That Thing You Do! is a 1996 film written and directed by Tom Hanks. Set in the summer of 1964, the movie tells the story of a one-hit wonder rock band, called The Wonders, following their whirlwind rise to the top of the pop charts, and just as quickly, their dissolution. The film also resulted in a real life musical hit with the song, "That Thing You Do".
The film follows the career of an Erie, Pennsylvania, rock band that formed at the beginni...
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That Thing You Do! is a 1996 film written and directed by Tom Hanks. Set in the summer of 1964, the movie tells the story of a one-hit wonder rock band, called The Wonders, following their whirlwind rise to the top of the pop charts, and just as quickly, their dissolution. The film also resulted in a real life musical hit with the song, "That Thing You Do".
The film follows the career of an Erie, Pennsylvania, rock band that formed at the beginning of the British Invasion in 1964. Former peacetime army serviceman Guy Patterson (Tom Everett Scott), who now works at his father's appliance store in Erie, Pennsylvania, is a good drummer who idolizes jazz and is involved in a shallow relationship with Tina Powers (Charlize Theron in one of her first major motion picture roles.)
Guy is asked by rhythm guitarist/singer Jimmy Mattingly (Johnathon Schaech) and lead guitarist/singer Lenny Haise (Steve Zahn) to substitute at that night's annual Mercyhurst College talent show, for their unnamed...
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