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- “That Thing You Do!” was released in 1996. The film takes place in the summer of 1964 and follows the rise and fall of a fictional one-hit wonder band called The Wonders.
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That Thing You Do! was first released in mid-1997 on VHS and Laserdisc. In 1998, the film became available in the DIVX format (as with all 20th Century Fox films), rather than DVD.
Oct 5, 2023 · “That Thing You Do!” was released in 1996. The film takes place in the summer of 1964 and follows the rise and fall of a fictional one-hit wonder band called The Wonders. The movie’s soundtrack features the title song “That Thing You Do!” The catchy pop tune was written by Adam Schlesinger and performed by the fictional band in the movie.
Oct 1, 2021 · Adam said to me, “Did you hear about That Thing You Do!? Come on man, we should do it, it’ll be great!” Come on man, we should do it, it’ll be great!” That was his slogan pretty much.
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- TOM HANKS WROTE THE SCRIPT WHILE PROMOTING FORREST GUMP AND GETTING SICK OF TALKING ABOUT HIMSELF. Hanks wanted to achieve “creative sanity” during the endless promotion.
- THE TITLE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY THE BASS PLAYER OF FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE. At the time, Adam Schlesinger was in the band Ivy and was just starting to form Fountains of Wayne when he entered Hanks and the producers’ contest to write a “faux-Beatles” tune called “That Thing You Do.”
- MIKE VIOLA WAS UPSET OVER THE LACK OF CREDIT GIVEN FOR SINGING THE SONG. The Candy Butchers singer didn’t appreciate being listed after the long cast and production credits—including one horse—as simply supplying “Additional Vocals.”
- TOM EVERETT SCOTT ALMOST DIDN’T GET THE PART BECAUSE HE LOOKED TOO MUCH LIKE HANKS. Hanks changed his mind and gave the young lookalike his first film role after Hanks’s wife, Rita Wilson, said Everett Scott was cute.
Oct 8, 2016 · EXACTLY 20 years after hit movie That Thing You Do! premiered (and the titular song began playing in a loop in our heads) a leading cast member has finally revealed one massive secret.
Oct 4, 2016 · Released in 1996, That Thing You Do! chronicled the meteoric rise and fall of the Wonders, a fictional rock band in the early ‘60s who are catapulted to fame on the success of their one hit song...
That Thing You Do! is a 1996 comedy movie written and directed by Tom Hanks, who also appears in a starring role. The story is set in 1964 in Erie, Pennsylvania, not long after The British Invasion.
