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Quick Info

Rating

7.0/10

Release1986

Runtime1h 54m

StatusReleased

Budget$9,000,000

Revenue$28,600,000

Production

De Haven Productions

Hemdale Film Corporation

Movie

Hoosiers

1986

1h 54m

7.0

Drama

Family

Synopsis

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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