---
title: 'The Tic Code (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gary Winick'
released: '1999-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-tic-code-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165986/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Tic Code (1999)

1999 · Drama, Music · United States


## Synopsis

The Tic Code is a drama film directed by Gary Winick and written by Polly Draper. It tells of a single mother, the relationship she forms with a jazz musician who has Tourette syndrome, and her young son—a piano prodigy—also with the disorder. The musician and the boy form a friendship, and the film is loosely based upon the experiences of Draper's jazz musician husband Michael Wolff, who provided the film's score. Draper, known for her role in Thirtysomething, portrays the mother; Gregory Hines plays the musician; and Christopher George Marquette stars as the young boy.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Polly Draper](https://cinepixo.com/people/polly-draper)
- **Director:** [Gary Winick](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-winick)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-wolff)
- **Producer:** [Michael Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-wolff)
- **Editor:** [Bill Pankow](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-pankow)

## Cast

- [Bill Nunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-nunn)
- [Peter Appel](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-appel)
- [Tony Shalhoub](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-shalhoub)
- [Fisher Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/fisher-stevens)
- [Polly Draper](https://cinepixo.com/people/polly-draper)
- [Gregory Hines](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-hines)
- [Carol Kane](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-kane)

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