1986 Best Picture

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Hoosiers

“They needed a second chance to finish first.”

1986

114 min

Rated PG

7.4IMDB

77Metacritic

Overview

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

DramaFamily

Director

David Anspaugh

Cast

Gene HackmanBarbara HersheyDennis HopperSheb WooleyFern PersonsChelcie RossRobert SwanMichael O'Guinne

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Keywords

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