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In 1964, an Erie, Pennsylvania, band named the Oneders (pronounced "Oh-nee-derz by Lenny, and later known as the Wonders after Jimmy leaves) goes from a college talent show to climbing up the Billboard charts thanks to the song "That Thing You Do". Written by guitarist/vocalist Jimmy Mattingly II, it was originally crafted as a ballad.
That Thing You Do! is a 1996 American musical 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 ...
Cast members of That Thing You Do! as well as Colin Hanks and crew reunited on a Zoom/YouTube event during that summer, where they reminisced about Schlesinger and the movie, as well as an auction of a Mondo test pressing for a soundtracks first issue on vinyl, which was released in October 2023. [citation needed]
Shaw: "That Thing You Do" by "The Wonders." (Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne actually wrote the song and singer/songwriter Mike Viola sang lead vocals.) Mitchell: "Cuts Like a Knife" by ...
The actors are reuniting onscreen in Schaech's "Blue Ridge: The Series" almost 30 years after playing bandmates in the cult classic film. Some things are better left in the past, especially when ...
That Thing You Do! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 1996 film That Thing You Do! , directed by Tom Hanks . Released under the Playtone and Epic Records label on September 24, 1996, the album featured songs performed by the fictional band The Wonders and other artists.
Tom Hanks used an eyebrow-raising expletive while describing movie critics on Conan O'Brien's podcast.. When O'Brien, 61, asked Hanks, 67, about the actor and filmmaker's 1996 feature directorial ...
That same year, Schlesinger wrote the Academy Award-nominated, RIAA gold-certified title song for the film That Thing You Do!. In 1999, the band released Utopia Parkway, an album named after a road in Queens, New York. The album was a concept record that dealt with life in modern suburbia.