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.
Director:
David AnspaughWriter:
Angelo Pizzo
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Title: Hoosiers (1986)
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Cast
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| Gene Hackman | ... | Coach Norman Dale | |
| Barbara Hershey | ... | Myra Fleener | |
| Dennis Hopper | ... | Shooter | |
| Sheb Wooley | ... | Cletus | |
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Fern Persons | ... | Opal Fleener |
| Chelcie Ross | ... | George | |
| Robert Swan | ... | Rollin | |
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Michael O'Guinne | ... | Rooster |
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Wil Dewitt | ... | Reverend Doty |
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John Robert Thompson | ... | Sheriff Finley |
| Michael Sassone | ... | Preacher Purl | |
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Gloria Dorson | ... | Millie |
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Mike Dalzell | ... | Mayor Carl |
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Skip Welker | ... | Junior (as Calvert L. Welker) |
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Eric Gilliom | ... | J. June |
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Based on the true story of a small-town Indiana team that made the state finals in 1954, this movie chronicles the attempts of a coach with a spotty past, and the town's basketball-loving drunk to lead their high school team to victory. Written by Thomas Pluck <stripey@winternet.com>
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Words by Ballard MacDonald
Music by James F. Hanley (as James Hanly)
Published by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co., Inc.
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In the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Cheers listing the top 100 most inspiring films of all time, it ranked #13, the highest among films not nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. See more »Goofs
In the Hickory Gym, the line where the modern free throw lane was removed is clearly visible. See more »Crazy Credits
Director David Anspaugh is credited as Jack Nemo in the edited (and disowned by Anspaugh) television cut. See more »Alternate Versions
The TV version of the film has been disowned by director David Anspaugh, and its director's credit goes to "Jack Nemo". See more »Connections
Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Michael Jackson's This Is It/The House of the Devil/Gentlemen Broncos (2009) See more »Soundtracks
Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana)Words by Ballard MacDonald
Music by James F. Hanley (as James Hanly)
Published by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co., Inc.
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
27 February 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$6,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$220,068, 16 November 1986Gross USA:
$28,607,524Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$28,607,524Company Credits
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This movie is authentic nostalgia for anyone who grew up in the mid-west in the 50's and 60's. It's what life looked like when I myself "came down to this planet" in the late 1940's and experienced my teens in the 60's.
The old school with high ceilings and gleaming wooden floors, the gyms with the gold-toned wall-tiles, even the hospital scene with the nurse in her starched white uniform -- all evoke a peculiar beauty that you no longer find today.
There is even a scene where a young teen girl yells "NO!" to an unjust referee call, and her pointy glasses and pony tail look so much like me back then, it feels like a glimpse into a parallel dimension.
I'd say this is a must-see experience for people my age -- although all ages can thoroughly enjoy the basketball action.
I'm glad for the social progress since then. But there is a "peculiar beauty" from those times that is starkly missing today.