of the
Taj Mahal".
Plot
Hank and Frannie don't seem to be able to live together anymore. Hank is a "stick-in-the-mud" and Frannie is a "flake." After a five-year relationship, lustful and dreamy Frannie leaves down-to-earth Hank on the anniversary of their relationship. Each one of them meets their dream mate: a suave singer-waiter for Frannie, and a lovely circus performer for Hank.