Hoosiers
by David Anspaugh
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Actor: Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Fern Persons, Gene Hackman, Sheb WooleyDirector: David Anspaugh
Brand: Team Marketing
Cinematographer: Fred Murphy
Producer: Angelo Pizzo
Writer: Angelo Pizzo
Producer: Carter DeHaven
Producer: Derek Gibson
Producer: Graham Henderson
Producer: John Daly
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-02-29
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Hoosiers
Movie Review: No Loosers in Hoosiers
Summary: 2 Stars
Hoosiers is a movie I feel ambivalent about, which is why I gave it
only two stars. Some though, really like it, and claim it is the best
sports movie ever made, inspiring to them who play team sports,
especially basketball.
The movie is suspenseful. As you are watching this movie, you
might find yourself trying to solve a puzzle: Why is he there,
coaching a high school basket ball team? She says to him,
There are only two reasons a guy your age would come to a town
like this to coach a basket ball team: You are either running away
from something, or you could not make it anywhere else...She
refuses to let a boy play basketball and it is not clear why. She says she
wants him to escape the town, but not via a basketball scholarship.
She wants him to get an academic scholarship. It is puzzling because
the boy, although intelligent, is actually a "genius" on the basketball
court. Another puzzle, the boy appears to be unable (or unwilling) to
speak for himself, or fight authority, namely, hers...And then there is
the town drunk, who he decides to make his assistant basketball coach.
But why does he do this?...His strategy appears to be, forget basketball,
forget the team and the fans, and treat people as if they were persons,
instead: See the trees, rather than the forest.
A man who puts on a woman's garment is abomination unto
the Lord. Is that a toga, or a woman's sari? Is that a kilt, or a woman's
skirt? That said, the basketball uniform has changed over the years.
Now, players wear baggy shorts which resemble women's skirts.
The shoulder straps are still there, while the t-shirts have gotten longer,
which make the players look as if they are wearing "nighties" rather
than "t-shirts". Remember Dennis Rodman, dressing up as a bride?
I wish the uniforms were different, looked masculine, and that males
were not coerced into showering together, but had the option of private
dressing rooms...Given all the ornate carpentry, and brick-laying,
and other evidence of manual labour you see in this movie, I do not
think that that is an unrealistic goal. But do men build good things, such
as writing desks, for their sons, or their daughters only? The UN for example,
only seems to care about female illiteracy, while young males go work (toil)
in the fields...Ever see the dress of ancient Roman soldiers? Those garments
look like what women who desire to clothe themselves with masculinity might
wear...What is a woman's garment? God knows. For Truth is not something
that is discovered by consensus: Do not follow a multiitude to do evil...You
decide for yourself what is right and what is wrong, but the question is, Will
you decide correctly? And you decide what is right or wrong based on what
you believe is good and bad. Do not call evil good, or good evil.
See, Isaiah 5:20, KJV..."They" have been defiling males for thousands of years.
Summary of Hoosiers
Nominated* for two Oscars?(r) and hailed by Sports Illustrated and ESPN as one of the best sports movies of all time, this triumphant tale of a high school basketball team's long-shot attempt to win the state championship is filled with edge-of-your-seat suspense and breathless excitement! Featuring "fast-break cinematography that catches the pace of the game.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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