Straight Up (TV series)

Straight Up (TV series)

infobox television
show_name = Straight Up


caption =
format = Teen drama
runtime = 60 min.
creator = Eric Norlen, Adrienne Mitchell, Janis Lundman, Christine Shipton
starring = ensemble cast
country = Canada
network = CBC
first_aired =1996
last_aired =1998
num_episodes = 13
imdb_id =0215441|

"Straight Up" is a popular but short lived Canadian television series produced by Back Alley Films. Although critically acclaimed , the show only ran for 13 episodes on CBC Television from 1996 to 1998. Set in Toronto, the show dealt with the gritty problems of teenagers living in an urban environment.

Rather than focusing on a core group of principal characters, each episode would typically feature a different set of the ensemble teenage cast. Initially, although the character relationships were intertwined, each episode would feature a self-contained plot usually involving only a few of the characters. However during the second season, there was a continuing story arc involving a murder over multiple episodes.

Although "Straight Up" only lasted for two seasons, it spawned the spin off series "Drop the Beat" which followed the characters of Jeff and Dennis as DJs at a campus radio station.

Cast

*Evelyn Anders as Claire
*Mona Atwell as Simone
*Morpheus Blak as Vanya
*Marc Cohen as Murray
*Nicole Crozier as Louise
*Sasha Dindayal as Charlene
*Chad Donella as Rick
*Dyson Forbes as Dyson
*Omari Forrester as Pipe
*Tamara Gorski as Corey
*Suzanne Hatim as Sondra
*Erin Hicock as Jaz
*Kirk Lewis as Clay
*Noam T.C.S. Lior as Ed
*Shawn Mathieson as Steve
*Merwin Mondesir as Dennis
*Justin Peroff as Rory
*Sarah Polley as Lily
*Mark Taylor as Jeff
*Jacob Tierney as Alex

Episode List

eason 1

1.1 - Jam
1.2 - Dead Babies
1.3 - Big Time
1.4 - Small Bang Theory
1.5 - Sacrifice Trick
1.6 - Seize

eason 2

2.1 - Straped
2.2 - Raw
2.3 - Mortifying
2.4 - Façade
2.5 - Gravity (Kim Poirier guest starred as AJ's Gang Member in this episode)
2.6 - Pudding
2.7 - Bomb

Awards and nominations

At the 1997 Gemini Awards, Jerry Ciccoritti won for "Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series" for the episode "Small Bang Theory" and James Bredin was nominated for "Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series" for same episode. cite web | title = Canada's Award Database - 11th Geminis | publisher = Canada's Award Database| url = http://academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?shownum=11&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=3&curstep=4&submit.x=57&submit.y=2 | accessdate = 2006-12-11]

At the 1998 Gemini Awards, Sarah Polley won for "Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series" for the episode "Mortifying" and Jerry Ciccoritti won for "Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series" again this time for the episode "Raw" . Also at these awards, Merwin Mondesir was nominated for "Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series" for the episode "Façade", Karen Walton was nominated for "Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program and Series " for the episode "Gravity". The episode "Raw" was also nominated for "Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series" and "Best Costume Design". Finally, "Straight Up" was nominated for "Best Children's or Youth Program or Series". cite web | title = Canada's Award Database - 13th Geminis | publisher = Canada's Award Database| url = http://academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?shownum=13&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=3&curstep=4&submit.x=72&submit.y=10 | accessdate = 2006-12-11]

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