Directed by:
Ryan Steven GreenScreenplay:
Ryan Steven GreenCinematography:
Craig EvansComposer:
Ian MackleyCast:
Tony Cox, Martin Klebba, Ryan Steven Green, Billy Barty (a.f.), Ian Mackley, Jerry Maren (a.f.), Kevin Thompson, Regan LintonVOD (1)
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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. (South by Southwest Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Tony Cox
USA
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Bird (1988)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Martin Klebba
USA
Best movies:
Billy Barty (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Jerry Maren (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Kevin Thompson
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Blade Runner (1982)
Jackass 3D (2010)