--- title: 'That Thing You Do! (1996)' type: 'film' director: 'Tom Hanks' released: '1996-10-04' runtime_minutes: 108 certification: 'PG' genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' - 'Music' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/that-thing-you-do-1996' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117887/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # That Thing You Do! (1996) 1996 · PG · 108 min · Drama, Comedy, Music, Romance · United States ## Synopsis That Thing You Do! is a 1996 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Tom Hanks, in his feature writing and directorial debut. Set in 1960s rock and roll culture, it chronicles the rise and fall of a fictional one-hit wonder pop band and stars Tom Everett Scott in his film debut along with Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, and Ethan Embry as the band's members, with Liv Tyler and Hanks appearing in supporting roles. Its production and music are key to its narrative, with original scores by a collaboration of artists including Hanks, Adam Schlesinger, and Howard Shore. The soundtrack peaked at #21 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, featuring a mix of diegetic and non-diegetic tracks. The cast practiced for weeks to perform convincingly on camera, blurring the lines between reality and fiction. ## Credits - **Director:** [Tom Hanks](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-hanks) - **Screenplay:** [Tom Hanks](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-hanks) - **Original Music Composer:** [Howard Shore](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-shore) - **Producer:** [Jonathan Demme](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-demme), [Edward Saxon](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-saxon), [Gary Goetzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-goetzman) - **Director of Photography:** [Tak Fujimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/tak-fujimoto) - **Editor:** [Richard Chew](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-chew) ## Cast - [Mars Callahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mars-callahan) - [Giovanni Ribisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-ribisi) - [Holmes Osborne](https://cinepixo.com/people/holmes-osborne) - [Tom Everett Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-everett-scott) - [Steve Zahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-zahn) - [Alex Rocco](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-rocco) - [Paul Feig](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-feig) - [Obba Babatundé](https://cinepixo.com/people/obba-babatunde) - [Brittney Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/brittney-powell) - [Tom Hanks](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-hanks) - [Peter Scolari](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-scolari) - [Rita Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-wilson) - [Charlize Theron](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlize-theron) - [Clint Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-howard) - [Warren Berlinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-berlinger) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/that-thing-you-do-1996 Film facts: Wikidata (Q642410); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.