That Thing You Do! Page #6

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
3,126 Views


like, two people.

That's for

birthday greetings.

You're talkin'

to Spartacus here.

I happen to have a relative

in the record industry.

Ooh. Uncle Bob?

Uncle-

who's Uncle Bob?

[Laughing]

He records church music.

Choirs, favorite sermons,

stuff my mom listens to.

So could he

record our music?

Guy:
Maybe.

Wouldn't do it

for free.

And we'd have to

watch our language.

[Airplane]

[Pop]

- That was swingin', man.

- [Shouts]

- [Lenny] Swingin'?

- Swingin'.

That's good, right? Swinging's good?

- [Jimmy] I think it was still too fast.

- Are we done?

Thank you, Uncle Bob.

Thank you very, very much.

- Say hi to your dad for me, huh?

- You got it.

What about "All My Only Dreams"?

I gotta be in Buffalo at 7:00

and record a children's choir.

- We only got that one take.

- Hey, Uncle Bob.

When are we gonna get these records?

Uh-

- Luke 21:
19.

- "In your patience possess ye your souls."

Luke. Who's Luke?

When are we gettin' the record?

Wednesday.

What about the "B" side?

"All My Only Dreams" on the "B" side.

We need it for the "B" side.

Come on. It won't take very long.

Uncle Bob, please!

L- I can do it in one take.

Just one take.

- One take.

- One take.

[Girl]

Kelly, come on. Come on!

Hey, these are

The O-neders?

No. It's The One-ders.

The One-ders. O-N-E.

- But the band is playing here tonight?

- Yeah.

- They made a record?

- Yeah.

Neato.

Here, your change.

Thank you.

Girl:
So you mean,

you can see me from up there?

Oh, crystal clearly.

You've been here

every night.

You know, you guys

are way better than anything.

I told my parents I was going over

to my friends'-

Bobbie and Joanne-

to study, but I didn't.

I came here, instead.

I'm stooping to subterfuge

for you guys.

Hoo hoo. Subter-

Hey, uh, Skitch,

your girlfriend

just walked in the door.

[Stammers]

Oh, great.

Tina made it.

I'll handle this.

Don't worry.

Thanks.

Hi. I'm Lenny.

Hi.

What's your name?

Chrissy.

T. Hey. You came!

As promised.

Hey!

And look.

New dancing shoes.

Ah. You look great.

Yeah, he's got a very

pretty girlfriend, doesn't he?

Is it serious,

do you know?

Very serious.

I'm single.

What about

the bass player?

He's married.

Is it always

this smoky?

Hey, Ringo,

it's showtime.

Come on, you should've

been on five minutes ago.

[Pop]

[Singing]

[Ends]

[Cheering]

- Whoo!

- [Whistles]

Thank you, Erie, P. A!

[Screaming]

- [Shouting]

- Wow!

Thanks, Guy!

Oh, great! Yeah!

- Come on.

- Hey, it's a riot.

- Thank you.

- No, no. This means that they want an encore!

- Oh, yeah, right!

- Yeah!

I need you down here right now.

I got a riot goin' on.

- Wait. A riot. Get down here!

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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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