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Directed by: Tom Hanks Written by: Tom Hanks Produced by: Jonathan Demme, Gary Goetzman, Edward Saxon Production year: 1996 Original release: 4 October 1996 (USA) Running time: 1 Hour, 48 Minutes Other cast: Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech Misc: IMDB | Amazon | iTunes |
Recounts a fable of a pop rock band formed a year after the Beatles took America by storm in early 1964. Jazz aficionado Guy Patterson, unhappily toiling in the family appliance store, is recruited into the band the Oneders (later renamed the Wonders) after regular drummer Chad breaks his arm. After Guy injects a four/four rock beat into lead singer Jimmy’s ballad, the song’s undeniable pop power flings the Wonders into a brief whirlwind of success, telling the tale of many American bands who attempted to grab the brass ring of rock and roll in the wake of the British Invasion.
