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Apr 3, 2020 · The movie’s Oscar-nominated theme song ranks among Hollywood’s best fake hits; its songwriter, Adam Schlesinger, died this week at 52 from coronavirus complications. When Ringo Starr joined the...
Sep 25, 2016 · Still years before Schlesinger’s own band, Fountains of Wayne, would achieve chart-topping success, he was offered a shot at penning the titular song for That Thing You Do!, a sweet, borderline-campy film paying tribute to a fictitious band swept up in the craze of ’60s Beatlemania.
"That Thing You Do" is the titular song appearing in the 1996 film of the same name. Written by Adam Schlesinger , the song is performed by the fictional 1960s band the Wonders, who are the focus of the film.
Apr 2, 2020 · As the onscreen story goes, “That Thing You Do!” became a perfect pop song by accident. The title track from the 1996 film comedy was “written” by Jimmy Mattingly (played by Johnathon Schaech),...
- The Title Song Was Written by The Bass Player of Fountains of Wayne.
- Mike Viola Was Upset Over The Lack of Credit Given For Singing The Song.
- The Actors Actually Learned How to Play Their Instruments.
- There Were Plenty of Other Potential Band Names.
- Hanks Knew Charlize Theron Was Going to Be Famous After She Auditioned.
- No Actual Music from The 1960s Was Used.
- The Bass Player’S Name Is Never mentioned.
- They Filmed on The Price Is Right Stage.
- Hanks Worked Long Hours on His Directorial Debut.
- The Film Featured A Mini Bosom Buddies Reunion.
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.” Schlesinger’s version was picked out of 300 entries. In the demo that won, singer Mike Viola was hungover.The track was later re-recorded in Ca...
The Candy Butchers singer didn’t appreciate being listed after the long cast and production credits—including one horse—as simply supplying “Additional Vocals.” A producer responded by saying that the film wanted to create a mythology about the band The Wonders, as if they were real, something which would be harder to do if Viola’s credit was liste...
Everett Scott, Steve Zahn (Lenny Haise), Ethan Embry (T.B. Player) and Johnathon Schaech (Jimmy Mattingly) spent a month learning all of the notes to all of The Wonders’s tunes, even though they weren’t actually the ones playing them. It was Schaech’s first time playing guitar, and Everett Scott’s first attempt at playing drums. Schaech burned his ...
Schaech revealed some of the names written in his character’s notebook in a series of YouTube videos:Mom’s Hot Dish (A Zahn creation), The Lords of Erie, Jimmy in This and Jimmy in That, The Hanks, and Faye’s Addiction were some of the more interesting ones.
The future Oscar winner played the role of Tina in That Thing You Do!, which was only her second credited on-screen role. After she finished her audition, Hanks said, "She's got it! That girl is going to be somebody." In her script, Hanks wrote, “No matter what, I will always claim to have discovered you.”
The rights to even obscure B-sides were expensive, so Hanks and some of his collaborators composed new music for the movie. Hanks also remarked that Forrest Gump used actual '60s music to full effect already, and recently.
Ethan Embry was credited as T.B. Player (The Bass Player). Embry once said he believed the "T" stood for Tobias.
The Hollywood Television Showcase scene was shot on Stage 33, Bob Barker Studio, at CBS Television City in Hollywood.
He started at 4 a.m. and usually got home around 11:45 p.m. He was so tired one morning that he didn't even notice his wife, Rita Wilson (who played a cocktail waitress in the film), was on the set. "I was so tired by then I didn't even know it was my wife," Hanks said. "I thought, 'She's a very attractive lady, and I hope she's going to be nice to...
Peter Scolari, who co-starred on the sitcom Bosom Buddies with a pre-fame Hanks from 1980 to 1982, played Troy Chesterfield, the host of The Hollywood Television Showcase.
- Roger Cormier
Jan 23, 2018 · The That Thing You Do! soundtrack made it to #21 on the Billboard album chart, and the single hit #18 on the Adult Top 40 chart. The song also got an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song. Critics give the film a very positive 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Apr 4, 2023 · One of the most effective lingering memories from "That Thing You Do!" is the enduring title track, penned by "Fountains of Wayne" tunesmith Schlesinger as the one hit for The Wonders.
