'Hoosiers' 2000

Rating: 9/10 (1 October 2000)

In 1986, a film starring Gene Hackman entitled 'Hoosiers' was released. Hackman played a high school basketball coach in 1951 Indiana. His character was also a tough minded disciplinarian who did things his way. There were the misfit players and the climax which was the state high school championship game where one of the main characters keeps in touch with the game from a hospital room, recovering from an ailment. 'Remember the Titans' has the exact same leading character in Denzel Washington and the same type of climax and feel good flavour and it works. There is one emotional scene in Gettysburg where Washington explains to his players the value of working together and it doesn't fix the race problem entirely which is affecting the players but it greatly improves the team's situation and the entire movie is never boring for a second. 'Remember the Titans' is an inspiring 9 out of 10.