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The Hollywood Shorties

Mar 12, 2016

1h 24m

★ 7.0

The larger-than-life story of the world's smallest professional basketball team

Overview

In 1980s Los Angeles, a professional dwarf basketball team composed of recognizable-but-typecast actors finds itself the unwitting vanguard of a revolution to represent little people as something other than objects of curiosity.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Frontiersman Pictures

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Cast

Jerry Maren

Tony Cox

George Rossitto

Kevin Thompson

Joe Gieb

Jimmy Briscoe

Martin Klebba

Billy Barty

Michael Gilden

Joseph S. Griffo

Ryan Steven Green

Robin Chappell

10 million athletes play basketball every year. Of that 10 million, only 900,000 will play high school basketball. Of that 900,000, only 5,000 will play college basketball. Of that 5,000, only 96 college basketball players will be drafted each year. This documentary wants to focus on athletes and their families, as they go on the journey of trying to make it to that level.

0.0

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3.7

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0.0

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0.0

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7.0

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7.1

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7.4

The Redeem Team

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6.4

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0.0

The Road to OVC Champions

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"The Road to OVC Champions" takes you inside the 2023-24 season of Morehead State Men's Basketball. This student-produced documentary offers an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the team's relentless pursuit of the Ohio Valley Conference title.

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7.0

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7.6

Hoop Dreams

Sep 12, 1994

Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program. Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the social and physical obstacles that stand in their way. This acclaimed documentary was shot over the course of five years.

6.9

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