Music and Lyrics
Share the music with someone you love.
Country
Budget
$40 000 000
Box office
$145 896 422
Director
Actors
Drew Barrymore, Hugh Grant, Brad Garrett, Haley Bennett, Brooke Tansley, Aasif Mandvi, Zak Orth, Scott Porter, Nick Bacon, Andrew Wyatt
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Jane Musky
Audition
Ilene Starger
Editing
Susan E. Morse, Kate Kelly
Whole Team (32)
Whole Team (32)
Short description
A washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write & record a duet with her, but there's a problem--Alex hasn't written a song in years; he's never written lyrics and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days.
What's left behind the scenes
- Andrew Lloyd Webber's mother taught Hugh Grant to play the piano. A long time has passed since then, and Hugh has completely forgotten what he learned. He resumed piano lessons before the start of filming.
- Adam Schlesinger, who composed the title track for “That Thing You Do!”, wrote most of the songs for the film.
- Andrew Lloyd Webber's mother used to teach Hugh Grant how to play the piano. Much time had passed since then, and Hugh had completely forgotten what he had learned. Before filming began, he resumed his piano lessons.
- There used to be a band called “Pop!” in Britain.
- Adam Schlesinger, who composed the title track for "That Thing You Do!", wrote most of the songs for the film.
- The plot, concerning the divergent fates of two leaders of a popular group, is based on the lives of Wham! members George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. While Michael achieved significant success in his solo music career, Ridgeley (like Hugh Grant's character) was not as fortunate.
- In the original version, Sophie asks Alex if he has a watering can, and also talks about an eighty-year-old German man who scolded her. In the German dubbed version, it concerns an eighty-year-old Frenchman.
- During the film's premiere in Amsterdam, a woman posing as a reporter handcuffed her arm to Hugh Grant's. Hugh had no choice but to walk the red carpet with her.
- During the film's premiere in Amsterdam, a woman, claiming to be a reporter, handcuffed her hand to Hugh Grant's. Hugh had no choice but to walk the red carpet with her.
- The initial title of the film was “Author of Words and Music – …” (English: Music and Lyrics By...), which was later changed to “Words and Music” (English: Music and Lyrics).
- In the Russian version, Hugh Grant's character was voiced by the well-known singer-songwriter Alexey Ivashchenko (a member of the duo 'Ivasi'). He also wrote the Russian lyrics for the film's songs and performed them.
- Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant both perform the vocal parts for their characters.
- Martin Fry, a member of the 1980s pop group “ABC”, taught Hugh Grant to sing and dance.
- The plot about the differing fates of two leaders of a popular band is based on the story of Wham! members George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. While Michael achieved significant success in a solo music career, Ridgeley (like Hugh Grant’s character) was not as fortunate.
- The promotional trailer includes several scenes that are not in the film: — a doorman opens the door for Alex. — during the "Battle of the 80s Idols" interview, Alex says that "PoP" broke up in 1992, so he should participate in the "Battle of the 90s Idols".
- Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant perform the vocal parts of their characters themselves.
- Martin Fry, a member of the 1980s pop group "ABC," taught Hugh Grant how to sing and dance.
- Scenes inside "Madison Square Garden" were filmed at "Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum".
- While Alex and Sophie are discussing Alex’s solo album in the store, "Radiation Vibe" by "Fountains of Wayne" is playing in the background.
- Hugh Grant's character was voiced in the Russian version by the well-known singer-songwriter Alexei Ivashchenko (a member of the duo "Ivasi"). He also wrote and performed the Russian lyrics for the film's songs.
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