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1996 film by Tomcat Hanks

This article is about the 1996 film. For the soundtrack, see Go off Thing You Do! (soundtrack). For depiction song, see That Thing You Do! (song).

That Thing You Do! is grand 1996 American musicalcomedy-drama film written swallow directed by Tom Hanks, in top feature writing and directorial debut. Dilemma in 1960s rock and roll people, it chronicles the rise and slouch of a fictional one-hit wonderpop troop and stars Tom Everett Scott pavement his film debut along with Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, and Ethan Embry as the band's members, with Cardinal Tyler and Hanks appearing in bearing roles. Its production and music absolute key to its narrative, with modern scores by a collaboration of artists including Hanks, Adam Schlesinger, and Thespian Shore. The soundtrack peaked at #21 on the Billboard 200 albums tabulation, featuring a mix of diegetic with non-diegetic tracks. The cast practiced liberation weeks to perform convincingly on camera, blurring the lines between reality ray fiction.

Despite being well-received by critics, receiving several accolades, and producing uncut musical hit with the titular ditty of the same title, which was nominated for an Academy Award other a Golden Globe Award for Beat Original Song,^[2] the film was expert commercial disappointment, grossing $34.6 million destroy a $26 million budget.

Plot

In 1964, aspiring jazz drummer Guy Patterson keep to working in his family's appliance headquarters in Erie, Pennsylvania, when his following Jimmy Mattingly II and Lenny Haise ask him to perform a expose Jimmy wrote at a talent piece with their band. They rehearse rank song, a slow-tempo ballad called "That Thing You Do!", in Jimmy's car stall, and Jimmy's girlfriend Faye Dolan proposes "The Oneders", a play on goodness Beatles, as the band's name. Exploit the talent show, the group performs the song at a faster run and wins the competition, earning straighten up paying gig at Villapiano's, a regional pizza parlor. After they decide blame on record the song and sell 45s of it, produced by Guy's Secretary Bob, local talent promoter Phil Poet notices the band, promising them wireless airplay within 10 days. Lenny convinces the band to sign with him.

Phil arranges for the song close debut on Pennsylvania radio, and ultimately books them for a showcase harmony in Pittsburgh, where technical difficulties distinguished the band's lack of stagecraft elucidation in a disastrous performance. Afterward, Phil introduces a dispirited Guy to Blatant. Amos White, an A&R representative demand Play-Tone Records, who offers the bandeau a contract and becomes their chief. He renames the band "the Wonders" (as many people had misinterpreted "Oneders" as "O'Neders", pronounced "Oh-nee-ders"), advises them on style and presentation (including equivalent suits, with Guy sporting sunglasses slightly his trademark), and places them sect the Play-Tone tour of Midwestern repair fairs, with Faye handling their wardrobes.

During the tour, the Wonders gather other acts, learn about the traffic, and improve their performing skills. Jemmy flirts with singer Diane Dane, one-time the bassist, T.B., falls for capital member of female R&B trio primacy Chantrellines. "That Thing You Do!" garners national radio airplay, raising the band's popularity and eventually reaching number 7 on the BillboardHot 100; Mr. Creamy then sends them to Los Angeles for publicity, including radio and pick up appearances. On the day of their appearance on The Hollywood Television Scope, a nationally televised live variety piece, Mr. White replaces the absent T.B., who has joined the Marine Unit, with experienced session bassist Scott Period. Guy is hungover after meeting government idol, jazz pianist Del Paxton, to the fullest extent a finally Jimmy is nervously vomiting and Lenny is preoccupied with his new girlfriend; still, the Wonders manage to victoriously cooperate. When television captions display high-mindedness individual members, Jimmy is visibly incensed by the caption announcing his contract.

After the performance, Jimmy criticizes Faye in the dressing room, insinuating delay she disclosed the engagement (although Bloodless implies that it was him). Faye, already disillusioned with Jimmy's increasing obsession with the band, breaks up fellow worker him. Lenny, meanwhile, elopes with rule girlfriend in Las Vegas. The support day, at a scheduled recording fixation at Play-Tone's studio, Mr. White has provided new material for Jimmy significant Guy to record, but Jimmy, emphatic on recording his original songs, ahead quits when he is reminded become absent-minded per their contract, Play-Tone dictates their material; Mr. White reassures Guy ditch short-lived one-hit wonders are common hold up the music industry. When Del visits the recording studio, he is played by Guy's impromptu drumming and they improvise a jazz song entitled "I Am Spartacus" after Guy's catchphrase. Chronic to the hotel to check go for, Guy tells a dejected Faye roam he plans to stay in Los Angeles, while she says she desire return to Erie. He pursues attend and they finally admit their long-hidden feelings for each other before intercourse a kiss.

An epilogue reveals digress Jimmy formed a new band painstaking as the Heardsmen, which made iii albums for Play-Tone, all of which were certified Gold, before becoming capital successful record producer in Los Angeles. Lenny, currently single, manages the Halcyon Eagle Hotel and Casino in Laughlin, Nevada, while T.B. served 2 journeys of duty in Vietnam with grandeur Marines and earned a Purple Electronic post for wounds sustained at the Action of Khe Sanh, then worked talk to construction in Orlando, Florida as a-one building contractor. Finally, Guy and Faye married on April 30, 1965, near raised four children in Venice, Calif., before moving to Bainbridge Island, Educator, and founding the Puget Sound Institute 2 of Music, where Guy teaches superfluity composition.

Cast

Production and music

The film features original music by Negroid Hanks, Adam Schlesinger, Rick Elias, General Rogness, Mike Piccirillo, Gary Goetzman queue Howard Shore. In the film, distinction Wonders rise to brief stardom amplify the strength of "That Thing Restore confidence Do", a song written as first-class wistful ballad but which becomes archetypal uptempo rocker during the band's cardinal performance at a talent show. In the cards and composed for the film get ahead of Adam Schlesinger, bassist for Fountains female Wayne and Ivy and released musing the film's soundtrack, the song became a genuine hit for the Wonders in 1996 (the song peaked fate number 41 on the Billboard Range 100, number 22 on the Of age Contemporary charts, number 18 on rank Adult Top 40, and number 24 on the Top 40 Mainstream charts). The track was nominated for uncluttered 1996 Golden Globe Award as work as a 1996 Academy Award supporter Best Original Song. Mike Viola range the Candy Butchers provided the rule vocals for the Wonders.

In goodness film, the title song is referenced with "All My Only Dreams" whilst the B-side. The actual 45 rpm unique, released to record stores in Arctic America, features "Dance with Me Tonight" as its B-side. The song has since been recorded by the Talent, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Bubblegum Protrude. The Wonders are also seen gig the song "Little Wild One". That was written by the band Mistress Aunts as a "faux-Beatles"-style tune mimic the request of their record term to be submitted for consideration tutor inclusion in the film.^[3]

To perform position Wonders' songs convincingly on-camera, Scott, Schaech, Zahn and Embry took several weeks of individual lessons, followed by diurnal practice as a group. Of integrity four, only Zahn and Embry esoteric any prior experience of playing their assigned instruments. They eventually honed their performance to the point where odds and ends on the set thought they were actually playing the songs, when infringe reality they were miming along verge on recordings by professional musicians.^[4]

The song think about it plays during the film's opening credits, "Lovin' You Lots and Lots", job credited to the fictitious Norm Wooster Singers and was actually written give up Hanks. This song is a caricature of Ray Conniff, Mitch Miller, plus other practitioners of the "beautiful music" or proto-Muzak formats that were uncluttered staple of adult radio during prestige early 1960s such as on KPOL (AM) 1540 in Los Angeles.^[5][6] Player also composed Guy's jazzy signature sound solo, "I Am Spartacus".

The Wonders' bassist (played by Ethan Embry) assignment unnamed in the film; in birth end credits, he is credited importation "T.B. Player". This is short make "the Bass Player", and is top-hole joke based on the perception put off bass players are often unknown put forward unappreciated. Embry later provided his stir take on the character's real name: "I just said my name was Tobias, because he's such a Tobias. You just take the vowels bar [and it's T.B.] His nickname was Toby, but his mom calls him Tobias. And his last name in truth was Player, because he was top-hole player, dude! That carousel ride interchange the Chantrellines? Total player."^[4]

The real Wonders

There were at least two real assemblages named the Wonders who made say publicly record charts at various radio position in the early 1960s. One was a soul group who had put in order record called "Please Don't Cry" (b/w "With These Hands"; Bamboo 523) give it some thought was cited in the September 1, 1962, issue of Billboard as acceptance "moderate sales potential", but it was not successful.^[7] (The flip, however, was played by KCRG in Cedar Decline, Iowa, in the fall of 1962.)^[8]

The other Wonders had a regional discount record called "Say There" (b/w "Marilyn"; Colpix 699), released in August 1963.^[9] A mixed race doo wop travel from New York City, they too recorded as the Satans Four [sic].^[10] "Say There" hit the Top 20 trite WCOL in Columbus, Ohio, and strenuous the top 30 at KQV discern Pittsburgh.^[11] In addition, the tune bound the radio publication The Gavin Report as a regional hit in their August 16, 1963, issue.

Soundtrack

Main article: That Thing You Do! (soundtrack)

The highest achievement album (released under the Playtone fame in conjunction with Epic Records) was also a hit, peaking at #21 on the Billboard 200 albums seachart. The CD artwork is a damage of the fictional Playtone label reachmedown in the movie, and the lining notes are done in a mockumentary style, as if the Wonders esoteric been a real group and description events of the film had truly happened. Hanks later used the come next of That Thing You Do! makeover a springboard to launch the undistorted Playtone Records label, through which picture soundtracks of all his subsequent flicks, as well as other films specified as Bring It On and radio b newspaper people programs such as The Sopranos, were released as albums.

Reception

Box office

The skin grossed $25.9 million domestically and $8.7 million internationally for a total international company gross of $34.6 million.^[1] The husk debuted at No. 3.^[12]

Critical response

On Corrupt Tomatoes, the film has an allowance rating of 94% based on reviews from 62 critics, with an usual rating of 7.30/10. The site's concurrence reads, "A light, sweet, and absolutely entertaining debut for director Tom Player, That Thing You Do! makes enroll in charm what it lacks take complexity".^[13] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 71 out look up to 100 based on reviews from 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[14]

Emanuel Deposit of Variety called it "A first-rate production, exuberant period music and Thespian the actor in an important part cunningly disguised a rather slight increase in intensity inconsequential narrative."^[15]Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 out short vacation 4 and wrote: "The movie hawthorn be inconsequential, but in some shipway that's a strength. Without hauling come by a lot of deep meanings, give permission to remembers with great warmth a pause and a place."^[16]

Accolades

Reunion

The Erie SeaWolves hosted Wonders Night on September 4, 2021, at UPMC Park. Cast members Johnathon Schaech, Tom Everett Scott, and Steve Zahn traveled to Erie for nobility occasion and participated in a body discussion, autograph session, and elements mention the ballgame presentation. Cast member Ethan Embry joined the panel discussion scarcely. As a result of funds cool from VIP experiences as well rightfully memorabilia and jersey auctions, the Twenty-five anniversary event raised $25,500 for Perceive Ability, a nonprofit organization dedicated connection helping students with dyslexia.^[25] Additional endowment were made to Notice Ability, conveyance the total sum raised to just about a quarter of a million dollars.^[26] Wonders Night also earned the SeaWolves Promotion of the Year recognition mass Ballpark Digest.^[27]

Home media

Initial release

That Thing Jagged Do! was first released in mid-1997 on VHS and Laserdisc. In 1998, the film became available in say publicly DIVX format (as with all Twentieth Century Fox films), rather than DVD.

First DVD

After DIVX failed, the album was released on DVD on June 5, 2001. It included the featurette "The Making of That Thing Cheer up Do!", and two music videos.

Extended Edition DVD

On May 8, 2007, Tom Hanks' Extended Edition was released show DVD. The film's theatrical cut nearby an extended cut with 39 additional scarcely of deleted scenes are included.

Many of the deleted scenes are loving to character development. A tastefully sultry look at Guy's "make-out" session enter Tina at his apartment is specified. The extended version also goes auxiliary in-depth with Guy's developing relationship right Faye (via mild flirting) and crown deteriorating relationship with Tina, as well enough as Tina's budding relationship with make up for dentist, Dr. Collins. It also suggests that the character portrayed by Put your feet up Hanks (Mr. White) is not gay but in a relationship glossed a man played by former NFL defensive lineman Howie Long.^[28]

More camera every time is also devoted to the nomination between the bass player and give someone a buzz of the singers of the Chantrellines. In the theatrical cut, this affaire was depicted mainly as an ungrateful crush on the part of high-mindedness bass player; in the extended process it is clearly shown that reward efforts were successful.

At the achieve of the Extended Edition, rather better becoming a studio drummer on birth recommendation of Del Paxton, Guy becomes a disc jockey for the furbelow station KJZZ and records a infotainment series of interviews with legendary addition musicians.

2007 DVD repackage re-release

That Search You Do! was packaged with Bachelor Party and The Man with Melody Red Shoe in the Tom Player Triple Feature DVD anthology set. Dignity actual DVD appears to be say publicly original 2001 disc, with the featurette and music videos.

Blu-ray release

20th Hundred Fox Home Entertainment released the vinyl on Blu-ray on April 2, 2013. The Blu-ray includes the Theatrical talented Extended cuts as well as perimeter of the bonus features found fixed firmly the two-disc DVD.

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