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starring: Obba Babatundé, Bill Cobbs, Chris Ellis, Ethan Embry, Chris Isaak
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304342466
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 6304342462
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: August 19, 1997
Running Time: 125 minutes
Sales Rank: 13430
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: October 04, 1996
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Tom Hanks's debut as a writer and director is a lively, affectionate account of the shooting-star career of a forgotten (fictional) '60s pop-rock band called The Wonders--as in 'one-hit wonders.' Hanks plays the manager of the group, which includes drummer Guy 'Sticks' Patterson (Tom Everett Scott) who works the floor at his parents' appliance store in Erie, Pennsylvania; Jimmy (Johnathon Schaech), the talented and temperamental lead singer and songwriter; Lenny (Steve Zahn), the goofy guitarist; and Ethan Embry as a geeky little fellow identified in the cast list only as 'The Bass Player.' The movie traces their meteoric rise and fall, from cutting their first record, to going on tour with a Phil Spector/Motown-type revue, to the internal tensions that lead to the band's disintegration, which comes when they fail to follow up their smash hit single, 'That Thing You Do!' And that song, by the way, is so catchy it would definitely have been a hit in 1964--and deserves to be one today. This delightful movie would make a great double-bill with Allison Anders's wonderful Grace of My Heart. --Jim Emerson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Entertainment, at it's finest!
Very entertaining and funny, great for the whole family. Classic-type rock and roll movie from the 1960's.
Rating: - That Thing You Do Director's Cut
Very disappointing that there's no commentary by Tom Hanks, but the film is excellent, with truly great songs.
Rating: - Tom Hanks is a winner!
This has some great songs written just for the movie. You'd swear they were big 60s hits... they capture the genre perfectly. This is a feel good movie... you'll be a fan.
Rating: - Great DVD for all ages!
Very entertaining story and nostalgic music. Love the boys in the band.
Tom Hanks is his usual great self!
Rating: - Hooked On Amazon
Amazon did such a great job that now im hooked! This is the only place I buy movies from!!! :-)
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