The Gig
The Gig ★★½ 1985
In this small, independently made film, a band of middle-aged amateur jazz musicians give up their stable occupations for a once-in-alifetime shot at a two-week gig in the Catskills. Film succeeds on the strength of it's well fleshedout characters. 95m/C VHS . Wayne Rogers, Cleavon Little, Warren Vache, Joe Silver, Daniel Nalbach, Andrew Duncan, Jay Thomas, Jerry Matz; D: Frank D. Gilroy; W: Frank D. Gilroy.
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