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That Thing You Do!(1996)
Status: Released
Date: 1996-10-04
69%
856 Votes
Time: 1h 48m
The Fab Four without the Mop Tops
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $26,000,000.00
Revenue: $34,585,416.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Clavius Base
Movie: That Thing You Do!
Top 10 Billed Cast
Tom Hanks
Mr. White
Tom Everett Scott
Guy Patterson
Liv Tyler
Faye Dolan
Johnathon Schaech
Jimmy Mattingly
Steve Zahn
Lenny Haise
Ethan Embry
T.B. Player
Charlize Theron
Tina
Obba Babatundé
Lamarr
Giovanni Ribisi
Chad
Chris Ellis
Phil Horace
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