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Hoosiers
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Hoosiers (1986) -- A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship.
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Overview

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7.5/10   14,073 votes
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Writer:
Angelo Pizzo (written by)
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Release Date:
14 November 1986 (USA) more
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They needed a second chance to finish first.
Plot:
A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations more
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(12 articles)
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Easily the best sports movie ever made. more (106 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gene Hackman ... Coach Norman Dale

Barbara Hershey ... Myra Fleener

Dennis Hopper ... Shooter
Sheb Wooley ... Cletus
Fern Persons ... Opal Fleener

Chelcie Ross ... George
Robert Swan ... Rollin
Michael O'Guinne ... Rooster
Wil Dewitt ... Reverenf Doty
John Robert Thompson ... Sheriff Finley
Michael Sassone ... Preacher Purl
Gloria Dorson ... Millie
Mike Dalzell ... Mayor Carl
Skip Welker ... Junior (as Calvert L. Welker)
Eric Gilliom ... J. June
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Best Shot (UK)
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114 min
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Color (CFI)
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1.85 : 1 more
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The theater that was closed for the final game burned down in 1998. more
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Continuity: When Coach Dale first arrives in the principal's office, his tie is alternately neat/untidy between shots. more
Quotes:
Coach Norman Dale: There's a, um tradition in tournament play- not talk about the next step until you've climbed the one in front of you. I'm sure going to the state finals is beyond your wildest dreams, so let's just keep it right there. more
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Manchester High School Fight Song more

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30 out of 38 people found the following comment useful.
Easily the best sports movie ever made., 26 June 2004
Author: Haradrim from Far Harad

A movie that defines the idea of the underdogs rising to meet the challenge of greatness, Hoosiers gives the audience something to cheer for. A tough-as-nails coach with a heart of gold, a team of farmboys with dreams of making it to the state finals, a small town pinning their hopes on their little high school - the movie has it all. It is well-paced, and is not overladen with side-plots and frivolities. There are no doped-up, foul-mouthed players, no need for gratuitous "party hearty" shots of the players behaving like hedonists or abusing their opponents. Some sports movies may trade in that stock and be considered "great" for it; this film doesn't and it's better for it. Superbly cast, superbly acted, and superbly executed. A worthy addition to the library of any sports film fan.

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