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Wonder of Oneders
The movie musicians in *That Thing You Do! are proud to be from "Erie, PA!" even though the movie was filmed in sunny California and premiered in Toronto, Canada.
Now, 25 years after Tom Hanks wrote, directed, and starred in the Erie-centric film, we will get our turn in the limelight.
Details about how Erie became the inspiration for *That Thing You Do! are a bit fuzzy.
In a February 1996 Erie Times-News story, a 20th Century Fox publicist said that Hanks was driving to the Shakespeare Great Lakes Festival in Cleveland in the 1970s when he stopped here to eat. At other times, Hanks said he passed through Erie in 1982 or 1983.
At any rate, Hanks "never forgot the town," the PR woman said.
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That Thing You Do!
1996 film by Tom Hanks
This article is about the 1996 film. For the soundtrack, see That Thing You Do! (soundtrack). For the song, see That Thing You Do! (song).
That Thing You Do! is a 1996 American musicalcomedy-drama film written and directed by Tom Hanks, in his feature writing and directorial debut. Set in 1960s rock and roll culture, it chronicles the rise and fall of a fictional one-hit wonderpop band and stars Tom Everett Scott in his film debut along with Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, and Ethan Embry as the band's members, with Liv Tyler and Hanks appearing in supporting roles. Its production and music are key to its narrative, with original scores by a collaboration of artists including Hanks, Adam Schlesinger, and Howard Shore. The soundtrack peaked at #21 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, featuring a mix of diegetic and non-diegetic tracks. The cast practiced for weeks to perform convincingly on camera, blurring the lines between reality and fiction.
Despite being well-received by critics, receiving several accolades, and producing a m
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You start a band in Paris.
You love all kinds of music but when you play guitar it comes out as late 90s indie rock. Nothing you can do about it. Finding other indie rockers in Paris isn’t easy but you do – Alex (bass) and Nico (guitar). Your brothers in indie rock. Nico is also a studio wiz. Milan joins on keyboards and backing vocals and she has the voice of an angel. Soon, a new arrival from Naples, Fulvio, joins on drums.
You make an EP (Pilot 2015) and then an album (Love 2019).
You play as many shows in Paris as you can (as well as London, Prague, Melbourne). You open for bands like Spiral Stairs and Rolling Blackouts CF. You play the great small venues of Paris: La Maroquinerie, Point Éphémère, Pop Up du Label. A journalist from Magic RPM (France) says of the Love record:
“Astonishing moments ... beautifully captivating”.
You get invited to SXSW 2020. The break you’ve been waiting for. You’re ready. Two days before you’re due to leave, the festival is cancelled: Covid. You don’t touch a guitar for a year.
As Covid lifts, you receive
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