Today’s movie is a
comedy/drama with a scene that happens on June 19. I hope you will watch this
film tonight and enjoy it.
THAT THING YOU
DO!
In 1964 Erie, Pa. Guy Patterson
works at his dad’s appliance store and dates Tina. After the One-ders drummer
breaks his arm, Guy gets drafted to play with them at a college talent show.
After Guy speeds up the tempo of a song Jimmy Mattingly, the band’s leader
wrote called “That Thing You Do”, they
win the contest. The owner of Vilipanos, a local tavern hires them to play as the
house band and they are a big hit. Guy gets his Uncle Bob to record them and make a single. While playing
a Vilipanos on June 19, 1964 there is a riot. [33:09 to 37:01] Phil
Horace becomes the band’s manager, while Tina falls in love with her dentist.
The band members are ecstatic when their song is played on the radio. Even
though they have technical problems at a show in Pittsburgh, Andy White of
Playtone Records, a major label signs them and changes their name to The
Wonders. They go on tour and are a huge hit, going from being the opening act
to the featured performers and they head to Hollywood. Once there they appear in a movie and are
feted by Playtone Records. Guy meets his idol, jazz great Del Paxton. The band
is on the Hollywood Television Showcase, a live national broadcast. During
their performance the words ‘careful girls, he’s engaged’ are flashed over
Jimmy’s image. After the show this leads him to break up with Fay, his
girlfriend who had followed the band from the beginning. The bass player is not
on the show as he disappeared with some Marines he met, since he had just
enlisted. The bands first real recording session collapses before it begins as
Jimmy quits after he is refused artistic control and Lenny, the fourth member
of the band, has eloped to Las Vegas with a secretary he met at Playtone. Guy
jams with Del Paxton and records an interview with him. This lands Guy a job at
KJZZ in LA. He gets together with Fay.
A very good “feel good” film. Very funny at
times, it is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek homage to the early rock–n-roll era and
one hit wonder bands. It’s not a
serious film, but if you’re looking for a fun way to spend a couple of hours
this is it.
Newspaper the next day is dated “Saturday, June 20, 1964” at 37:11
[only in the extended cut]
Producers - Jonathan Demme,
Gary Goetzman and Edward Saxon
Awards – It was nominated for Best Original Song Oscar at
the 69th Academy Awards.
Runtime – 1 hour 48 minutes (Theatrical release). 2 hours 29
minutes (Extended cut)
Director - Tom Hanks
Screenplay - Tom Hanks
Released – October 4, 1996
Starring –
Tom Everett Scott as Guy Patterson
Johnathon Schaech as "Jimmy" Mattingly
Tom Hanks as Mr. White
Liv Tyler as Faye Dolan
Charlize Theron as Tina Powers
Steve Zahn as "Lenny" Haise
Ethan Embry as The Bass Player
Bill Cobbs as Del Paxton
Giovanni Ribisi as Chad
Obba Babatundé as Lamarr
Copyright by Ivan Walters 2014.
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