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THE HOLLYWOOD SHORTIES is a documentary on the birth of organized sports in the American dwarf community. Dating back to the 1950s, the Hollywood Shorties were a basketball team formed from an insular group of recognizable-but-typecast actors. What began as a rare outlet for these little people to gather publicly, by the early 80s saw the Shorties enjoying a niche in entertainment akin to the Harlem Globetrotters. Simultaneously, they found themselves the vanguard of a revolution to represent little people as something other than objects of curiosity. But, in a bittersweet turn, the very popularity that the Shorties singlehandedly created would phase the team out of the sport they pioneered.
Original Release
11/22/2016
US Release
11/22/2016
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tony Cox | Self |
Martin Klebba | Self |
Jimmy Briscoe | Self |
Kevin Thompson | Self |
George Rossitto | Self |
Joe Gieb | Self |
Scott Danberg | Self |
Joseph S. Griffo | Self |
Lydia Green | Self |
Scott Green | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tony Cox | Self |
Martin Klebba | Self |
Jimmy Briscoe | Self |
Kevin Thompson | Self |
George Rossitto | Self |
Joe Gieb | Self |
Scott Danberg | Self |
Joseph S. Griffo | Self |
Lydia Green | Self |
Scott Green | Self |
Glen Haserot | Self |
Jim Kay | Self |
Adam Romano | Self |
Chris Romano | Self |
Len Sawisch | Self |
Anthony Slide | Self |
Brian Stepanek | Narrator |
Billy Barty | (archive footage) |
Jerry Maren | (archive footage) |
Angelo Rossitto | (archive footage) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ryan Steven Green | Executive Producer |
Craig Evans | Producer |
Charlie Pecoraro | Producer |