Hoosiers
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One of the most rousingly enjoyable sports movies ever made, this small-town drama tells the story of the Hickory Huskers, an underdog basketball team from a tiny Indiana high school that makes it all the way to the state championship tournament. It's a familiar story, but sensitive direction and a splendid screenplay helped make this one of the best films of 1986, highlighted by the superb performances of Gene Hackman as the Huskers' coach, and Oscar nominee Dennis Hopper as the alcoholic father of one of the team's key players. As the drama unfolds we come to realize that many of the characters (including Barbara Hershey as a schoolteacher with whom Hackman falls in love) are recovering from disappointing setbacks, and this depth of character is what makes the otherwise conventional basketball story so richly rewarding. Like
Rocky
,
Rudy,
and
Breaking Away
, this is a quintessentially American movie about beating the odds and rising above one's own limitations. Just try to watch it without cheering!
--Jeff Shannon
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| title: |
Hoosiers |
| theatricalDate: |
14-11-1986 |
| purchase date: |
07-06-2006 |
| publisher: |
MGM (Video & DVD) |
| published: |
29-02-2000 |
| price: |
$14.94 |
| net Rating: |
5 |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG |
| minutes: |
115 |
| last lookup time: |
171439427.039014 |
| genre: |
True Story
7-9 Years
10-12 Years
Sports
Family Films
Rural Life
Redemption
Docudrama |
| fullTitle: |
Hoosiers |
| features: |
Closed-captioned
Color
Full Screen
Letterboxed
Widescreen
NTSC
1.85:1 |
| director: |
David Anspaugh |
| currentValue: |
$4.31 |
| created: |
171439423.131391 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
0792843592
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