Hoosiers [Blu-ray] | ![Hoosiers [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Fz4gzCF8L._SL500_.jpg) | Director: David Anspaugh
Actors: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, Fern Persons
Studio: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Category: DVD
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Rating:  132 reviews
Sales Rank: 2078
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 115 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: BRM107146
UPC: 027616071460
EAN: 0027616071460
ASIN: B000MGB6MS
Theatrical Release Date: 1986
Release Date: March 13, 2007
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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
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MGM Hoosiers (Blu-Ray)Nominated for two Oscars andhailed by "Sports Illustrated" and "ESPN" as one of the best sports movies of all time, this triumphant tale of a high school basketball team's long-shot attempt to win the state championship is filled with edge-of-your-seat suspense and breathless excitement! Featuring "fast-break cinematography that catches the pace of the game" (The Washington Post) and powerful performances from Gene Hackman,Barbara Hershey and Dennis Hopper, "Hoosiers" is "a winner" (Boxoffice)!.
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 It's Not Over 'Til It's Over! March 15, 2010
Phoebe Stogstill (by the shores of Gitchee Goomie)
I find myself scratching my head and wondering why I NEVER SAW THIS MOVIE when it came out in 1986. "Retro Phoebe" is enthralled during opening scenes as she witnesses first one, then many classic automobiles cruising Indiana backroads. The action is set in the early 1950s and sets and costuming are very good and authentic. We are intrigued as Norm (Gene Hackman) comes to the small town of Hickory to take on a teaching and basketball coaching position at the high school. As he makes contact with the man who hired him (Sheb Wooley) we wonder about his mysterious past and why he has not been teaching or coaching in his recent history but has been a chief pettit officer in the Navy instead. There are many townspeople also curious about this and many including Myra (Barbara Hershey, assistant principal) are back-biting and rude to his face. The good people of Hickory are steeped in tradition, isolated, suspicious of outsiders and stuck in the rut of "our way or no way." They do not understand Norm's methods of tough love for his new team, nor do they see the wisdom of his psychological techniques: he kicks members off the team for insubordination and tells them not to come back until they are ready to play by his rules, he refuses to be bullied by town fathers and bars them from the locker room and gym, he does not actively recruit the dormant star player of past years, knowing that the young man must return on HIS OWN TERMS to be effective as a player, as he has gone through traumas and cannot be pushed. The team is so small that they don't even have enough players and one is very short, but effective as many short BB players can be by their ability to weave in and out of the larger players. Norm builds up a sense of pride in them and cooperation. He teaches them to play as a team instead of a bunch of individual independents. We cringe as Norm is kicked out of game after game by a biased referee. Enter "Shooter." Shooter is a basketball expert and father of one of the team members. He is a chronic alcoholic who lives in a shack in the woods, a source of constant embarassment to his son. Norm encourages him to clean himself up and be his "right hand man." Dennis Hopper plays this role in one of his most brilliant performances on screen. The town of Hickory has had it by now, with Norm and tries to get him ousted as coach.
This does not work and the team continues to improve and go on to tournament ball. Somehow they are able to make it to state. This reviewer is taking note of the tenseness of her own body, the tightening of muscles as she views the scenes of exciting basketball. My own High School basketball team had this same experience and I attended all of the exciting games even the ones in the state capitol. This is a wonderful movie about perserverance and the role of NORM is played to perfection by Mr. Hackman. In the end we see how Norm has such a kind heart not only for his team members but in helping the town see the error of their ways in judging others, including Shooter. A marvelous movie, I might say.
"Feel good" predictable film about a small town basketball team March 15, 2010
Linda Linguvic (New York City)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This 1986 film was on TV last night. It sounded familiar to me but I had never seen it. Even though I DVR'd it, I still had to wade through a whole bunch of commercials that appeared regularly at 15-minute intervals. But it was worth it because Hoosiers is a really good film.
The film is set in 1951 when life was simpler and towns were smaller. And this rural Indiana town was so small that they could barely get enough high school students for the basketball team. Gene Hackman is the new coach in town. He's a little old for the job but he has a past that he wants to forget. Barbara Hersey is a teacher who distrusts Hackman. Eventually, though, they do fall in love. Another great role is by Dennis Hopper, the town drunk who Hackman forces to become an assistant coach.
At first the men in the town all hate Hackman, but as the team starts to win, he wins them over. The ending is inevitable.
This is a "feel good" film. It's also predictable. But sometimes this just doesn't matter. I enjoyed the film and thought the performances were great.
 One of the Great Sports Movies Ever Made March 14, 2010
Poor Migalito (Indian Harbour Beach, FL USA)
I am a huge sports fan, played through College, went to school on an NCAA Scholarship, and although that doesn't qualify as a "film critic", I have lived the life at all levels(although PRO Ball escaped me after an injury).
When I watch a "sports movie", I believe I'm competent to "make the call". When you compare this film to "Fear Strikes Out", "Ali", "Field Of Dreams", "Brian's Song" and "Rudy", it holds up. If you compare it to the aforementioned films, all of them excellent, it is the only one to not just address personal triumphs, but is the only one to show triumphs of a small town, with all it's wort's, ideals, feeling of inadequacies, when to compared to the "monoliths" of the State. This film is truly an inspiring story for every small town. - It's David vs. Goliath - and with a single stone, a sling, and a "can-do" attitude, accomplish the impossible. The only reason I didn't rate this superbly acted film 5***** Stars is that I didn't cry, (teared up, whimpered), but didn't "bawl like a baby"). There's a lesson here.
Endearing - March 1, 2010
Loyd E. Eskildson (Phoenix, AZ.)
This is an uplifting movie based on a true story of how a small Indiana town developed a winning basketball team to become State Champions in 1954.
The theme is somewhat blase but the movie brings out the best in people and has that feeling of authenticity.
Gene Hackman plays the guy who has a checkered past, but has one more chance as a coach for a small Indiana high school basketball team. He shows grit and tenacity as the town is suspicious of outsiders, especially older ones seeking a new chance.
As coach he is bold and tenacious showing leadership and fairness. The boys see this and he even recruits a reclusive but top notch player.
Somehow it all comes down to the big Indiana State game. I found all the games exciting.
The characters show human sides, and the story is motivating.
Stars include Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper (as the town drunk), Barbara Hershey and David Neidorf.
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.
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