- HD 1080
- Runtime: 114m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: David Anspaugh
- Stars: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, Fern Persons
- keywords: high school, indiana, usa, sports, parent child relationship, son, basketball, coach, high school sports, hoosier, 1950s, basketball coach, head coach, coaching, coach teacher, high school coach
- Production_studio: Orion Pictures, De Haven Productions, Hemdale Film Corporation
- Slogan: They needed a second chance to finish first.
- The Hoosiers is featured in the top rankings of 1986
- #2 in Top Family Movies of 1986
- #26 in Top Drama Movies of 1986
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.
