Hoosiers |  | Director: David Anspaugh
Actors: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, Fern Persons
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  128 reviews
Sales Rank: 3034
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: TM2559
ISBN: 0792843592
UPC: 027616801821
EAN: 9780792843597
ASIN: 0792843592
Theatrical Release Date: November 14, 1986
Release Date: February 29, 2000
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Amazon.com
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
Product Description
Based on the true story of a small-town Indiana team that made the state finals in 1954, this movie chronicles the attempts of a coach with a spotty past, and the town's basketball-loving drunk to lead their high school team to victory.
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 Hackman-Great Actor, Terrible Bench Coach February 5, 2010
R. Durant
Hoosiers could be the greatest sports movie ever that's not named Raging Bull. Hackman does a great job selling Norman Dale as the disgraced college coach who moves to the middle of nowhere to escape his past. His coaching techniques and the basketball styles of the players are period appropriate and the ending, though predicatble, is still immensely enjoyable.
My only complaint reality wise is Hackman's ineffectiveness as a bench coach. For a guy who seems to be considered an Xs and Os guy, Norman Dale doesn't get into the nitty gritty. I think I would have done a little more zone to force the guys from South Bend to shoot from the outside. I also probably would have done a little more pick and roll and back cut a la Pete Carrill and Princeton.
 Blu Ray transfer is awful January 29, 2010
K (Los Angeles, CA)
This Blu-ray transfer is just awful for such a great film. The colors are all washed out and the color contrasts are no different than what I would see on DVD. It actually looks a bit worse as you can see all sorts of color problems in the darker locker room scenes. If anything, the high definition blu ray actually accentuates how poor the transfer is! I would almost think that I'm watching an old VHS tape.
 Not worth getting a BD version December 22, 2009
Yun Seok Oh (Seoul, Korea)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
As with every Blu-Ray title, the review is in two pieces. The movie part, and the BD part.
The Movie is dated, and should be regarded as such. You cannot purchase this and expect modern editing or storylines. Story and everything is very trite, and somewhat contrived at times. Not sure why many consider this to be such a classic, since I found the story somewhat lacking and unconvincing. Still, being a classic it does have its moments and thus the okay rating.
The Blu-ray, well, is DVD-like at best. No reason to get the BD version unless of course you are in a region where it's not released for your region, namely Asia. No supplements of notice or worth, so no gain here whatsover by purchasing it in BD (or even in DVD) form.
I'd only recommend this for people who love the original movie and wish to own it, or people like me who just like collecting basketball movies.
2.5 stars out of 4 March 26, 2009
One-Line Film Reviews (Easton, MD)
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
The Bottom Line:
Hoosiers might have been considerably more novel when it came out, but like many a good film it has been weakened by its imitators--after 20 years it appears just as formulaic and tired as all the clones it spawned, and thus it's not very interesting as a film.
Good but not wonderful January 19, 2009
Eduardo P. M. Vieira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this movie, but it appeared to show it's age. On the same genre, I prefer "Miracle" or "Rudy".
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