Hoosiers [Blu-ray]
by David Anspaugh
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Actor: Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Fern Persons, Gene Hackman, Sheb WooleyDirector: David Anspaugh
Brand: MGM
Cinematographer: Fred Murphy
Producer: Angelo Pizzo
Writer: Angelo Pizzo
Producer: Carter DeHaven
Producer: Derek Gibson
Producer: Graham Henderson
Producer: John Daly
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 4.0; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-13
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Movie Reviews of Hoosiers [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Last Chance at Redemption
Summary: 5 Stars
Hoosier is a great sports movie and great storytelling. Shot in 1986 as a early 50s period piece, it will remain timeless. Hoosiers is the standard underdog sports movie, but a carefully crafted script with complex characters, great acting, and a superb music score lift it far above most of the other films in the genre.
Hoosiers is also the story of two men's struggle for redemption. A mature aspect of the script is that Coach Dale is not portrayed as wrongly accused or even justified in his prior actions. He really did do something dreadful as a coach a decade previously and he continues to struggle against the same impulses that threaten to destroy his life. This makes him sympathetic to one of the player's father who is wrecking all the lives around him with a different self-destructive compulsion.
Beyond a wonderful small town story of victory against all odds, Jerry Goldsmith wrote an outstanding uplifting musical score. Goldsmith was nominated for an academy award, but didn't win. I haven't looked up what beat him out, but I suspect the Academy made a mistake.
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Summary of Hoosiers [Blu-ray]
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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