Steel2Velvet Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 One of my favorite movies is titled "That Thing You Do." It is probably the least known Tom Hanks vehicle, but it is so accurate in tracing the life of a one-hit band that it merits a mention on this site. I believe it is the first movie in which Liv Tyler had a starring role. She carries one of my "most memorable movie scenes" when she (as girlfriend of the leader of a rock band) hears the band's record being played by the local radio station for the first time and runs down the street with her transistor radio to where her boyfriend is at, in order to tell him it is playing at that moment. Her enthusiasm and vitality is one of the best dead-on acting scenes I have seen. The movie is whimsical, funny, sad and musically accurate to the point that it is a composite of every one-hit group that ever was. If you have not seen it, do yourself a favor and rent it. If you've seen it, but not lately ... it's worth seeing again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 I love this movie! I remember when I was in year 8 or 9 at highschool and in music class they made us watch this movie and I thought it was great! I saw it again not long ago on the showtime movie channel and it reminded me how much I really liked it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 It is on again tonight!! I am going to tape it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Some random comments about this movie: 1) I always get it confused with Empire Records. 2) The song "That Thing You Do" is great. It sounds like a Beatles song. It should have been a hit in real life. 3) Some of Tom Hanks' best work. I love it when he names "Shades." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahid Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 2) The song "That Thing You Do" is great. It sounds like a Beatles song. It should have been a hit in real life. I like this movie a lot too. Interesting tidbit ... the title song was written by the songwriters from Fountains of Wayne (or at least one of them). Explains a lot ... FOW is very clearly inspired by the Beatles. Like all good bands are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 In school, in any sort of function the top song of choice was 'That thing you do'. It was also frequently belted out at random in class (not while the teacher was around of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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