That Thing You Do! Page #5

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
3,117 Views


somethin' slow anyway.

No, we don't.

- I've been workin' on a ballad.

- Oh.

- It's called, "All My Only Dreams."

- It's about me.

I've dragged you into hell.

I'm sorry.

[Slow Rock]

[Airplane]

[Whistles]

Thank you.

Table 19,

your pizza's ready.

[Rim Shot]

Hey, when are you gonna play

That Thing You Do?

That's what we

wanna hear!

Uh, has our fame

preceded us?

Hey, we came here

to meet girls and dance,

and we can't meet girls

until we dance!

All right, this is an opportune time

to pick it up a little.

All right, here's one

for the kid in the back.

Let's dance!

[Pop]

Hey, let's dance.

Let it burn.

Let her burn.

Let her burn all night.

Bring me out here in the doggone

middle of the night

to turn off the light.

Can't he ever

get anything right?

"Oh, no. No, Dad,

I'll-I'll be sure to turn the lights off."

Hell, he couldn't

turn a light off at the house.

Why would he ever

turn one off down here at the store?

[Airplane]

Know what that is?

Presidential

flash cards?

A bonus.

Do you know why?

I have no idea.

To entice you back.

The word is out

on you O-neders.

Hey,

that's O-nedders.

The door went up

on your second set tonight.

People were callin' their friends

to come down to Villapiano's.

Yeah?

I'm gonna make

a fortune off you.

I tell you-Hey, don't even bother

with the fake I.D.s.

Villapiano's is closed.

Lance! Lance.

Like, so whatever

happened to Tina?

Um, she had

to help her mom

with a Tupperware party,

making food.

Well, she better get herself

down here next time,

'cause all the girls

were talking about you guys

in the bathroom.

Yeah?

I almost slugged some girl

called Chrissy.

- Chrissy Thompkins?

- Short brown hair.

Wait. What did I miss?

Who is she?

Oh, gray polka-dot dress,

nursing a beer,

over by the photo-booth.

Stayed for both sets.

Wait. Where was I?

Oh, playing songs

on my guitar.

Here you go, kids.

On the house.

She had her eye

on my Jimmy.

Hey, three stooges,

come on, out.

She had some fine things to say

about our drummer as well, though.

- Get out. What'd she say?

- I don't know.

Hey, guys. I don't

mean to interrupt.

I just wanna say that,

uh, love your song, love that music.

I wanna know where I can

get the record.

- Outside.

- Hey, pops!

Pops? I'll give you a pop.

Hey, wasn't

that our fan?

Hey, what do you guys

think about that?

Faye:
What?

Maybe we should

make a record.

Like, actually

make a record.

A record-record

record?

Yeah,

that's what I mean.

Not one

that we'd play.

Yeah, I mean, we could, like,

sell copies of them right here

for a buck apiece.

There's a sound booth

at Tele-Mart that we could use.

No, that's for,

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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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