"The Hoop Life" The Hardwood: Part 1 (1999)

TV Series:

"The Hoop Life" (1999)

Original Air Date:

4 July 1999 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Basketball

Cast

Roberta Angelica	...	Trish
Brenda Bazinet
Michèle Duquet	...	Kristina (as Michelle Duquet)
Lynda Gravatt	...	Celia Thorpe
Charles W. Gray	...	Uncle Otis
Phil Guerrero	...	Actor
Maxine Guess	...	Reporter
Dorian Harewood	...	Eliot Pierce
Robert Hooks	...	Willis Barry
Dan Lauria	...	Leonard Fero
Cirroc Lofton	...	Curtis Thorpe
Rick Peters	...	Greg Marr
Peter Stebbings	...	Peter Marr
Raymond Anthony Thomas	...	Uncle Kenny Williams
Linda Thorson	...	Emily Yeager
Mykelti Williamson	...	Marvin Buxton
Reno Wilson	...	Owen Davies

Produced by
Barry Levinson	....	producer

Art Department
Craig Grant	....	property master
William Poulter	....	on-set dresser
Rob Valeriote	....	assistant head carpenter

Sound Department
Nader Mansour	....	sound assistant

Casting Department
John Mabry	....	casting department

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robert Welsh	....	wardrobe manufacturer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Steve Lowry	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Erin Hunt	....	music coordinator
Wayne Peet	....	composer: additional music
Wayne Peet	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Cheryl Darbey	....	driver

Other crew
Michael Leder	....	production assistant
Nick Kontsalakis	....	first assistant accountant (uncredited)

Michelyn Emelle	...	Sharon Thorpe
Clé Bennett	...	Damon Brown
Ylfa Edelstein	...	Dr. Claire St. James
Stephanie Mills	...	Lourdes Fero
Anne Openshaw	...	Shannon Marr
Billy-Joe Buttery	...	Teen-Angel

Directed by
Joe Cacaci
Stacey Stewart Curtis
Jean de Segonzac
Kevin Hooks
George Mendeluk
Milan Cheylov		(3 episodes)
Ken Girotti		(multiple episodes)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Laurence Andries		writer
Sean Jablonski		written by

Produced by
Laurence Andries	....	producer
Richard J. Anobile	....	associate producer
Joe Cacaci	....	executive producer
Sean Jablonski	....	co-producer
Judy McCreary	....	supervising producer
Steve Wakefield	....	producer

Original Music by
Bennie Wallace

Cinematography by
David Herrington

Film Editing by
Bill Goddard
Mike Lee
Gary L. Smith

Casting by
Jon Comerford
Louis DiGiaimo
Claudia Smith

Production Design by
Gordon Barnes

Art Direction by
Kim Rennick

Set Decoration by
Elliot Carew
Rob Hepburn

Costume Design by
Julie Whitfield		(as Julie Ganton)

Makeup Department
Regan Noble	....	key hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Crain	....	first assistant director
Karl Irvine	....	second assistant director
Michael Johnson	....	first assistant director
Glenn MacIntosh	....	first assistant director
Marcel Saumure	....	second assistant director
Erin Walker	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Marilyn Kiewiet	....	set designer
Megan Less	....	key set dresser

Sound Department
Brian Avery	....	sound
Gavin Coford	....	boom operator
Cory Mandel	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Dave Fulton	....	special effects pyrotechnician
Jeff Skochko	....	special effects key/tech
Steve Skochko	....	special effects technician
Tim Good	....	special effects coordinator (uncredited)
Jasmine Gorett Vala	....	special effects key (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Debbie Cooke	....	visual effects producer
Laurie Kerr	....	assistant visual effects producer
Michael A. Puliatch	....	visual effects consultant: Season Viz EFX Design
Tony Willis	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Roy T. Anderson	....	stunts
Randy Butcher	....	stunts
Layton Morrison	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Auger	....	gaffer
Pierre Berube	....	electrician
Dave Erlichman	....	key grip
Keith Hlady	....	camera operator
Steve Kolodziej	....	24 frame video operator
Graeme Mears	....	cinematographer: second unit
Peter Stranks	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lisa Renee Reed	....	assistant costume designer
Lisa Renee Reed	....	wardrobe assistant
Robyn Rosenberg	....	costume set supervisor

Editorial Department
Todd Philip Aronauer	....	post-production coordinator
Rob Evans	....	color timer

Music Department
Yuri Gorbachow	....	music editor
Cory Mandel	....	scoring mixer
Mark Morgan	....	composer: title theme

Transportation Department
John Ricci	....	picture car wrangler

Other crew
Jocelyn Cornforth	....	script coordinator
Sheena Graham	....	production coordinator
Julie McCambley	....	receptionist
Chandra-Li Paul	....	assistant production coordinator
John Rakich	....	production assistant
Timothy Storey	....	production coordinator
David Watson	....	production executive

Other Companies

• S.L. Feldman & Associates  music coordination