The Prodigious Hickey


60m 1987

Brief Synopsis

An "American Playhouse" production set at a boys prep school in 1905. The story begins in September when the new semester begins, and revolves around the returning big man on campus, William Hicks, otherwise known as "the prodigious Hickey" for his ingenious pranks. Also featured in the story are th

Film Details

Also Known As
American Playhouse (01/26/87), Prodigious Hickey
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1987

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Synopsis

An "American Playhouse" production set at a boys prep school in 1905. The story begins in September when the new semester begins, and revolves around the returning big man on campus, William Hicks, otherwise known as "the prodigious Hickey" for his ingenious pranks. Also featured in the story are the housemaster who is determined to catch Hickey red-handed, his Dickinson House mates who aid and abet him in his mischief-making, and the admiring head-master who wonders whether Hickey has finally gone too far in his pranks.

Crew

Tannis Baker

Script Supervisor

Eldie Benson

Generator Operator

Anthony Bliss

Photography

Jack Buchanan

Boom Operator

Marlene Chappelle

Wardrobe

Alison Clarke

Sound Editor

Margaret Clinchy

Other

Douglas Colling

Camera Assistant

Terry Cooke

Sound Mixer

Len D'agostino

Production Manager

Paul Davis

Other

Sandi Duncan

Makeup

Bill Fleming

Art Director

Imre Geiszt

Grip

Perri Gorrara

Production Designer

Tina Grewal

Production Assistant

Hagood Hardy

Music

Tambra Helmstreet

Production Assistant

John Hobson

Camera Assistant

Juanita Holden

Props

Neil Huhta

Assistant Director

Stephen Janisch

Assistant Director

Maris Jansen

Gaffer

Astrid Janson

Costume Designer

Michele Jelley

Production Assistant

Dave Jenei

Grip

Owen Johnson

Book As Source Material

Randy Jones

Driver

Jan Jaffe Kahn

Writer

Ronald J. Kahn

Producer

Susan Kavesh

Production Coordinator

Tracy Kennedy

Production Assistant

Lynn Kressel

Casting

Lindsay Law

Executive Producer

Allan Lee

Sound Editor

Tracy Lilienfield

Casting

Jocelyn Macdonald

Hair

Graham Mackay

Assistant Director

Lilit Malins

Other

Janine Mather

Costume Designer

Andris Matis

Electrician

Elizabeth Mcdermott

Production Assistant

Bruce C Mckenna

Property Master

Jennifer Mclaren

Production Associate

Greg Mcmaster

Location Manager

John Megill

Sound

Jeffrey Melvin

Props

Rene Ohashi

Director Of Photography

Iain Paterson

Producer

Peter Raniers

Photography

Ronald Sanders

Editor

Susan Shipton

Assistant Editor

Cactus Simser

Best Boy

Jane Startz

Executive Producer

Marta Sternberg

Sound Editor

Kim Stitt

Other

Ian Taylor

Key Grip

Peter Thillaye

Sound Editor

Andrew Ward

Other

Matthew Woolchuk

Driver

Film Details

Also Known As
American Playhouse (01/26/87), Prodigious Hickey
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1987

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Quotes

Trivia