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7.0Failed 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. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.
Released: 1986-11-14114 minDir: David AnspaughDrama, FamilyBudget: $9.0MBox office: $28.6M
Cast
- Gene Hackman as Norman Dale
- Barbara Hershey as Myra Fleener
- Dennis Hopper as Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch
- Sheb Wooley as Cletus Summers
- Maris Valainis as Jimmy Chitwood
- David Neidorf as Everett Flatch (#21)
Themes
- high school
- indiana, usa
- sports
- parent child relationship
- son
- based on true story
- basketball
- coach
- high school sports
- hoosier
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- David Anspaugh
- Cast member
- Sheb Wooley
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Production company
- Hemdale films
- Cinematographer
- Fred Murphy
- Narrative location
- Indiana
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 860926
- Performer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- basketball
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- publication date
- 1988-04-28
- title
- Hoosiers
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- film editor
- Carroll Timothy O'Meara
- set in period
- 1950s
- Commons category
- Hoosiers (film)
- different from
- Hoop Dreams
- review score
- 77/100
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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