The Tic Code

1h 31min

Drama

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.

Production Companies

Lions Gate Films

Gun for Hire Films

Film Finances

Cast

Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines

Tyrone Pike
Carol Kane

Carol Kane

Miss Gimpole
Bill Nunn

Bill Nunn

Kingston
Ismail Bashey

Ismail Bashey

Indian Man
Camryn Manheim

Camryn Manheim

Mrs. Swensrut
Blair Swanson

Blair Swanson

Confident Girl
Allison Nurse

Allison Nurse

Blonde #1
Peter Appel

Peter Appel

Engineer #1
Michael Wolff

Michael Wolff

Engineer #2
Sarallen

Sarallen

Homeless Woman
Glenn J. Cohen

Glenn J. Cohen

Aggravated Subway Rider(uncredited)
Geoffrey Gould

Geoffrey Gould

Jazz Club Patron(uncredited)
Glenn Kalison

Glenn Kalison

Cigar Smoker(uncredited)
Raphi Kammer

Raphi Kammer

Band Member(uncredited)

Release date

1st Jun 1998

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English