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YEAR OF RELEASE: 1986

DIRECTOR: David Anspaugh

GENRE Drama - Sports

RUNNING TIME : 1 hr. 54 mins.

RATING: PG

Actors:
Gene Hackman - Norman Barbara Hershey - Myra Fleener Dennis Hopper - Shooter

Memorable Quote:
I dont care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book were gonna be winners.

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Hoosiers

“Hoosiers” is based on the true story of a small-town Indiana team that made the state finals in 1954, this movie shows you that you need to give someone a second change. A coach with a spotty past and out of coaching for 10 years gets a call from a long time friend, the principal of Hickory High in Indiana.

The goal was to take this small town High school team of undisciplined players to play together as a team, but what happens is something that no one would expect from a washed up coach who was banned from coaching basketball by the NCAA.

Coach Norman Dale must also win over the approval of a Christian close-knit town of people who are used of doing things a certain way and don’t like changes. The people of Hickory become suspicious of the methods that the coach uses, and also don’t trust the idea that he takes on as his assistant the town drunk.

At on point in the movie there’s a town meeting to vote on whether Coach Norman can stay as coach or to vote him out. This is a turning point in the movie, because the team’s best player (Jimmy) who hadn’t played as of yet for personal reasons shows up at the town hall meeting and said he was ready to play, only if the coach was to stay. There was a recount of the vote and the people voted to keep Coach Norman.

As the movie continues you learn that by believing and that by working together anyone can achieve the sometimes-impossible dream. One watching this movie soon starts cheering for this group of underdogs and hope that they make it to the State finals and win the title.

Coach Norman Dale not only does take his team to State Finals and wins the Championship game; he also wins over the towns people trust and wins the heart of the schoolteacher Myra.

If you like cheering for the underdog and believe in second changes in life, this movie is not only a great sports movie but also a great family movie that teaches one to never quit in yourself and in anyone else.

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