That Thing You Do!

Oct 4, 1996

1h 48m

★ 6.9

The Fab Four without the Mop Tops

Overview

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Clinica Estetico

Clavius Base

20th Century Fox

That Thing You Do! Trailers

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Mr. White

Tom Hanks

Guy Patterson

Tom Everett Scott

Faye Dolan

Liv Tyler

Jimmy Mattingly

Johnathon Schaech

Lenny Haise

Steve Zahn

T.B. Player

Ethan Embry

Tina

Charlize Theron

Lamarr

Obba Babatundé

Chad

Giovanni Ribisi

Phil Horace

Chris Ellis

Sol Siler

Alex Rocco

Del Paxton

Bill Cobbs

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