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Gadi Dechter (writer)
Marc Lazard (writer)
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An emotionally dysfunctional ukulele minstrel lands a gig at a nursing home where he strikes up an unlikely relationship with an ancient jazz chanteuse and awakens from a lifetime of loneliness and inconsequence. | add synopsis
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William Sanderson ... Stanley Myer
Marla Gibbs ... Eleanor Whitney

Faye Dunaway ... Leila

Stephen Tobolowsky ... Abe Cohen
Paul Benjamin ... Teddy Branson

Kevin Jackson ... Russell Branson
Ian Whitcomb ... Smiling Jack
Justin Lazard ... Joshua
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Natalie Barish ... Sarah

Lilyan Chauvin ... Grace

David James Elliott ... Record Store Clerk

Bill Erwin ... Jules (as William Erwin)
Jim Ishida ... Byron Fujisaki
Rodney Kegeyama ... Jeff Fujisaki

Max Perlich ... Steve
Linda Porter ... Alice

Tammy Tavares ... Receptionist
Elena Zennaro ... Sister Rita
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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Unique interesting movie, 23 August 2004
Author: vaallen from modesto, ca

I always look for cute, interesting movies on Sundays. This is one of the best. The title character - Stanley is a quirky guy who plays the ukulele and sings. He needs a job and finds one as the recreational therapist at a retirement home. All of the characters have their own story which this movie tells each story in their own way and ties up any lose ends by the end of the movie - one of my personal pet peeves is don't introduce a storyline you aren't prepared to complete. Anyway, the acting is good - loved Marla Gibbs she was so good that you really didn't see Marla Gibbs - she was Elenor Whitney. The ukulele music was right in tune with the quirky movie, but the blues music sung by Marla Gibbs was sublime. Well worth watching a couple of times.

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