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Here’s Steve Zahn on working with Tom Hanks in one of Zahn’s first major roles: 20. is Johnathon Schaech, whose character was lead singer of The Wonders. There is an actual radio station KJZZ in Phoenix. And Lance Bass pretended he knew how to play the keyboard.


Mike Viola, who actually sang lead vocals on the title track, “That Thing You Do,” raised a fuss after the film because he was barely credited for the vocals, being listed under “additional vocals” underneath the “First Aid,” “Catering” and “Animals Supplied by” credits. | While the songs were recorded over, the actors actually learned how to play everything. is Johnathon Schaech, whose character was lead singer of The Wonders. Soundtracks. Tom Hanks wrote the script in 30 days, basically during his year-long Forrest Gump promotional/celebration tour, and 20th Century Fox immediately agreed to produce it as long as Hanks agreed to star in it. 12. All other playings are incomplete cuts. Before filming began, the four main actors spent five hours a day for six weeks learning how to play instruments and the four songs they’d have to play during the movie.

The instruments the Oneders were playing before becoming successful are all common budget instruments in 1964.

One of the greatest mysteries of cinematic history was the real name of The Bass Player (despite being referred as T.B. 14.

Once their single charts, the boys are shown playing new instruments that are historically accurate.

Elias and Rogness were actually in the movie as Play-Tone band members.

Liv Tyler (Faye Dolan) and Ethan Embry (The Bass Player) also appear in Empire Records (1995) together.

During the montage of clips while a song plays, we see the band cavorting on a large map of the United States.

Another parallel to the Beatles: Jimmy's stance is identical to John Lennon's in early performances. Reporting on what you care about. During the Hollywood Television Showcase, The Major Motion Picture director is played by. The main song "That Thing You Do" is only heard in its entirety twice: At the talent show (the band's first gig) and the Television Showcase (their last gig). Here’s the secret twist ending to That Thing You Do!

Ironically, the beach band name — Capn’ Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters — was named after two of the shrimp restaurants located where much of Forrest Gump was filmed. The contest in the beginning of the movie was filmed at Mercyhurst College, in Erie, Pennsylvania.

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 its manager.

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He’s still around (he recently had arcs in The Client List and Ray Donovan), although you’d probably only recognize him if you knew it was him. Lenny plays a Silvertone guitar sold by Sears Robuck and TB Player plays a Danelectro bass.

New Found Glory also covered it. It was Tom Everett Scott’s first movie, and he nearly was cut out of the film because he looked “too much like Tom” Hanks at the time.

that was played at the Hollywood Showcase in the film, has a much louder and more arena sounding crowd on the soundtrack CD. Ethan Embry's character has no name and is only ever referred to as "the bass player.". It was broadcast on all three major networks simultaneously on April 19, 1964. One of the people who encouraged Hanks to direct in the first place was Sean Penn.

8. "That Thing You Do" (the song) performed pretty well on the charts in 1996, reaching #41 on Billboard. (Also, fun fact: He was married to Christina Applegate from 2001-2007). That Thing You Do bass tab by The Wonders. In reality, it would have had a much smaller studio audience sound.

In her scenes, Kinmont has a striking resemblance to her mom, Abby Dalton, who was a major television star in the 60s, when That Thing You Do!

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of That Thing You Do!, Ethan Embry finally put fans out of their misery and revealed the name of the musician...and it's Tobias. That Thing You Do is a superbly crafted piece of pop: a sumptuous three-chord E-A-B ditty that shifts back into C-sharp minor for a heart-tinkering (and unmistakably Beatles-like) melody.

It was revealed that following the group's appearance on the "Hollywood Television Showcase", "That Thing You Do!" So exhausted from working on the film sometimes 18-20 hours a day, at one point Hanks didn’t even recognize his wife, who played a cocktail waitress in the movie. Another Beatles parallel is that Guy plays Ludwig drums, the same brand Ringo Starr used. Favorite.

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It was revealed that following the group's appearance on the "Hollywood Television Showcase", "That Thing You Do!" According to the soundtrack's liner notes; Jimmy Mattingly ended up recording a hit song called "She Knows It" (heard over the closing credits) for The Heardsman, and became a producer for Play-Tone artists, and Mr. White was promoted to president of the Play-Tone label. (Hanks’ daughter also has a brief appearance, although Chet Haze is NOWHERE to be found, though he was one 4 years old at the time.). The story of the Wonders continued in the liner notes of the film's soundtrack album. In the Director's Cut, Guy and Tina talk about a plan to move Patterson's to the Riverside Plaza. When The Wonders play the a fake beach band for a movie, their group's name — Cap'n Geech & The Shrimp Shack Shooters — was inspired by two real restaurants in South Carolina.

In the theatrical version of the film, Guy's sister Darlene only has one line - after her father announces that Guy left them "in a lurch" and promotes her, she asks: "Does that mean that you will start paying me?".

In the extended cut of the film, when Phil Horace goes to Patterson's to tell Guy about the showcase, the song that can be heard playing in the background is the same song that the trio is playing at The Blue Spot, later on.

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Player in the epilogue). He’s still around (he recently had arcs in The Client List and Ray Donovan), although you’d probably only recognize him if you knew it was him. |

There is no river in Erie, and so this is a misnomer. The television commercial that is shown on the Hollywood Showcase before The Wonders appear is for the new Ford Mustang at the 1964 World's Fair.

In the scene where Margueritte (Rita Wilson) drops off a drunk Guy back at the hotel, Tom Hanks helps him out of the car, gives her some cash, and gives her a flirty seductive nod.

Hanks wrote the jolly tune that plays over the intro called "Lovin' You Lots and Lots," which was credited to a fictitious band called The Norm Wooster Singers.

But it should be the truth. Drums M S. View all instruments. (Same with most of the rest of the cast).

9. He walked over and told her, “I don’t know what you do, but if you’re interested in acting, here’s my card.” That led to her audition with Tom Hanks, who said of her after the audition, “She’s got it! This is the only musical Tom Hanks has appeared in.

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When Hanks went trick-or-treating with Penn’s family (with then wife Robin Wright) and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Washington D.C.. Sean Penn told Hanks he needed to direct to better understand how to be a better actor.

Tom Everett Scott had never played drums in his life before then, but he nailed every drum beat during the film.

That girl is going to be somebody.”, In fact, in Theron’s script of That Thing You DoT, Hanks wrote, “No matter what, I will always claim to have discovered you.”. |
Including full versions, alternative versions, live versions and snippets, the song "That Thing You Do" is heard eleven times in the movie.

The title song was written by Adam Schlesinger, the bassist for Fountains of Wayne, before Fountains of Wayne took off (the movie was released right before their first album). Hanks' daughter, Elizabeth, had a few seconds of screen time as a bored girl in the dress shop. He’s more likely these days to play a thug.

Andy White, by the way, was the session drummer on the second recording of The Beatles’ “Love Me Do.”. She found a circuitous route to getting the gig. The Wonder's song debuts at 93, then climbs to 71 and 49 in successive weeks, as shown on edited Billboard Hot 100 lists from July 1964. The liner notes are attributed to A.M. White (as in Mr. White), who supposedly later became president of the Playtone label. The 360/12 was introduced in 1964 with one of the first instruments presented to and played by George Harrison of the Beatles. 4. was set. Use a mixing console in Pro version. Talent manager John Crosby was in the bank and saw Theron screaming and waving her arms. He was never given a name in the movie other than “The Bass Player.” Two days after he finished filming on That Thing You Do!, he began filming National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation, where he played Rusty Griswold. 21.

Their version is physically unpleasant to listen to. Tom Hanks plays the friggin' drums like a boss.

The bass player in the all-female folk band during the talent show audition is. 17. That Thing You Do drums by The Wonders with chords drawings, easy version, 12 key variations and much more. Continue. He’s more likely these days to play a thug.

NSYNC covered it. Another Beatles parallel: Mr. White's first name is Andy. The actual songs that were replaced on these lists were "All My Loving" by The Hollyridge Strings (93 on 7/4/64), "I Can't Hear You" by. The Frankie and Annette Beach Party movies of the era, as well as all their many imitators, always included hit recording artists in abundance. I saw him in a movie earlier this year, and didn’t recognize him for the longest time. Tom Hanks, the '60s, The Wonders, and that song you might never get out of your head. Info via Wikipedia, IMDB, songfacts.com, and YouTube.

Jimmy's career with the Heardsmen was also detailed a little further, indicating that they recorded "I Need You (That Thing You Do)" and "She Knows It", the songs heard over the movie's end credits.

Most TTYD fans know this was Hanks' writing and directing debut, but did you know he also helped compose some of the film's music?

Alternate Versions rose to #2 in "Billboard". Chris Isaak who plays Uncle Bob is also in the Play Tone band while Freddie Fredrickson is singing at the first fair they play at at approx 45 min.