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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Adult Situations Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 09/27/2005 Format: DVD - Color Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 33 mins Studio: Vanguard Cinema Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Drama, Melodrama

A tribute to the fabled jazz scene of L.A.'s Central Avenue during the 1930s and '40s, Stanley's Gig opens on a Hawaiian cruise ship where charismatic waster Stanley Myer (William Sanderson) has gotten a gig playing his ukulele for a group of filthy rich businessmen. The gig, arranged by his friend Leila (Faye Dunaway) helps to stem Stanley's overriding debt, but after it ends, he's desperate for another job. He finds one as a recreational therapist at a nursing home, where he wins the affections of all of its residents save for Eleanor Whitney (Marla Gibbs), a faded jazz great who now lives in self-imposed emotional exile. Eventually, a friendship forms between Stanley and Eleanor, and Stanley becomes determined to arrange a return performance for his friend at Honey Brown, the jazz club she used to headline. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide

William Sanderson - Stanley Myer
Marla Gibbs - Elanor Whitney
Faye Dunaway - Leila
Stephen Tobolowsky - Abe Cohen
Paul Benjamin - Teddy Branson