[Dixielandjazz] The Gig

[Robert S. Ringwald]

I believe that Warren Vache does all the tpt work.


Bob
mr.wonderful@ringwald.com
Placerville, CA USA
See: http://www.ringwald.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Stevens" <jazzfact@ozemail.com.au>
To: "'Dan Augustine'" <ds.augustine@mail.utexas.edu>; "'Dixieland Jazz
Mailing List'" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 4:29 PM
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] The Gig


> I heard there was some Bob Barnard sound track on that movie? Can anyon=
e
> confirm that?
>
> Richard Stevens
> The Jazz Factory
> www.ozemail.com.au/~jazzfact/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-admin@ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-admin@ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Dan Augustin=
e
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2002 7:01 AM
> To: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> 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 th=
e
> script and it's full of interesting subplots and unexpected twists.
>     The actors are journeymen who do a solid job. The biggest revelatio=
n
> 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)
>
> Cast overview, first billed only:
> Wayne Rogers    .... Marty Flynn
> Cleavon Little .... Marshall Wilson
> Andrew Duncan   .... Jack Larmon
> Jerry Matz .... Aaron Wohl
> Daniel Nalbach .... Arthur Winslow
> Warren Vach=E9 .... Gil Macrae
>
>     Warren Vach=E9 was pretty good as an actor, and he also blew some n=
ice
> figures.  Don't know who the other actual players were.  For those of u=
s
> wistfully imagining ourselves as Professional Dixieland Musicians, this
> little movie furnishes ever-increasing doses of what pros sometimes hav=
e
> 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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