Hoosiers
“They needed a second chance to finish first.”
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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Cast
48 people
Gene Hackman
Norman Dale
Known for
The Royal Tenenbaums
Unforgiven
Barbara Hershey
Myra Fleener
Known for
Black Swan
Falling Down
Dennis Hopper
Wilbur 'Shooter' Flatch
Known for
Speed
Waterworld
Sheb Wooley
Cletus Summers
Known for
The Outlaw Josey Wales
High Noon
Maris Valainis
Jimmy Chitwood
Known for
Casualties of War
David Neidorf
Everett Flatch (#21)
Known for
Platoon
Empire of the Sun
Brad Long
Buddy Walker (#14)
Steve Hollar
Rade Butcher (#25)
No other roles listed
Brad Boyle
Whit Butcher (#43)
No other roles listed
Kent Poole
Merle Webb (#12)
No other roles listed
Wade Schenck
Ollie McLellan (#13)
No other roles listed
Scott Summers
Strap Purl (#53)
Also in
The Notion Show
David Anspaugh Director · Angelo Pizzo Writer Jerry Goldsmith Composer
Worldwide gross $29M · Budget $9M · United States release November 14, 1986
Box office
Budget
$9,000,000
Worldwide gross
$28,600,000
Gross vs. budget
3.2×
Production
De Haven Productions
Production
Hemdale Film Corporation
Production
Orion Pictures
Studio · Production
United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 14, 1986
Theatrical
France
July 19, 1989 · Theatrical
Germany
January 16, 1987 · Theatrical
Hungary
December 6, 1990 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 27, 1987 · Theatrical
Japan
October 3, 1987 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 27, 1987 · Theatrical
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