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.
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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 | |
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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 Kageyama | ... | Jeff Fujisaki (as Rodney Kegeyama) | |
| Max Perlich | ... | Steve | |
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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.
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19 June 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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A slow starter, well worth hanging on to the end, Stanley's Gig is a beautiful, understated story of redemption, full of quiet humor and amusingly real characters. William Sanderson, an actor with a memorable voice and a forgettable face, was perfect as Stanley, a recovering alcoholic who has wasted much of his life, but finds his talent as a ukulele-playing music therapist at a drab Los Angeles nursing home. Marla Gibbs, as Eleanor, was equally effective as an aged jazz singer who reclaims her past. Faye Dunaway, in an uncharacteristically unglamorous role, plays Stanley's friend and another recovering alcoholic. The plot is thin, but it is not the plot that matters. Stanley, in his quirky way, brings pride to Eleanor's memories of her past and at the same time finds his way late in life. The reward is well worth the journey.