Begrudgingly a teacher starts to respect him too and when the time comes to call him out and tell the world his past, she changes her mind and asks they give him a chance. One of them the town drunk who is father of one of the players. When Hackman immediately shuts down their coaching advice and does things his own way, they turn their backs on him even more and try to vote him out of town. Basketball is a way of life for small towns. It's 1950 so it's a little more understandable what a small town has at stake. What's amazing is how much people don't like the new guy. Of course he's a new coach in town and he has a history. It's one of the original against all odds basketball stories. If anyone else has seen the episode of South Park with Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman, you'll understand why I just want to yell, "HACK-MAN!!!" when I read his name.Īnyway, it's one of those movies without which we wouldn't have Coach Carter or Glory Road. Hoosiers was made in 1986 (when I was three years old) and stars Gene Hackman. When I showed Dan my new list of movies I had to see, he highly recommended this one so we made it one of our first rentals. This movie is a gem I wouldn't have found otherwise. And I'm glad to be, I'm glad there's more out there for me to experience, especially the older stuff. Once in a while I tune in to their countdown mostly to prove to myself what a movie buff I am. Copy and paste this link into your browser to check your movie knowledge. I was drawn to Hoosiers mostly because it made number 13 on AFI's Most Inspiring Movies list.
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