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Plot: A basketball coach gets one last chance at redemption at a rural Indiana high school.
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MCT:July 29, 2008Hickory, Indiana, is a small town with a fair team. New coach, "Norman Dale" (Gene Hackman) comes in and begins to ruffle feathers with everybody, including the team, with his style of coaching immediately. It is obvious that he is an outsider.
He ruffles even more feathers with teacher, and acting principal, "Myra Fleener" (Barbara Hershey), who is taking care of the school's former star player (Maris Valainis). He also hires the town drunk (Dennis Hopper), whose son is on the team and, himself, is a student of the game.
Despite all the problems he has brought to the team and town, he somehow gets what the team, and the town's residents, what they have been wishing for for a long time.
Ok, the first thing I have to say is that it is very obvious how this movie ends as the movie is literally in its first five seconds. How they get there is interesting, but the performances are not that great for the most part.
If you ask me, the script is not that strong. To me, the movie was pretty slow in many parts. There was also some character development problems, especially with the members of the team, and the romance subplot between the coach and the teacher/acting principal was horribly written.
The only time we see the team is on the court in games and in practice. We get only a little taste of their on-screen personalities, but nothing more. We only get a couple of scenes of them off court, but those scenes add nothing to the characters, and barely helps any subplot.
The only performances that are worth seeing are those of Hackman and Hopper. Hackman is nearly perfect as the couch who gets in trouble with the people of the town. Hooper, even though he's not in movie too much, is good as a guy who know just about everything about basketball, but fighting a deadly addiction to alcohol.
I felt no chemistry between Hackman and Hershey on the romantic level. That is probably because the romance subplot is horribly written. When they finally have their on-screen kiss, I felt as if they were uncomfortable even doing the scene.
As you can see, the writing is the biggest problem with this movie. "Hoosiera" can be a memorable "small town team goes to the state title" movie, but it really isn't in my opinion.
Even the games shown in the film I found uninteresting. You just know the team is going to make mistakes, and slowly improve as the movie moves on. I also think that the games were not edited that great, and were pretty much an editing mess. A lot of the focus in these particular scenes are on the team's bench, but the result of the team's discussion on the bench are not presented in a nice way.
I would not recommend this as a rental on Saturday night. If you see this on television, and you have nothing else to do, check it out. Just don't expect a Oscar-winning movie. -
MCT:June 17, 2008great sports-basketball movie ever.
norman dale(gene hackman)the high-school basketball coach with his team trying to win in 1951 of indiana. -
MCT:June 16, 2008
This is an excellent movie.Gene Hackman gives a performance worthy of an Oscar.The Basketball action is okay as well.I highly recommend this movie.
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MCT:April 20, 2008Arguably the greatest underdog sports movie of all time and the fact thats its based on facts makes it ever so more enjoyable to watch. Hackman and Hopper give outstanding performances as the end of the line coaching staff who never stop believing in their small town Indiana high school basketball squad. The special edition of this film is worth getting. A truly great film.
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MCT:April 8, 2008I?ve skipped out on this movie for a very long time simply because it looked like just another corny and formulaic sports movie. Now that I?ve finally seen it I?m willing to say that this is even more of a corny and formulaic movie than I expected. In most sports movies the final game comes down to the last shot which narrowly lets the underdogs win in the last seconds, which leads the whole audience to run out on the field and lift up the underdog player. Here not only does the final game end that way, but also every other game in the whole damn movie.
This is a movie that uses every trick in the book to milk every bit of drama out of every moment. The score is ever present and overbearing, slow motion is used whenever the filmmakers want to get more drama out of contrived situation.
I?m willing to admit I?m biased against this kind of movie, I?m not just uninterested in high school basketball, I?m downright opposed to the institution. I?m always annoyed by the type of obsessive zeal that people place on local sport teams. I?m disgusted by the general insanity that?s displayed by people like the parents in this movie. I have almost no patience for the amounts of drama so many filmmakers try to place on these silly games. Of course sports can be good fun, and can be useful to some students, but I?m sick of games being treated like they?re matters of life and death.
I will grant that this formula probably wasn?t as overused when this movie was made as it is now, and that this probably was influential. But I don?t think that the long run of derivative underdog sports films is much of a legacy. In fact, I?d probably slightly prefer the rip-offs of this movie, at least some those movies had some insights into social issues (Remember the Titans) or at the very least a gimmick (Cool Runnings). And speaking of Remember the Titans, does anyone else notice that this is a basketball about a bunch of white cornbread kids? There isn?t even a single brother in the whole movie until the last game where they?re the bad guys. Now I?m not saying white people can?t be heroes in basket ball, but it makes me wonder?
Gene Hackman is well cast here, he?s the best part of the movie and he elevates the material a lot. I do however object to the love story here between Hackman and Barbara Hershey. I object to this subplot firstly because it is under-developed and needlessly tacked on, and secondly because the idea of Hackman (56) and Hershey (38) having sex really kind of makes me sick to my stomach.
This is corny, formulaic, and repetitive but this never quite put me to sleep. Time did pass by while watching it, but there is nothing special about this film, I do not know why people seem to think this is any different from the millions of other sports movies because there is nothing that sets this apart. -
MCT:March 24, 2008
One of the best sports movie ever made, and THE best basketball movie I have ever seen, this is a genuinely inspiring and engaging drama. Hackman is in top form as the lead, Hopper gives one of his most touching performance ever, Hershey provides class and charm to a character that could have been very boring, and all of the actors impersonating those real basketball players are pleasently believable. The movie might be a bit predictable, but since it's based on actual events, you just can't blame the script for that, and even if you know what's going to happen, you're still on the edge of your seat during the basketball sequences.
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MCT:March 10, 2008HOOSIERS (1986)
directed by David Anspaugh
starring Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper, Barbara HersheyHoosiers is about a retired marine - who used to coach - who comes to a small Indiana town to take on the coaching job for the local high school basketball team. Despite some pressure from the people in town he makes lots of radical changes and of course people will try to get him to lose his job. Like any other sports movie it wont happen and he'll even manage to take the team further than anyone could have expected.This film is quite predicatable cause we have seen or heard this story 250 times before but Hoosiers came first, it came out 20 years ago and its definately a good sport film.
Gene Hackman is quite solid as the coach while Dennis Hopper is surprisingly strong in the role of a dad/assistant-coach who hit the bottle a bit too often. This subplot bit gives the film some more depth as we get to see his struggle to stop drinking to try to win his son's admiration back.
There are some cheesy montage moments and the soundtrack is a bit hard to stand at times - the 80's *sigh* - but its quite an inspiring film.
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MCT:March 7, 2008i have it but havent had the time to watch it but i bet i will love it most because its a BASKETBALL movie!
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MCT:March 6, 2008
Classic sports movie. Sure it is formulaic, but I love these types of David versus Goliath/ underdog/Rocky stories. This is why I like sports movies.
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MCT:February 22, 2008
Any movie with the guts to name itself "Hoosiers" must be something truly unique. Yes movies name themselves DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING.
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MCT:February 4, 2008
"I was hired to teach them the game of basketball. I did that to the best of my abilities. I apologize for nothing." There are VERY few times that I am in complete agreement with the nominations for the Academy Awards, but Dennis Hopper for Best Supporting Actor is one of them.
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MCT:February 3, 2008
Pending Review...
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MCT:January 8, 2008
Great Performance By Gene Hackman. The story is your typical same in any sports movie. but you can't help to enjoy it's rich charecters.
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MCT:January 6, 2008
One of the best sports movies ever made. Though the story is only loosely based on truthful events,this tale of the small town David that takes on the Big City Goliath is thoroughly entertaining. Basketball scenes are crisp,and Hoosiers is expertly cast.Even if you're not a sports fan,this movie will tug at your heart!
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MCT:December 30, 2007
Transcends the sports genre - a GREAT film that gives you chicken' skin in the end. Love Gene Hackman's performance. Love Dennis Hopper. LOVE the way this ends with the voice over echoing in the hallowed halls of the gym.
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MCT:November 16, 2007
A basketball flick I haven't seen? probably a reason for that but I'll still hopefully catch it sometime.
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MCT:September 22, 2007
Sometimes it's nice to watch one of these undemanding, David vs Goliath movies where you already know the ending and things go just the way they're supposed to, the way they hardly ever do in real life.
This is probably my favourite of that genre but I don't really know if it's any better than all the rest of them. It's not overblown and the characters are real enough and likeable. It's well done and uplifting. Gene is strong, like always. I think Dennis was nominated for an Oscar for it but I think he's been better in plenty of other things.
This time as I watched it I still tensed up as Jimmy let go of his final shot, even though I already knew the result - so I guess someone must have done something right.
Do you think a woman who looks like Barbara Hershey could really fall for a craggy old bastard like Gene Hackman? I hope so. -
MCT:September 16, 2007THIS IS GAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEST MOVIE EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MCT:September 9, 2007
AMC aired another one of my favorites today, Hoosiers, and I just had to watch...again. For those not familiar, it's the story of a onetime ostracized basketball coach who takes a small group of boys from Nowhereville, Indiana all the way to the 1952 State High School Championship game. Writer Angelo Pizzo and director David Anspaugh have given the viewer an exhilarating glimpse of the game of basketball, back in the day when it was still a non-contact, team sport. Brilliant performances from Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, as well as those of the cast/crew that portray the team and locals of the small, rural town. I gotta admit that the exterior Midwestern fall and winter scenes give me a slight twinge of homesickness, too.
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MCT:September 4, 2007You know i was forcedto watch this in 4 different HighSchools and i didnt like it the first or fourth time!
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MCT:August 20, 2007
I don't understand why this movie is such a big deal to some people because I didn't think it was THAT great.
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MCT:August 10, 2007
luv dis Basketball movie! makes me wanna grow up in Indiana so i can be surranded my Basketball 24/7 haha
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MCT:August 3, 2007
The amazing story of a smalltown highschool basketball teams path to the Championship. Amazing actors and a great storyline make this a must see movie for any sports fan.
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