The Tic Code
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| The Tic Code | |
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| Directed by | Gary Winick |
| Produced by | Polly Draper Sarah Pillsbury Karen Tangorra |
| Written by | Polly Draper |
| Starring | Polly Draper Christopher George Marquette Gregory Hines |
| Music by | Michael Wolff Alex Foster |
| Cinematography | Wolfgang Held |
| Editing by | Bill Pankow Kate Sanford Henk Van Eeghen |
| Distributed by | Avalanche Releasing |
| Release date(s) | Template:Start date |
| Running time | 91 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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The Tic Code is a 1999 drama film starring Christopher George Marquette, Gregory Hines and Polly Draper. The Tic Code won awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Giffoni Film Festival and the Hamptons International Film Festival.[1]
The Tic Code was released direct to video.
Plot
The film tells the story of a young boy,[1] Miles Caraday (Marquette), a jazz piano prodigy who has Tourette syndrome; and his divorced mother Laura Caraday (Draper). Miles has a school friend, Todd (Desmond Robertson) who seems not to bothered by Miles' condition. Miles wants to become a jazz pianist against the wishes of his classical-oriented instructor Miss Gimpole (Carol Kane). To make matters worse, he gets bullied by a kid in his class, Denny Harley (Robert Iler).
Miles makes friends with a jazz saxophonist, Tyrone Pike (Hines) at a local nightspot, who also has Tourette's, but who has learned to cover it up.
Tyrone tells Denny (the bully) that the reason why he and Miles tic is:
| “ | Tyrone: Because we both know the code. Denny: Code, what code? Tyrone: The tic code. Denny: So you and Miles made this whole thing up? Tyrone: No, the C.I.A. did, a lot of people know about it now. | ” |
Tyrone doesn't like to talk about Tourette's which becomes a problem when Laura and Tyrone start dating.
An argument between Laura and Tyrone:
| “ | Laura: It's not odd that I want to talk to you about it every once in a while, my god I watched my son be humiliated by it for years and tomorrow is a very big day for him, father to son half the humiliating, so yes it's on my mind. Tyrone: What are you going to do Laura, just find more people with tics then me, I heard there was a baseball player who's got them, why don't you take him to some ball game! Laura: Cut it out. Tyrone: Jazz clubs, baseball games, you'll sit through anything won't you, until you're going to eventually discuss your favorite topic! Laura: My favorite topic! Tyrone: If it wasn't for Miles and his tics, you would never leave this fucking apartment! Laura: Stop yelling at me, stop insulting me, I'm sorry I brought it up, I'm sorry you don't like to talk about it, but I have a little boy coming home from school everyday calling himself a weirdo and I can't help it, but be sorriest about that! Tyrone: Well let me pull your coat to something Laura, he is right people like me and Miles are weirdoes and the sooner he realizes it the better! Laura: You know what Tyrone, you can call your self anything you like, but while you're in my house don't you ever talk that way about my son again. Tyrone: Fine! | ” |
Background/Production
The film's screenplay was written by Polly Draper, and her husband—jazz musician Michael Wolff—contibuted the score; Wolff has Tourette's and the script was loosely based on his life.[1][1]
Cast
- Christopher George Marquette as Miles Caraday
- Polly Draper as Laura Caraday
- Gregory Hines as Tyrone Pike
- Desmond Robertson as Todd
- Carol Kane as Miss Gimpole
- Robert Iler as Denny Harley
- Bill Nunn as Kingston
- Tony Shalhoub as Phil
- Camryn Manheim as Mrs. Lily Swensrut
- Michael Wolff as Sound Engineer #2
- James McCaffrey as Michael Caraday
References
External links
- The Tic Code at the Internet Movie Database
- Lee, Felicia R. "A TV Family Bound By Blood and a Band", The New York Times, January 25, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
Topics related to Tourette syndrome | |
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| Main | Causes and origins · History · Sociological and cultural aspects · Treatment |
| Terms | Coprolalia · Copropraxia · Echolalia · Echopraxia · Palilalia · Sensory phenomena · Tic · Tic disorder · Tourettism |
| History | Jean-Martin Charcot · Georges Gilles de la Tourette · Jean Marc Gaspard Itard · Arthur K. Shapiro |
| Organizations | Tourette Syndrome Association · Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada |
| Media | I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me · John's Not Mad · The Tic Code · "Le Petit Tourette" · Motherless Brooklyn |
| Notable people | Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf · Howard Ahmanson, Jr · Pete Bennett · Brad Cohen · Jim Eisenreich · Tim Howard · Samuel Johnson · Andre Malraux · Tobias Picker · Nick van Bloss · Michael Wolff |
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