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The Tic Code

Tells the story of mother and her musically gifted young son who suffers a mild case of Tourette's Syndrome. Shows the mother and son meeting another sufferer of Tourettes (an accomplished saxophonist) and how they are able to connect through their love of jazz and the social alienation of living with Tourette's.

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  • "Tells the story of mother and her musically gifted young son who suffers a mild case of Tourette's Syndrome. Shows the mother and son meeting another sufferer of Tourettes (an accomplished saxophonist) and how they are able to connect through their love of jazz and the social alienation of living with Tourette's."@en
  • "The story of a young boy with Tourette's syndrome, his mother's search for inspiration for her musically talented son, and the relationship that ensues when she and her son get involved with his musical idol."@en
  • "Tells the story of mother and her musically gifted young son who suffers a mild case of Tourette's Syndrome. Shows the mother and son meeting another sufferer of Tourettes (an accomplished saxophonist) and are able to connect through their love of jazz and the social alienation of living with Tourette's."@en
  • "A 10 year old gifted boy (Christopher Marquette) wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor (Carol Kane). With his mother's (Polly Draper) help, he is an underage regular at a local nightspot, where he is teamed up with a sax superstar (Gregory Hines). 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 fallibility and resents the boy and his mother's acceptance of the disease. James McCaffery appears as the older musician's father, who has not really accepted his son's odd behavior. Bill Nunn and Tony Shalhoub also appear as gutter-mouthed bartenders, who get the two musicians together initially."@en
  • ""A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more [classically-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. The older man has developed mannerisms to cover up his own fallibilities and resents the boy and his mother's acceptance of the disease. James McCaffery appears as the older musician's father, who has not really accepted his son's odd behavior. Bill Nunn and Tony Shalhoub also appear as gutter-mouthed bartenders, who get the two musicians together initially"--Internet movie database, as viewed July 18, 2005."
  • "Plot Summary for Tic Code, The (1999) A 10 year old gifted boy (Christopher Marquette) wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor (Carol Kane). With his mother's (Polly Draper) help, he is an underage regular at a local nightspot, where he is teamed up with a sax superstar (Gregory Hines). 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."@en
  • "A story of three people who come to accept that, even though life doesn't always deal you a fair hand, you learn to play with the one youve got. For 12 year old piano prodigy Miles the only escape from his troubles is into the world of jazz music."@en
  • "Het twaalfjarige jongetje Miles heeft talent voor pianospelen maar lijdt ook aan het syndroom van Gilles de la Tourette. Als hij de bekende saxofonist Tyrone Pike ontmoet blijkt deze ook het syndroom te hebben."
  • "Set against the background of the Greenwich Village jazz scene, this is the story of a boy with Tourette's Syndrome whose only escape from his troubles is into the world of jazz music."@en
  • "A story of a mother's search for inspiration for her musically talented son and the relationship that ensues when she and her son get involved with his musical idol."@en

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  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
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  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Drama"
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  • "Tic Code"
  • "The Tic Code"@en
  • "The tic code"
  • "The tic code"@en

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