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Oct 4, 2016 · Actually, there's a couple really good reasons: The Characters Are Better Developed. A huge portion of the cut footage from That Thing You Do! is a lot of deleted and extended moments...
- Couples Retreat. When Jason and Cynthia realize their marriage is in trouble, they decide to go on a couples’ retreat in paradise. The retreat is available for a special group rate, so they invite their six closest friends.
- Date Night. A bored couple decides that they’d like to have a romantic date. When they are unable to get a table at a swanky New York restaurant, the husband decides to be spontaneous and takes another couple’s reservation.
- Alfie. Jude Law plays a limo driver who likes to womanize. He has a series of one-night stands, which only serve to harm the people he cares about the most.
- That Thing You Do! When the drummer from a local band breaks his arm before a talent show, Guy Patterson fills in. Guy increases the tempo of the band’s song, which spurs their journey to stardom.
“That Thing You Do!” is the first film written and directed by Tom Hanks, and not surprisingly it is as sunny and guileless as many of the characters he’s played: The movie may be inconsequential, but in some ways that’s a strength. Without hauling in a lot of deep meanings, it remembers with great warmth a time and a place.
A favorite movie. Johnathon Schaech did such a good job as Jimmy, a character you just detest. “Shame on me for kissing you with my eyes closed so tight.” Faye deserved so much better and I’m glad she realized it. Also, loved Lenny! Zahn played him well as lovable fun guy.
Jan 7, 2024 · We look back at That Thing You Do, an underseen gem directed by Tom Hanks, starring Liv Tyler, Charlize Theron and more.
Sep 23, 1996 · While no threat in quality or appeal to the 1962-set “American Graffiti,” still the quintessential end-of-innocence movie, “That Thing You Do!” charts similar terrain.
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That Thing You Do!: Directed by Tom Hanks. With Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn. A local Pennsylvania band scores a one-hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager.
