The Tic Code
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| Directed by | Gary Winick |
| Written by | Polly Draper |
| Produced by | Polly Draper Sarah Pillsbury Karen Tangorra |
| Starring | Polly Draper, Christopher George Marquette, and Gregory Hines |
| Cinematography | Wolfgang Held |
| Edited by | Bill Pankow Kate Sanford Henk Van Eeghen |
| Music by | Michael Wolff |
| Distributed by | Avalanche Releasing |
Release date | February 1999 |
Running time | 91 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
The Tic Code is a 1999 drama film starring Christopher George Marquette, Gregory Hines and Polly Draper.
In 1989 when Polly Draper, then one of the stars on the hit ensemble TV drama thirtysomething, appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show, she got a lot more out of her guest shot than mere p.r. fluff for her show. That day she met and soon fell in love with Hall's bandleader, jazz pianist Michael Wolff. The pairing proved fortuitous, producing a marriage, two sons Nat and Alex Wolff, and now a movie, The Tic Code. The film tells the story of a 12-year-old boy, Miles, who has Tourette syndrome (the film's title refers to the tics associated with the syndrome).
Draper makes her screenwriting debut and stars in The Tic Code as a mother coping with her young son Miles' Tourette's syndrome. She tries to recruit a Tourette-afflicted jazz musician Tyrone to help her boy, only to find herself attracted to the man, unleashing long-dormant romantic feelings. Inspired to write the script by Wolff's mild case of Tourette's syndrome, Draper has fashioned a tale that's dramatic, funny, romantic, surprisingly unsentimental, and richly evocative of Manhattan's jazz scene, underlined by Wolff's infectious score.
The Tic Code won awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Giffoni Film Festival and the Hamptons International Film Festival.[1]
Cast
- Christopher George Marquette as Miles
- Polly Draper as Laura
- Carol Kane as Miss Gimpole
- Desmond Robertson as Todd
- Robert Iler as Denny Harley
- Bill Nunn as Kingston
- Tony Shalhoub as Phil
- Ismail Bashey as Indian Man
- Camryn Manheim as Mrs. Swensrut
- Gregory Hines as Tyrone
- Blair Ashlee Swanson as Confident Girl
- Carlos McKinney as Chester
- John B. Williams as Sparky
- Dick Berk as Tiny
- Fisher Stevens as Morris
- Allison Nurse as Blonde #1
- David Johansen as Marvin
- Pat Moya as Belinda
- James McCaffrey as Michael (Laura's X Husband)
- Peter Appel as Sound Engineer #1
- Michael Wolff as Sound Engineer #2
- Sarallen as Homeless Woman
Score musicians
- Saxaphone – Alex Foster
- Vibes – Dave Samuels
- Piano – Michael Wolff
- Bass – Ron Carter
- Drums – Lennie White
- Percussion – Don Alias
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- Gregory Hines' saxaphone performance – Alex Foster
- Christopher Marquette's piano performance – Michael Wolff
Composer (music score)
- Michael Wolff
References
- ^ IMDb.com. Awards for The Tic Code (1999). Accessed 10 July 2006.
External links
- The Tic Code at IMDb
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