- Actors: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, Fern Persons
- Directors: David Anspaugh
- Writers: Angelo Pizzo
- Producers: Angelo Pizzo, Carter DeHaven, Derek Gibson, Graham Henderson, John Daly
- Format: NTSC
- Number of tapes: 1
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- Studio: MGM (Warner)
- VHS Release Date: Mar 5 2002
- Run Time: 114 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0000399WQ
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #9,537 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Hoosiers (2 DVD Collector's Edition) (DVD)
Reliable and fast shipping. Very good price, thank you very much!Expédition fiable et rapide. Très bon prix, merci beaucoup!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wildly effective, even if a little cliched,
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This review is from: Hoosiers [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
A movie I almost wish I loved less.It's hard to argue with a lot of the complaints I've heard from others; the film is very Hollywood, with manipulative music, some clunky dialogue, heavy doses of sentimentality, etc But, as a true story, it earns its happy ending. The story really was almost this dramatic in real life. And the bottom line is it is very effective and affecting film. Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper are great, and the film is full of lots of nice touches of time, place, and character. In the end I would argue, sometime Hollywood and well-intentioned schmaltz really, really works.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hoosiers a real life story,
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This review is from: Hoosiers (VHS Tape)
I lived in Milan,Indiana when this happened and if all that enjoyed the movie want the real story as told by Bobby Plump the hero just get the book "Bobby Plump Last of the small town heros" A wonderful film but a wonderful happening in real life..sort of the small guys winning over the big guys and who doesn't love that..
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