

Hoosiers
They needed a second chance to finish first.
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $9M
- Box office
- $28.6M
- Language
- English
- high school
- indiana, usa
- sports
- parent child relationship
- son
- based on true story
- basketball
- coach
- high school sports
- hoosier
- 1950s
- basketball coach
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United States of America, United Kingdom
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG14 Nov 1986
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG27 Feb 1987
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP19 Jul 1989
GermanyDE
- Theatrical616 Jan 1987
HungaryHU
- Theatrical126 Dec 1990
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG27 Feb 1987
JapanJP
- TheatricalPG123 Oct 1987
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Hoosiers was released on 14 November 1986.
Audience reviews
1- C6/10
CinemaSerf
3/4/2025
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” (Gene Hackman) who takes over a third rate school team in Indiana. Their team spirit is pretty non existent but there are spirits a-plenty going down the throat of the enthusiastic “Shooter” (Hopper) whose son plays for the …
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