That Thing You Do!

Summary

That Thing You Do! is a film^[1]. That Thing You Do! ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,211 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• That Thing You Do!'s instance of is recorded as film^[3].
• That Thing You Do! was directed by Tom Hanks^[4].
• Tom Hanks wrote the screenplay for That Thing You Do!^[5].
• That Thing You Do!'s composer is recorded as Howard Shore^[6].
• That Thing You Do!'s genre is romantic comedy film^[7].
• That Thing You Do!'s genre is musical film^[8].
• That Thing You Do!'s genre is comedy drama^[9].
• That Thing You Do!'s genre is coming-of-age film^[10].
• That Thing You Do!'s genre is drama film^[11].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Tom Everett Scott^[12].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Liv Tyler^[13].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Johnathon Schaech^[14].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Steve Zahn^[15].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Ethan Embry^[16].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Tom Hanks^[17].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Giovanni Ribisi^[18].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Charlize Theron^[19].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Alex Rocco^[20].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Bill Cobbs^[21].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Bryan Cranston^[22].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Chris Isaak^[23].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Jonathan Demme^[24].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Kevin Pollak^[25].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Q708059^[26].
• A cast member of That Thing You Do! was Rita Wilson^[27].

Product Details

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• Release type: Album^[28]

• Secondary type(s): Soundtrack^[29]

• First release date: 1996-09-24^[30]

• Genre(s): ballad, classic rock, jazz, pop, pop rock, rock, rock and roll, surf^[31]

• Community tags: ballad, classic rock, jazz, pop, pop rock, rock, rock and roll, surf^[32]

• MusicBrainz ID: 291bda40-f084-3b99-8e7c-a4a3659b48d3^[33]

Body

Authorship and Creation

That Thing You Do! was performed by Tom Hanks^[34]. Producers include Jonathan Demme^[35], Gary Goetzman^[36], and Edward Saxon^[37]. That Thing You Do! was directed by Tom Hanks^[4]. Tom Hanks wrote the screenplay for That Thing You Do!^[5]. Cast members include Tom Everett Scott^[12], Liv Tyler^[13], Johnathon Schaech^[14], Steve Zahn^[15], Ethan Embry^[16], and Tom Hanks^[17].

Publication

Publication dates include October 4, 1996^[38] and January 23, 1997^[39]. The original language of That Thing You Do! was English^[40]. Genres include romantic comedy film^[7], musical film^[8], comedy drama^[9], coming-of-age film^[10], and drama film^[11]. That Thing You Do! was distributed by video on demand^[41].

Reception

Reviews include 93%^[42], 7.2/10^[43], and 71/100^[44].

Why It Matters

That Thing You Do! ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,211 views/month).^[2] That Thing You Do! has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] That Thing You Do! is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]