The Tic Code (1998)

5.9/10 91 min Drama

Overview

A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is an underage regular at a local nightspot, where he is teamed up with a sax superstar. Both come to learn that each suffers from Tourette's Syndrome (thus the film title). The older man has developed mannerisms to cover up his own fallibilities and resents the boy and his mother's acceptance of the disease.

Cast

Christopher Rodriguez Marquette

Miles

Polly Draper

Laura

Gregory Hines

Tyrone Pike

Carol Kane

Miss Gimpole

Bill Nunn

Kingston

Tony Shalhoub

Phil

James McCaffrey

Michael

Ismail Bashey

Indian Man

Robert Iler

Denny

Camryn Manheim

Mrs. Swensrut

Fisher Stevens

Morris

David Johansen

Marvin

Peter Appel

Engineer #1

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