[Dixielandjazz] The Gig

[Richard Stevens]

I heard there was some Bob Barnard sound track on that movie? Can anyone
confirm that?

Richard Stevens
The Jazz Factory
www.ozemail.com.au/~jazzfact/

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[mailto:dixielandjazz-admin@ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Dan Augustine
Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2002 7:01 AM
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] The Gig

Folks--
    Dave Stoddard loaned me a videotape of a movie called "The Gig",
which i watched last night.  It was made in 1985 and wasn't bad.  Here's
a synopsis of the plot from the Internet Database:

"User Comments:
Hermit C-2
Marietta, GA, USA
Date: 30 April 1999
Summary: A wonderful sleeper.
    This film gave me probably the most pleasant surprise of any I've
ever seen. It was not a big-budget production and its premise,
middle-age amateur jazz musicians get an unexpected professional
engagement at a Catskills-like resort, seems rather modest. What's not
modest is the film's success. This is a little slice-of-life movie that
is most entertaining throughout. Director Frank D. Gilroy also wrote the
script and it's full of interesting subplots and unexpected twists.
    The actors are journeymen who do a solid job. The biggest revelation
to me was Cleavon Little. He plays a professional musician who is hired
to fill in for an ailing band member. His attitude immediately clashes
with the others. While they see it as an opportunity for big fun and a
once in a lifetime thing, he sees it as his job and not a particularly
interesting one. This leads to conflict but when the group gets in
trouble, he steers them through. Little, who died too young, really
showed me he was a fine actor with this film.
This movie is a true sleeper, the kind that a film fan always hopes to
discover. I recommend it wholeheartedly."

User Rating:  6.2/10 (31 votes)=20

Cast overview, first billed only:
Wayne Rogers    .... 	Marty Flynn=20
Cleavon Little	.... 	Marshall Wilson=20
Andrew Duncan   .... 	Jack Larmon=20
Jerry Matz	.... 	Aaron Wohl=20
Daniel Nalbach	.... 	Arthur Winslow=20
Warren Vach=E9	.... 	Gil Macrae=20

    Warren Vach=E9 was pretty good as an actor, and he also blew some =
nice
figures.  Don't know who the other actual players were.  For those of us
wistfully imagining ourselves as Professional Dixieland Musicians, this
little movie furnishes ever-increasing doses of what pros sometimes have
to put up with.
    Don't run right out and buy it or rent it, but if you like Wayne
Rogers (from M.A.S.H.) or Cleavon Little (from "Blazing Saddles"), you
might give it a shot if you run across it.

    Dan

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