That Thing You Do! Page #4

Synopsis: Recounts a fable of a pop rock band formed a year after the Beatles took America by storm in early 1964. Jazz aficionado Guy Patterson, unhappily toiling in the family appliance store, is recruited into the band the Oneders (later renamed the Wonders) after regular drummer Chad breaks his arm. After Guy injects a four/four rock beat into lead singer Jimmy's ballad, the song's undeniable pop power flings the Wonders into a brief whirlwind of success, telling the tale of many American bands who attempted to grab the brass ring of rock and roll in the wake of the British Invasion.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Tom Hanks
Production: 20th Century Fox
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
PG
Year:
1996
108 min
3,103 Views


It's all right!

You're a lucky man!

[Guitar Solo]

[Cheering]

Oh, my goodness!

That was fantastic!

That was way

too fast, man.

It's a ballad!

You're right.

No, it was great!

It was great!

Oh, that's wicked!

That's sure wicked!

The O-neders

are the champions!

Because they do

That Thing You Do!

That was great!

That was great, you guys!

Come over here.

I wanna talk to you.

You ever been

to Villapiano's?

What, the spaghetti place

out by the airport

that's been

in the papers?

Yeah. I gotta have ya.

I just gotta have ya.

I want you playin'

at my place next weekend.

What do you say, huh?

Jimmy:
Will there

be money involved?

I'll pay you 100 bucks.

How's that?

Guy:
We'll do it.

Yeah! Yeah, yeah!

[Guitar Notes As It Crashes]

Ooh!

Guy:
I don't know.

It's like I could hear

the beat in my head, you know.

- [Horn Honking]

- [Imitates Drumbeat]

Pull over!

Hey! You guys are wicked!

You even drive

too fast!

What are you doin' with him?

He's a drummer!

Hey, One-ders!

- Whoo!

- Whoo!

I don't know.

I haven't played in front of people

in so long,

so I was nervous.

But it sounds

better fast.

Jimmy wanted it slow,

but he was wrong.

It's an up-tempo number.

And we won!

That Jimmy fella

certainly has a gal pal in Faye.

They make

a cute couple, huh?

The only other band I was in

was my uncle's band.

We played this wedding for free,

and then we broke up.

This one gets a paying gig.

So, what are you

doin' next weekend?

Are you kidding?

I'm gonna see my boyfriend's

music group.

Award-winning

music group.

Yeah, and you're playing

at a restaurant out by the... airport?

[Italian Accent]

Villapiano's.

[Drumming]

Why don't we go, uh, "C," "C," "A"-

No. The way you just played it.

- Why don't we-

But why don't we hook it in "A"?

- No!

- No, the minor chord,

the way you just played it.

- [Faye] Sandwiches.

[Lenny]

I know! Why don't we just listen to it in "A'"?

Look, I wrote it the way you just played it.

It's a sad song.

- Are they always like this?

- Yes.

- Yes.

- You should've seen 'em with Chad.

- I'm not trying to change your song.

- Terrible.

- Yeah?

- Mm-hmm.

- Oh, Faye. Is this a bologna sandwich?

- Yeah.

- Never, ever bring me

a bologna sandwich again. Ever.

- Okay.

- Ever. Never.

- Okay.

- [Muttering]

- You can make your own sandwich.

- That's only fair.

- Bologna sandwich!

[Exhales, Whistles]

- All right.

...works just fine for The Beatles.

Yeah, well-We're gonna sound like

the lads themselves?

I mean, why are we

even bothering with this song?

It's for our encore.

Ed Sullivan calls us back

for a chat.

All right. Let's shove it. We need

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Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Hanks is known for his comedic and dramatic roles in such films as Splash (1984), Big (1988), Turner & Hooch (1989), A League of Their Own (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Apollo 13 (1995), You've Got Mail (1998), The Green Mile (1999), Cast Away (2000), Road to Perdition (2002), Cloud Atlas (2012), Captain Phillips (2013), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), and Sully (2016). He has also starred in the Robert Langdon film series, and voices Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story film series. Hanks has collaborated with film director Steven Spielberg on five films to date: Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Terminal (2004), Bridge of Spies (2015), and The Post (2017), as well as the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers, which launched Hanks as a successful director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2010, Spielberg and Hanks were executive producers on the HBO miniseries The Pacific. Hanks' films have grossed more than $4.5 billion at U.S. and Canadian box offices and more than $9.0 billion worldwide, making him the fourth highest-grossing actor in North America. Hanks has been nominated for numerous awards during his career. He won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia (1993), as well as a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a People's Choice Award for Best Actor for Forrest Gump (1994). In 1995, Hanks became one of only two actors who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in consecutive years, with Spencer Tracy being the other. This feat has not been accomplished since. In 2004, he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). In 2014, he received a Kennedy Center Honor and, in 2016, he received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama, as well as the French Legion of Honor. more…

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