The Tic Code

The Tic Code

91 mins | June 1, 2000

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.

The Tic Code

91 mins | June 1, 2000

The Tic Code
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers
Original title The Tic Code
Directors Gary Winick
Writers Polly Draper

Cast

Polly Draper

as Laura

Gregory Hines

as Tyrone Pike

Carol Kane

as Miss Gimpole

Bill Nunn

as Kingston

Tony Shalhoub

as Phil

James McCaffrey

as Michael