That Thing You Do! Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

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Released Date

October 4, 1996

Distributor

Twentieth Century Fox

Genre

Musical

Rating

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$25,857,416 + $8,728,000 = $34,585,416

Cast

Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, Liv Tyler, Steve Zahn, Giovanni Ribisi, Tom Everett Scott, Johnathon Schaech, Chris Isaak, Bill Cobbs, Ethan Embry, Obba Babatunde, Alex Rocco, Holmes Osborne

Tom Hanks

as Mr. White

Charlize Theron

as Tina Powers

Liv Tyler

as Faye Dolan

Steve Zahn

as Lenny Haise

Giovanni Ribisi

as Chad

Tom Everett Scott

as Guy Patterson

Johnathon Schaech

as Jimmy Mattingly

Chris Isaak

as Uncle Bob

Bill Cobbs

as Del Paxton

Ethan Embry

as T. B. Player

Obba Babatunde

as Lamarr

1936-2015

Alex Rocco

as Sol Siler

Holmes Osborne

as Mr. Patterson

About That Thing You Do!

A local Pennsylvania band scores a one-hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager.

About

Written and directed by Tom Hanks, the musical comedy-drama tells the story of a one-hit wonder pop band in the summer of 1964.

Trivia

Howard Shore composed the music for the film and Jonathan Demme served as one of the producers. Many parts of the movie contained references to The Beatles.