A light, sweet, and thoroughly entertaining debut for director Tom Hanks, That Thing You Do! makes up in charm what it lacks in complexity.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Tom Hanks -
Producer -
Gary Goetzman , Jonathan Demme , Edward Saxon -
Screenwriter -
Tom Hanks -
Distributor -
20th Century Fox -
Production Co -
Twentieth Century Fox -
Rating -
PG -
Genre -
Comedy , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 4, 1996, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Nov 25, 2015 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$25.9M -
Runtime -
1h 50m -
Sound Mix -
Surround