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That Thing You Do!
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.
1996 · Directed by Tom Hanks · 108 min · Comedy · Drama · Music · 13 frames
Tagline
The Fab Four without the Mop Tops
Crew
- Screenplay: Tom Hanks
- Cinematography: Tak Fujimoto
- Edited by: Richard Chew
- Music: Howard Shore
- Production design: Victor Kempster
- Produced by: Edward Saxon, Jonathan Demme, Gary Goetzman
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Mr. White
- Tom Everett Scott as Guy Patterson
- Liv Tyler as Faye Dolan
- Johnathon Schaech as Jimmy Mattingly
- Steve Zahn as Lenny Haise
- Ethan Embry as T.B. Player
- Charlize Theron as Tina
- Obba Babatundé as Lamarr
- Giovanni Ribisi as Chad
- Chris Ellis as Phil Horace
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Clinica Estetico, Clavius Base, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $26,000,000
- Box office: $34,585,416
- Themes: rock 'n' roll, pop star, pennsylvania, usa, record label, recording studio, battle of the bands, fictional band, teen drama, 1960s, one hit wonder
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