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Also known as PLAY•TONE

The Playtone Company (stylized on-screen as PLAY•TONE; a.k.a. Playtone Productions) is an American film and television production company established on January 23, 1998 by actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman, and based in Santa Monica, California.

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Company.name
The Playtone Company
Company.logo
Playtone.svg
Company.type
Private
Company.industry
Film productionTelevision production
Company.founded
in Santa Monica, California, United States
Company.founders
Tom HanksGary Goetzman
Company.location_city
Santa Monica, California
Company.location_country
United States
Company.key_people
Tom Hanks (CEO)Rita Wilson Hanks (CFO)
Company.products
Motion picturesTelevision programs
Company.owner
Tom Hanks
Company.subsid
Playtone Records

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1998-01-23
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Playtone films
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The Playtone Company (stylized on-screen as PLAY•TONE; a.k.a. Playtone Productions) is an American film and television production company established on January 23, 1998 by actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman, and based in Santa Monica, California.

The company was named after the fictional record company of the same name in the 1996 film That Thing You Do!, written and directed by Hanks; it also uses the same company logo, typically revealed on-screen with a brief instrumental snippet of the titular song itself, with some variations in each film depending on subject matter. The success of the film served as a spring-board to launch an actual Playtone Records label that year, with its first release being the film's soundtrack.

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