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While trying to decide on a name for the band, the names glimpsed in Jimmy's notebook are: The Dolla [...]	D
The state fair entertainment circuit of the mid-60s (upon which Hanks based the movie) actually exis [...]	D
Director Jonathan Demme makes a cameo appearance as the director shooting the promo video,	D
U Thant (oo-'tant), whom Guy mentions in the hotel coffee shop, was the Secretary General of the Uni [...]	D
The main song "That Thing You Do" is only heard in its entirety twice: At the talent show (the band' [...]	D
The characters Jimmy Mattingly (played by Johnathon Schaech) and Lenny Haise (played by Steve Zahn) [...]	D
The bass player played by Ethan Embry is never explicitly named. All references to him in the film a [...]	D
On the May 12, 2015 broadcast of Hallmark Channel's Home & Family (2012), Johnathon Schaech recounte [...]	D
Tom Hanks claimed that he wrote the script while on the promotional tour for Forrest Gump (1994) due [...]	D
Frequent Tom Hanks collaborator Ron Howard's brother, Clint Howard, plays a DJ in the film. It's How [...]	D
In the extended cut of the film during the scene where Phil comes to tell Guy about the Pittsburgh m [...]	D
Tom Everett Scott appeared in another musical, La La Land, in which he played the husband of the mai [...]	D
The Wonders (Oneders), were loosely based on a band from the D.C. area in 1964 called the 'Chartbust [...]	D
The film takes place in 1964.	D
The character names Haise and Mattingly are references to Apollo 13 (1995), which also starred Tom H [...]	D
As of 2021, this and L'amore all'improvviso - Larry Crowne (2011) are the only two feature films dir [...]	D
Boss Vic Koss' secretary is played by Kathleen Kinmont, and is named Abby. In her scenes, Kinmont ha [...]	D
The scene where The Wonders perform live on The Hollywood Television Showcase was filmed at the Bob [...]	D
The Wonder's song debuts at 93, then climbs to 71 and 49 in successive weeks, as shown on edited Bil [...]	D
The Major Motion Picture director is played by Jonathan Demme, who directed Tom Hanks in Philadelphi [...]	D
Tom Hanks's writer-directorial film debut.	D
The instruments the Oneders were playing before becoming successful are all common budget instrument [...]	D
In real life, no film producer would ever allow a group like the Wonders with a hot hit record to ap [...]	D
The Wonders' appearance in "Weekend at Party Pier" parallels the frequent appearance of Dick Dale in [...]	D
The part of Troy Chesterfield is played by Peter Scolari, Tom Hanks' co-star in his old sitcom Henry [...]	D
Homeland Security Director (and Erie native) Tom Ridge, then the governor of Pennsylvania, visited t [...]	D
Colin Hanks: Tom Hanks' son plays the usher who seats Faye late in the movie.	D
Tara Nicole Hughes's debut.	D
At the Ohio State fair, Mr. White is intent on impressing the DJ from WCOL radio. It was (and still [...]	D
Guy "Shades" Patterson says he was "stationed in Germany" referring to his US Army service. Just lik [...]	D
The waitress character played by Rita Wilson is named Marguerite. Wilson's birth name is Marguerita [...]	D
Another Beatles parallel is that Guy plays Ludwig drums, the same brand Ringo Starr used.	D
Dwight Twilley was originally commissioned to write the title track but his song was never used.	D
In the scene where Margueritte (Rita Wilson) drops off a drunk Guy back at the hotel, Tom Hanks help [...]	D
Steve Zahn and Tom Everett Scott would later go on to share the role of Frank Heffley in the "Diary [...]	D
Tom Hanks' character is referred to as "Mr. White" several times throughout the film. Bryan Cranston [...]	D
When the Oneders are playing at Boss Vic Koss' show in Pittsburgh, one of the other band names on th [...]	D
Howie Long: In the director's cut, Long makes a brief appearance as Lloyd, Mr. White's assumed boyfr [...]	D
The four actors playing The Wonders rehearsed as a band for eight weeks to get the feel of performin [...]	D
Adam Schlesinger, the bassist of Fountains of Wayne, penned the title song in response to a contest [...]	D
The FFA (Future Farmers of America) loaned strictly member-only jackets so the state science fair wo [...]	D
Mr. White's (Tom Hanks) first name is 'Amos.' It is revealed only once; when Play-Tone President, So [...]	D
Tom Hanks named his production company Play-Tone after the fictional record label in the movie.	D
Tom Hanks is an Oakland Raiders fan, and named the pizza place (out by the airport), where the band [...]	D
The guys are shown drinking Koehler Beer, which was a real brand produced by the Erie Brewing Compan [...]	D
The contest in the beginning of the movie was filmed at Mercyhurst College, in Erie, Pennsylvania.	D
Including full versions, alternative versions, live versions and snippets, the song "That Thing You [...]	D
Tak Fujimoto, Jonathan Demme, Howard Shore, Chris Isaak were all involved, one way or another with S [...]	D
During the montage of clips while a song plays, we see the band cavorting on a large map of the Unit [...]	D
The story of the Wonders continued in the liner notes of the film's soundtrack album. It was reveale [...]	D
According to Ethan Embry, he gave his unnamed character the first name "Tobias." It was something fo [...]	D
Toni Basil, who recorded the song "Mickey" in 1981, was the choreographer. In "Mickey," she sings th [...]	D
During the scene in the appliance shop when Guy, (Tom Everett Scott), is persuaded to play drums wit [...]	D
Once their single charts, the boys are shown playing new instruments that are historically accurate. [...]	D
Only film to date (2016) to feature Tom Hanks, wife Rita Wilson, son Colin Hanks and daughter Elizab [...]	D
Tom Hanks named the beach band (Capn' Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters) after two seafood restaur [...]	D
There is an actual radio station KJZZ in Phoenix. It first broadcast in 1951 using the call letters [...]	D
The bass player in the all-female folk band during the talent show audition is Jennifer York, a morn [...]	D
Rick Elias: Contemporary Christian singer and songwriter Rick Elias as the guitarist seated behind J [...]	D
In the theatrical version of the film, Guy's sister Darlene only has one line - after her father ann [...]	D
Steve Zahn is an accomplished singer/guitarist. He played guitar and sang in both this movie and Ass [...]	D
According to the soundtrack's liner notes; Jimmy Mattingly ended up recording a hit song called "She [...]	D
Another parallel to the Beatles: Jimmy's stance is identical to John Lennon's in early performances.	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Ameri [...]	D
During the Hollywood Television Showcase, Bryan Cranston plays NASA astronaut Gus Grissom. He would [...]	D
According to Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron was the first actress to audition for her part and the first [...]	D
In the extended cut of the film, when Phil Horace goes to Patterson's to tell Guy about the showcase [...]	D
Elina Madison's debut.	D
Chris Isaak who plays Uncle Bob is also in the Play Tone band while Freddie Fredrickson is singing a [...]	D
The television commercial that is shown on the Hollywood Showcase before The Wonders appear is for t [...]	D
The version of "That Thing You Do!" that was played at the Hollywood Showcase in the film, has a muc [...]	D
In the Director's Cut, Guy and Tina talk about a plan to move Patterson's to the Riverside Plaza. Th [...]	D
Film debut of Tom Everett Scott. Tom Hanks was initially opposed to hiring Scott because of Scott's [...]	D
Steve Zahn was best man at Tom Everett Scott's wedding.	D
During the music montage of The Wonders climbing the charts, Faye introduces the bass player to one [...]	D
Parallels with The Beatles: *(1) The Wonders' original band name (The Oneders) is a play on words in [...]	D
One of the greatest mysteries of cinematic history was the real name of The Bass Player (despite bei [...]	D
Giovanni Ribisi and Tom Everett Scott went on to co-star in the film Boiler Room 4 years later.	D

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