They have one song, written by their lead vocalist, Jimmy Johnathon Schaech. As they get better as a band, the song gets better, too, and soon they're being signed to tour Pennsylvania by a so-called manager who pulls up outside the store in his camper. Meanwhile, their first record is chasing the Rolling Stones up the Billboard charts, and in Hollywood they get their big break, a spot on a TV showcase. Meanwhile, maybe inevitably, the band members are developing problems with one another. Jimmy brings along his girlfriend Liv Tyler but treats her coldly.
There are other bands. My favorite scenes take place in Hollywood as the band is breaking up and Guy has time on his hands. In the annals of pop music, was a fairly innocent time. Bands broke up because of girlfriend problems, not drugs and murders. A guy could still run a record company out of his briefcase, and get air time by personal visits with disc jockeys.
It wasn't all organized, it wasn't all big time, and if it was all hype, well, it's always been all hype. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.
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.
In every life there comes a time when that dream you dream becomes that thing you do. Rated PG for some language. Did you know Edit. Trivia Film debut of Tom Everett Scott. Tom Hanks was initially opposed to hiring Scott because of Scott's strong resemblance to a younger Hanks. He was finally convinced by his wife, Rita Wilson , who thought Scott was cute. Goofs A character states that they'll have to sell , copies of their single to get a gold record.
In it still required 1,, singles sold to qualify for a gold single record by the R. It wasn't until that this was changed to , Quotes [When Jimmy is reluctant to sign a management contract] Lenny : Are you crazy? Crazy credits Soundtrack released on the Playtone record label, founded by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman to coincide with the fictional label in the movie and capitalize on the movie's success.
Alternate versions In the two disc version there is an extended version not shown in theaters. Before "The Wonders" appear on national television, Guy arrives back at the hotel in a drunken state and finds an excited Mr. White with the good news about being on television the next day. Waiting for Mr. White is his male friend "Lloyd" played by Howie Long. Soundtracks That Thing You Do! Written by Adam Schlesinger. User reviews Review. Top review. A great little film with cult movie ambitions.
With one hit single, they are catapulted to clean-shaven, teen idol stardom. Matter of fact, they aren't even mentioned. It rarely strays away from its theme: The climax and downward slope of musical fame. Viewers can also appreciate several 60's pop culture bones, thrown by Hanks himself to a nostalgic audience of youngsters such as myself. Plot occassionally gives way to hype and music, but that's okay. I was sort of looking for that.
I really appreciated the "The Wonders" drummer relationship to "Dell Paxton," a jazz musician that's obviously a Thelonius Monk reference. Check them out jamming together during the third act of the film. Faye falls ill on the trip and is nursed by Guy. Jimmy is seemingly uninterested in her well-being, being preoccupied with trying to convince White to let the band record more of his original songs. After a publicity tour, the band is set to appear on The Hollywood Television Showcase , a nationally televised live variety show.
They begin to show signs of discord. Jimmy continues to vent frustration at White over the band's direction. The bass player who was leaving to join the United States Marine Corps in a few weeks goes to Disneyland with a group of Marines and never returns; he is replaced in the broadcast by a session bassist.
During the performance, as the band is being visually introduced to the viewing audience, the caption "Careful girls, he's engaged! Jimmy becomes upset with Faye in the dressing room afterward, and says that he has no intention of marrying her. Heartbroken and weary with his arrogant personality and lack of devotion, Faye terminates their relationship. The next day at a scheduled recording session, Lenny is missing and Jimmy's grievances with White reach a boiling point and he quits the band.
Guy is sorry to see the end of the band. White confronts him, and declares the band a one-hit wonder , but commends Guy for his smarts and integrity. After an impromptu jam session with his idol, jazz pianist Del Paxton Bill Cobbs , Guy returns to the band's hotel, where he meets Faye and shares a long kiss with her.
In an epilogue, it is revealed that Jimmy went back to Play-Tone and forms another band The Heardsmen and has a successful career as an artist and producer, Lenny becomes a casino manager, and the bass player earns a Purple Heart for injuries suffered at Khe Sanh. Guy and Faye start a family in Washington , where Guy teaches jazz composition at a music conservatory that he and Faye open. In the movie, The Wonders rise to brief stardom on the strength of " That Thing You Do ", a song written as a wistful ballad but which becomes an uptempo rocker during the band's first performance at a talent show.
Written and composed for the film by Adam Schlesinger, bassist for Fountains of Wayne and Ivy and released on the film's soundtrack, the song became a genuine hit for The Wonders in the song peaked at 41 on the Billboard Hot , 22 on the Adult Contemporary charts, 18 on the Adult Top 40 , and 24 on the Top 40 Mainstream charts.
The song has since been recorded by The Knack and Bubblegum Lemonade. The Wonders are also seen playing the song "Little Wild One. For the purpose of being able to convincingly perform The Wonders' songs on-camera, Scott, Schaech, Zahn and Embry took several weeks of individual lessons, followed by daily practice as a group. Of the four, only Zahn and Embry had any prior experience of playing their assigned instruments. They eventually honed their performance to the point where extras on the set thought they were actually playing the songs, when in reality they were miming along to recordings by professional musicians.
The song that plays during the film's opening credits , "Lovin' You Lots and Lots," is credited to the fictitious Norm Wooster Singers and was actually written by Hanks.
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