Hoosiers
2 Oscar Nominations·National Film Registry
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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.
Genres
Drama, Sport
Cast & Crew
DirectorDavid Anspaugh
StarringGene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, Fern Persons
ComposerJerry Goldsmith
Hoosiers
2 Oscar Nominations·National Film Registry
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.
Genres
Drama, Sport
Cast & Crew
DirectorDavid Anspaugh
StarringGene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, Fern Persons
ComposerJerry Goldsmith
Rent/Purchase