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Hoosiers (released in some countries as Best Shot) is a 1986 American sports drama film written by Angelo Pizzo and directed by David Anspaugh in his feature directorial debut. It tells the story of a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that enters the state championship.
Feb 27, 1987 · Hoosiers: Directed by David Anspaugh. With Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley. 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 state championship in 1950s Indiana.
Hoosiers. PG Released Nov 14, 1986 1h 54m Drama List. 91% Tomatometer 46 Reviews 88% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings Failed college coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) gets a chance at redemption...
May 29, 2021 · Failed college coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to direct the basketball program at a high school in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher...
"Hoosiers" has the broad over-all structure of most sports movies: It begins with the problem of a losing team, introduces the new coach, continues with the obligatory training sequences and personality clashes, arrives at the darkest hour and then heads toward triumph.
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.
Jun 4, 2020 · The film revolves around a high-school basketball team from a small, Indiana town, Hickory. In classic, nobody-to-champions fashion, the film depicts how a town that is passionate about basketball manages to put together a formidable basketball team and defeat teams much larger in stature.
Dec 26, 2023 · Hoosiers is an all-time great basketball movie, anchored by Norman Dale (Gene Hackman), a coach with a troubled past who brings unorthodox methods and a disciplined approach to a small-town Indiana basketball team.
Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town.
Hoosiers. A man gets a last-chance job coaching a small-town Indiana high-school basketball team and faces the dual challenge of bringing this underdog team to the 1951 state championship and redeeming himself from a mysterious past. 1,745 IMDb 7.4 1 h 50 min 1987. X-Ray PG. Drama · Sports · Inspiring · Intense.
