That Thing You Do! 28 years old

In every life there comes a time when that dream you dream becomes that thing you do.

That Thing You Do!

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.

Credits

That Thing You Do! Cast

Name Character
Tom Hanks He was 40, now 68 years old as Mr. White
Charlize Theron She was 21, now 49 years old as Tina
Paul Feig He was 34, now 62 years old as KMPC DJ
Kevin Pollak He was 38, now 67 years old as Victor 'Boss Vic Koss' Kosslovich
Giovanni Ribisi He was 21, now 50 years old as Chad
Bryan Cranston He was 40, now 68 years old as Virgil "Gus" Grissom
Clint Howard He was 37, now 65 years old as KJZZ Disk Jockey
Sean Whalen He was 32, now 60 years old as Heckler
Colin Hanks He was 18, now 47 years old as Male Page
Liv Tyler She was 19, now 47 years old as Faye Dolan
Rita Wilson She was 39, now 68 years old as Margueritte
Bill Cobbs He was 62, now 90 years old as Del Paxton
Tom Everett Scott He was 26, now 54 years old as Guy Patterson
Jonathan Demme He was 52, 73 years old when he died as Major Motion Picture Director
Steve Zahn He was 28, now 57 years old as Lenny Haise
Johnathon Schaech He was 27, now 55 years old as Jimmy Mattingly
Ethan Embry He was 18, now 46 years old as T.B. Player
Chris Ellis He was 40, 62 years old when he died as Phil Horace
Chris Isaak He was 40, now 68 years old as Uncle Bob
Claudia Stedelin as Mrs. Patterson
Peter Scolari He was 41, now 69 years old as Troy Chesterfield
Alex Rocco He was 60, 79 years old when he died as Sol Siler
Obba Babatundé He was 44, now 73 years old as Lamarr
Dawn Maxey She was 30, now 58 years old as Darlene Patterson
Sarah Koskoff She was 17, now 45 years old as Chrissy Thomkins
Robert Torti He was 34, now 63 years old as Freddy Fredrickson
Holmes Osborne He was 48, now 77 years old as Mr. Patterson
Marc McClure He was 39, now 67 years old as Hollywood Showcase Director

That Thing You Do! Crew

Name Department
Tom Hanks as Director. He was 40 (now 68) years old Directing
Tom Hanks as Screenplay. He was 40 (now 68) years old Writing
Howard Shore as Original Music Composer. He was 49 (now 78) years old Sound
Colleen Atwood as Costume Design. She was 48 (now 76) years old Costume & Make-Up
Richard Chew as Editor. He was 56 (now 84) years old Editing
Jonathan Demme as Producer. He was 52 (73) years old when He died Production
Edward Saxon as Producer. He was 39 (now 68) years old Production
Tak Fujimoto as Director of Photography. He was 57 (now 85) years old Camera
Gary Goetzman as Producer. He was 43 (now 72) years old Production
That Thing You Do! poster
That Thing You Do! (28 years)

In every life there comes a time when that dream you dream becomes that thing you do.

  • Release day: Friday, October 04, 1996
  • Runtime: 108 minutes
  • Budget: 26000000.00
  • Revenue: 34585416.00