Hoosiers
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1hr
54mins
Directed by
John Daly,
David Anspaugh,
Derek Gibson,
Starring
Gene Hackman,
Barbara Hershey,
Dennis Hopper,
Sheb Wooley
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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.