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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Character
Earnest, classical in form, resolved and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
Who loves it, who doesn't
22 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Ironists.
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“Is Hoosiers better than Rudy?”
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“Is Gene Hackman the best thing in Hoosiers?”
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“Does it tie things up too neatly?”
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Cast
- Gene HackmanNorman Dale
- Barbara HersheyMyra Fleener
- Dennis HopperWilbur "Shooter" Flatch
- Sheb WooleyCletus Summers
- Maris ValainisJimmy Chitwood
- David NeidorfEverett Flatch (#21)
- Brad LongBuddy Walker (#14)
- Steve HollarRade Butcher (#25)
- Brad BoyleWhit Butcher (#43)
- Kent PooleMerle Webb (#12)
Crew
- David AnspaughDirector
- Angelo PizzoWriter
- Fred MurphyDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Carroll Timothy O'MearaEditor
- Angelo PizzoProducer
- Carter DeHavenProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Romeo's Blue Skies 199584% alikeSeries · Both earnest, classical in form, resolved.
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