Weekly film screening during the month of April at the American Center is dedicated to Hollywood director and actor Tom Hanks Starting from ‘That Thing you do’ on April 6 at 6.00 pm, next films to be screened include ‘Sleepless Seattle’ and ‘Forrest Gump’.
Directorial debut of Tom Hanks, ‘That Thing you do’ is a story of a one-hit wonder rock band, called The Oneders (later The Wonders), following their whirlwind rise to the top of the pop charts, and just as quickly, their bitter dissolution.
Set in the 1964 and steeped in Americana, this film chronicles the meteoric rise -- and equally quick demise -- of a music group called The Wonders. The talented musicians start out playing in neighborhood joints.
That changes after they meet a shrewd record executive, who advises the boys on how to dress, act and sing. Soon their song, ‘That Thing You Do’, hits number one and the group is on top of the world. Unfortunately, the song is The Wonders’s only hit.
And that’s just one reason why the group’s collapse happens so quickly... |
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