Movie · 1996
That Thing You Do!
“The Fab Four without the Mop Tops”
Released 4 October 1996 108 min Comedy / Drama / Music More from 1996 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.
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How old were they?
Robert Ridgely
as Hollywood Showcase Announcer
Bill Cobbs
as Del Paxton
Alex Rocco
as Sol Siler
Obba Babatundé
as Lamarr
Robert Wisdom
as Bobby Washington
Peter Scolari
as Troy Chesterfield
Gedde Watanabe
as Play-Tone Photographer
Tom Hanks
as Mr. White
Chris Ellis
as Phil Horace
Chris Isaak
as Uncle Bob
Bryan Cranston
as Virgil "Gus" Grissom
Rita Wilson
as Margueritte
Robert Torti
as Freddy Fredrickson
Kathleen Kinmont
as Koss' Secretary
Steve Zahn
as Lenny Haise
Johnathon Schaech
as Jimmy Mattingly
Tom Everett Scott
as Guy Patterson
Charlize Theron
as Tina
Giovanni Ribisi
as Chad
Liv Tyler
as Faye Dolan
Ethan Embry
as T.B. Player
Claudia Stedelin
as Mrs. Patterson
Sarah Koskoff
as Chrissy Thomkins
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The numbers
46years between the oldest and youngest billed
64Robert Ridgely — oldest on the call sheet
18Ethan Embry — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast