The Tic Code
6.7
“Every family has something to hide”
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.
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Cast
39 people
Christopher Rodriguez Marquette
Miles
Known for
Reacher
The Girl Next Door
Polly Draper
Laura
Known for
First Kill
Side Effects
Gary Winick
Paulette Bartlett
Gregory Hines
Tyrone Pike
Known for
Running Scared
The Cotton Club
Carol Kane
Miss Gimpole
Known for
Hunters
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Larry Meistrich
Also in
Laws of Gravity
Niagara, Niagara
Desmond Robertson
Todd
Known for
It Takes Two
Sarah Pillsbury
Bill Nunn
Kingston
Known for
Spider-Man
The Legend of 1900
Helen Robin
Tony Shalhoub
Phil
Known for
Monk
Thir13en Ghosts
Gary Winick Director · Polly Draper Writer Michael Wolff Composer
Worldwide gross $205K · Budget $2M · United States release June 1, 1998
Box office
Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide gross
$205,003
Gross vs. budget
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Production
Lions Gate Films
Production
Gun for Hire Films
Production
Film Finances
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United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 1, 1998
Limited theatrical
Canada
March 3, 1999 · Vancouver Reel to Real Festival
Germany
February 1, 1999 · Limited theatrical
June 1, 2000 · Theatrical
Italy
July 1, 1999 · Giffoni Film Festival
Spain
February 28, 2020 · re-release
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