THAT THING YOU DO! (1996)
30TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENTATION
Tom Hanks escaped the repetitiveness of the Forrest Gump (1994) press tour by writing the script for this sweetly captivating tale of a ‘60s rock one-hit-wonder. Two years later, it became his feature directing and screenwriting debut. The picture captures a time when a local band could make it big through pluck and a little luck. Tom Everett Scott, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn and Ethan Embry star as the band members, with Liv Tyler and Charlize Theron as the women in their lives and Hanks as the recording executive who discovers them. This is also the only film to feature Hanks with his wife, Rita Wilson, and children Colin Hanks and Elizabeth Hanks. The picture has gone on to become a cult favorite with cast members reuniting at a charity ball game in 2021.
DISCUSSION WILL BE AFTER THE FILM, WITH DAVE KARGER.
d. Tom Hanks, 108m, DCP