Hoosiers (1986)

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Plot

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. 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.

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Trailer Official Trailer Featurette Daniel Stern On HOOSIERS Featurette Dennis Hopper On HOOSIERS Clip Coach Dale's Pre-Game Motivational Speech Clip First Practice With Coach Norman Dale Clip Coach Dale Meets The Team Clip This Is Your Team Clip First Game Of The Season Clip Town Meeting Featurette Fred Murphy on Hoosiers

Cast

Gene HackmanCoach Norman Dale

Barbara HersheyMyra Fleener

Dennis HopperShooter

Dennis HopperShooter

Sheb WooleyCletus

Kirsten DunstOpal Fleener

Chelcie RossGeorge

Robert SwanRollin

Michael O'GuinneRooster

Wil DewittReverend Doty

John Robert ThompsonSheriff Finley

Michael SassonePreacher Purl

Calvert L. Welker

Gloria DorsonMillie

Mike DalzellMayor Carl

Eric GilliomJ. June

David NeidorfEverett

Writers and directors

Jonathan PryceDirectorf. 1946

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CinemaSerf ★ 6.0/10

I really found it quite hard to get excited about this rather predictable story, even though Dennis Hopper turns in one of his best character efforts. The story centres on basketball coach “Dale” (Gen…4. Mar 2025

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