That Thing You Do! - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[scarlett]

Liv Tyler (Faye Dolan) and Ethan Embry (The Bass Player) also appear in Empire Records (1995) together.

[sara]

In the Director's Cut, Guy and Tina talk about a plan to move Patterson's to the Riverside Plaza. There is no river in Erie, and so this is a misnomer. At the time, the West Erie Plaza, a popular shopping center, was located near the entrance to Presque Isle, a state park peninsula on Lake Erie.

[linda]

Steve Zahn is an accomplished singer/guitarist. He played guitar and sang in both this movie and Saving Silverman (2001).

[kristina]

Tom Hanks named his production company Play-Tone after the fictional record label in the movie.

[steve]

The bass player in the all-female folk band during the talent show audition is Jennifer York, a morning helicopter traffic reporter for KTLA Channel Five in Los Angeles, California.

[lena]

Steve Zahn was best man at Tom Everett Scott's wedding.

[addison]

When the group is visiting the DJ, he is announcing an appearance at a car dealership on Saturday and Sunday, August 21st & 22nd, which was incorrect for 1964; those days were a Friday and Saturday.