That Thing You Do!

  • Theatrical - Wide 1996-10-04
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It’s the summer of 1964, and Guy Patterson is a salesman at his father’s appliance store in Erie, Pennsylvania. By day, he sells toasters and transistor radios. But at night, he retreats to the basement, sits down at a set of... See more drums, and disappears into a cloud of jazz percussion. In other words, he’s ready to roll when a local rock band loses its drummer and asks him to sit in at a college talent show. One month later, The Wonders are shooting stars in the Play-Tone Records galaxy – with a recording contract, a state fair tour and a trip to Hollywood.

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