On the Q.T. (1999)

A struggling violin player has his morals tested after he meets a wise musician while playing in the subway who introduces him to the music world in N.Y.C.

Director:

Yale Strom

Stars:

Sam Ball, James Earl Jones, Trudie Styler

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sam Ball	...	Jari
James Earl Jones	...	Leo
Trudie Styler	...	Carla
Annie Parisse	...	Wendy
Henry Simmons	...	Peter
Peter Stan	...	Shani
Tom Mardirosian	...	Ismail
Michael Cullen	...	Jari's Father
Sam Guncler	...	Demetrios
Debra Gold	...	Judith White
Manny Perez	...	Aurelio
Matthew Saldivar	...	Julian (as Matt Saldivar)
Sean Cullen	...	Henri
Kim Chan	...	Asian Busker
Jeffrey Ware	...	Luca

Storyline

A struggling violin player has his morals tested after he meets a wise musician while playing in the subway who introduces him to the music world in N.Y.C.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Talento

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

User Reviews

Musical

Apart from the fact that I didn't really care for a lot of Jari's playing, I enjoyed this movie quite a lot. Jones' performance, as you might expect, was magnificent. Ball and the other actors did a good job, and the production values were generally good.

I think in order to really appreciate the story, though, you have to be the type of musician that Leo is; the kind that just can't imagine not expressing themselves through music. It's not something you do, it's just who you are. Many fine musicians learn to put themselves into their music. But for someone like Leo, it couldn't be any other way.

Interestingly, this is the one thing I would fault the story on -- Jari isn't that kind of musician. He sometimes talks like he is, and Carla seems to think he is, but I just don't feel it from him.

That's a minor consideration, though; overall I liked the movie quite well.