Overview

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.

Beesley's Ratings

Id

1972

Name

Hoosiers (1986)

Genre

Drama,Sport

Leads

Hackman,Gene

Rating

8

Content Advisory

Parents strongly cautioned, ?

Comments

None

Metadata from themoviedb.org

Genre Ids

Drama, Family

Id

5693

Popularity

10.487

Release Date

1986-11-14

Title

Hoosiers

Vote Average

7.089

Vote Count

487

Budget

$9,000,000

Revenue

$28,600,000

Runtime

114 minutes