Tom Hanks

In between Apollo 13 and Saving Private Ryan, Tom Hanks stepped into the realm of feature film writer/director with That Thing You Do!, a hip and groovy colorful period piece set in the mid-1960s about the meteoric rise of a rock and roll band.

Adam Schlesinger

You missed a major Fountains of Wayne Beatles connection: Adam Schlesinger wrote the song “That Thing You Do!”

Jimmy Mattingly II

Written by guitarist/vocalist Jimmy Mattingly II, That Thing was originally crafted as a ballad.

Larry Crowne

Larry Crowne starred and wrote That Thing You Do!.

Schlesinger

After hearing about a film about a band in the 1960s through Wayne's publisher Polygram, Schlesinger wrote the song which later gave That Thing You Do!

Lead singer and songwriter Jimmy (Johnathon Schaech)

Lead singer and songwriter Jimmy (Johnathon Schaech) has written a pretty song called “That Thing You Do,” and fancies himself an artist, while their lead guitarist Lenny (Steve Zahn) just wants to have a good time and get laid.

Adam

Adam wrote the song 'That Thing You Do.'

James Brown

That Thing" is a song written and performed by James Brown.

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks

Made Thomas Jeffrey Hanks's feature film directorial debut with “That Thing You Do!”, which Thomas Jeffrey Hanks also wrote.

Alice Clayton

With the heart and sass of a Susan Elizabeth Phillips novel and the humor and sexiness of bestseller Alice Clayton, THAT THING YOU DO has all the elements of a great romantic comedy including plenty of wedding mischief, just in time for wedding season!

Wayne

Most of the music is by Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne (Hollywood's resident pop-pastiche expert, Wayne also penned 'That Thing You Do!'

Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

that thing’s written by the Fug Girls, Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, and that thing is exactly as if you were at school with the Fug Girls at St. Andrews.

Billy Don Burns, Mr. Mack Vickery and Mr. Earl

The story was that Billy Don Burns, Mr. Mack Vickery and Mr. Earl all wrote that song