One of the Great Sport Movies

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2014)

I grew up near Northeastern Indiana on the Ohio side. Those fields are my fields, those skies are like the midwestern skies of my childhood. "Hoosiers" is not only a great sports movie, it reflects the ambiance of the early 50's in midwestern farm country in a way few artistic efforts do. There is a quietness, a beauty of those times and those places that you don't see any more. Progress is great, but it is nice to remember where you came from.
Gene Hackman does an outstanding job playing Norman Dale, coach of the Hickory Hoosiers. They are farm boys from a small Indiana town who play basketball as easily as some people ride a bycycle. Dale molds them into an unbeatable team who eventually win the state championship. He has a checkered past. This chance to coach a winning team is a redemption for him as well as a victory for the whole town.
"Hoosiers" is a joy to watch and experience. Time hasn't dimmed its excellence.