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Saw this as a sneak preview with my wife. Very fun movie. Well done by Hanks, who even had a hand in writing some of the songs for the soundtrack. This movie was his baby.
From IMDB: Recounts a fable of a pop rock band immediately 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 Merseybeat rhythm 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.
Written and directed by Tom Hanks.
Featuring: Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, and Giovanni Ribisi.
Miscellaneous: Fountains of Wayne is the band who penned the title song in response to a contest being held by the studio. Their song won, thus it was used in the movie and ultimately launched their career.
Homeland Security Director (and Erie native) Tom Ridge, then the governor of Pennsylvania, visited the set during production and presented Tom Hanks with a Zippo lighter that was engraved with the film's logo (Hanks collects Zippos, which are manufactured in Pennsylvania.)
Tom Hanks named his production company Play-Tone after the fictional record label in the movie.
