FILM 1505: THAT THING YOU DO!

TRIVIA: Tom Hanks's writer-directorial film debut.

The four actors playing The Wonders rehearsed as a band for eight weeks to get the feel of performing - but most of their performances in the film were dubbed by other musicians.

Film debut of Tom Everett Scott. Tom Hanks was initially opposed to hiring Scott because of Scott's strong resemblance to a younger Hanks. He was finally convinced by his wife, Rita Wilson, who thought Scott was cute.

Adam Schlesinger, the bassist of Fountains of Wayne, penned the title song in response to a contest being held by the studio. Their song won, being used in the movie. The movie was released shortly after their first album.

Tom Hanks claimed that he wrote the script while on the promotional tour for Forrest Gump (1994) due to his boredom doing non-stop interviews.

Including full versions, alternative versions, live versions and snippets, the song "That Thing You Do" is heard eleven times in the movie.

Frequent Tom Hanks collaborator, Ron Howard's, brother plays a DJ in the film. It's Howard's director hallmark to feature his brother in his work.

FILM 1347: BEWARE OF MR. BAKER

Ginger Baker looks back on his musical career with Cream and Blind Faith; his introduction to Fela Kuti; his self-destructive patterns and losses of fortune; and his current life inside a fortified South African compound.

FILM 1307: WHIPLASH

TRIVIA: During the more intense practice scenes, the director wouldn't yell, "cut!" so that Miles Teller would keep drumming until he exhausted himself.

J.K. Simmons has played piano in the past and had to retake lessons for his role.

The director and writer of the film, Damien Chazelle, could not get funding for the movie, so he instead turned it into a short film and submitted it into the Sundance Film Festival in 2013. The short film ended up winning the Short Film Jury Award, and he got funding soon after.

Although Miles Teller has been drumming since he was 15 years old, he took additional lessons 4 hours a day, 3 days a week to prepare for the movie.

The film is one of the lowest grossing movies ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2012 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.

Metz is modeled after Pvt. Leonard aka "Gomer Pyle" from the war film, Full Metal Jacket.