Stanley's Gig
Stanley's Gig
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Overview
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.
Release Date
2000-06-19
Average
5.8
Rating:
2.9 startsTagline
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Languages:
English
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