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Hoosiers Movie

80s Film Summary for Hoosiers

Hoosiers Movie Summary

An 80s movie about where there is a will, there is a way. A wayward coach pulls it together for the love of basketball.

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Movie Plot For Hoosiers

Gene Hackman is Coach Norman Dale in Hoosiers, a coach with a notorious past who is determined to redeem himself by coaching a basketball team to victory.

Coach Norman Dale (Hackman) has a lot of basketball knowledge that would make the team excel and he teams up with Shooter (played by Dennis Hopper), a known drunk to help him and his team reach their goal in Hoosiers.

Cast of Hoosiers Film

Coach Norman Dale - Gene Hackman
Myra Fleener - Barbara Hershey
Shooter - Dennis Hopper
Cletus - Sheb Wooley
Opal Fleener - Fern Persons
George - Chelcie Ross
Rollin - Robert Swan
Rooster - Michael O'Guinne
Rev. Doty - Wil Dewitt
Sheriff Finley - John Robert Thompson
Preacher Purl - Michael Sassone
Millie - Gloria Dorson
Mayor Carl - Mike Dalzell
Junior - Skip Welker (Calvert L. Welker)
J. June - Eric Gilliom

Trivia for the Movie Hoosiers

Hoosiers is based on the Milan Indians basketball success story from 1954.

Since Europeans would not have understood what the word Hoosiers meant as the name of the movie, it was renamed Best Shot for the European audience.

Academy Awards:

Dennis Hopper won for Best Actor In A Supporting Role for the role of Shooter in Hoosiers.

Jerry Goldsmith won for Best Original Score for Hoosiers.

80's Film Facts:

The Movie Hoosiers was released to theatres on 11/14/1986 and grossed $28,607,524 at the box office in the US.

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Hoosiers was a great movie to watch. ;-)
#1 - Holly - 05/05/2008 - 11:36
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Where was the bulk of the film shot? Not at Butler I believe.
#2 - Bev Woodford - 07/02/2009 - 22:13
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The majority of the movie was filmed in New Richmond, IN (the town) and Knightstown, IN (the gym). They are approximately an hour away from each other.
#3 - Bryan - 07/25/2009 - 22:55
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