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That
Thing You Do!, 1996 Directed by: Tom Hanks Writing: Tom Hanks Genre: Comedy/Drama/Music Starring: Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Jonathan Schaech, Steve Zahn, Tom Hanks |
| Plot: | Recounts a fable of a pop rock band immediately after the Beatles took America by storm in early 1964. 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. After Guy injects a Merseybeat rhythm into lead singer Jimmy's ballad, the song's undeniable pop power flings the Wonders into a brief whirlwind of success, telling the tale of many American bands who attempted to grab the brass ring of rock and roll in the wake of the British Invasion. |
