Playtone
| Playtone | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Privately held company |
| founding | 1998 |
| Seat | Santa Monica , California , United States |
| management | Tom Hanks (CEO), Rita Wilson Hanks (CFO) |
| Number of employees | 18 (2006) |
| Branch | Film production, television production, music label |
| Website | playtone.com |
Playtone is an American film and television production company . Numerous soundtracks were released on the associated music label Play-Tone .
The company was founded in 1998 by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman and is based in Santa Monica .
history
Hanks and Goetzman met in 1993 while working on Philadelphia , in which Hanks played the lead role and Goetzman was executive producer . When Hanks wrote his first script for That Thing You Do! (1996), he asked Goetzman to produce the film and write some songs. The first release on the music label Play-Tone - whose name goes back to the fictional record company "Play Tone Records" featured in the film - was the soundtrack for That Thing You Do! . The first film produced by Playtone was Cast Away from 2000.
As a result, Playtone produced numerous internationally known films and television series.
Productions (selection)
Movies
- 2000: Castaway - Lost (Castaway)
- 2002: My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Wedding in Greek (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
- 2004: The Polar Express (The Polar Express)
- 2006: Lucas the Ant Bully
- 2007: Charlie Wilson's War (Charlie Wilson's War)
- 2008: Mamma Mia!
- 2008: City of Ember (City of Ember)
- 2008: The Great Buck Howard (The Great Buck Howard)
- 2009: Where the Wild Things Are (Where the Wild Things Are)
- 2009: My Big Fat Greek Summer (My Life in Ruins)
- 2011: Larry Crowne
- 2013: Parkland
- 2016: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
- 2016: A hologram of the King (A Hologram for the King)
- 2017: The Circle
- 2017: The Secret Man (Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House)
TV Shows
- 2001: Band of Brothers - We Were Like Brothers (Band of Brothers)
- 2006-2011: Big Love
- 2008: John Adams - Freedom for America (John Adams)
- 2010: The Pacific
- 2014: Olive Kitteridge
Soundtracks
- 1996: That Thing You Do!
- 1998: From the Earth to the Moon
- 2000: Girls United ( Bring It On )
- 2001: Josie and the Pussycats
- 2001: Band of Brothers - We Were Like Brothers ( Band of Brothers )
- 2002: My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Wedding in Greek ( My Big Fat Greek Wedding )
- 2002: The Truth About Charlie
Web links
- Official website
- Playtone in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Play-Tone at Discogs
Individual evidence
- ^ The Playtone Company . State of California, Statement of Information, accessed February 13, 2018.
- ^ A b Lorne Manly: For Tom Hanks, Just Another Day at the Office. In: New York Times. July 30, 2006, accessed June 20, 2011 .