That Thing You Do! is a 1996 English-language Comedy Drama film written and directed by Tom Hanks and produced by Jonathan Demme, Gary Goetzman and Edward Saxon under the banner of Clavius Base. A local Pennsylvania band scores a one hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from its manager. That thing you do! stars Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, Tom Hanks and Howie Long. The music was composed by Howard Shore. Cinematography was done by Tak Fujimoto and editing by Richard Chew. The motion picture has a running time of 108-148 minutes. It was released on 4th October 1996 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. That Thing You Do! was made on a budget of $26 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $34 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by 20th Century Fox.