That Thing You Do!
(1996)
★ 6.9 IMDb · 949 votes
Year: 1996
Runtime: 149 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Том Хэнкс
Cast: Том Хэнкс, Том Эверетт Скотт, Лив Тайлер, Johnathon Schaech, Стив Зан, Итан Эмбри, Шарлиз Терон, Обба Бабатунде, Джованни Рибизи, Крис Эллис
Plot
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.
Recounts a fable of a pop rock band formed a year after the Beatles took America by storm in early 1964. Jazz aficionado Guy Patterson, unhappily toiling in the family appliance store, is recruited into the band the Oneders (later renamed the Wonders) after regular drummer Chad breaks his arm. After Guy injects a four/four rock beat into lead singer Jimmy's ballad, the song's undeniable pop power flings the Wonders into a brief whirlwind of success, telling the tale of many American bands who attempted to grab the brass ring of rock and roll in the wake of the British Invasion.