Hoosiers

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basketball film film sports drama film

Hoosiers is a 1986 sports drama film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team’s underdog run to the state championship, widely regarded as one of the greatest sports movies ever made.

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Label Occurrences
Hoosiers canonical 13
Hoosiers (1986 film) 3
film "Hoosiers" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball film ⓘ
film ⓘ
sports drama film ⓘ
alternateTitle Best Shot ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score for Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Dennis Hopper ⓘ
castMember Barbara Hershey ⓘ
Chelcie Ross ⓘ
Dennis Hopper ⓘ
Fern Persons ⓘ
Gene Hackman ⓘ
Sheb Wooley ⓘ
characterRole Dennis Hopper as assistant coach and town drunk Shooter ⓘ
Gene Hackman as coach Norman Dale ⓘ
cinematographer Fred Murphy ⓘ
composer Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director David Anspaugh ⓘ
distributor Orion Pictures ⓘ
editor C. Timothy O'Meara ⓘ
filmingLocation Indiana ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
sports drama ⓘ
hasTheme redemption ⓘ
second chances ⓘ
small-town community ⓘ
teamwork ⓘ
includedInList American Film Institute lists of top sports films ⓘ
inspiredBy Milan High School 1954 state championship team ⓘ
mainSubject basketball ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
narrativeFocus underdog run to the state championship ⓘ
notableFor depiction of Indiana high school basketball culture ⓘ
inspirational underdog sports story ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays high school basketball in Indiana ⓘ
producer Angelo Pizzo ⓘ
Carter De Haven ⓘ
productionCompany Orion Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1986 ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the greatest sports films of all time ⓘ
releaseFormat theatrical film ⓘ
releaseYear 1986 ⓘ
runtime approximately 114 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Angelo Pizzo ⓘ
settingLocation Indiana ⓘ
small-town Indiana high school ⓘ
targetAudience general audience ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1950s ⓘ

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Dennis Hopper → notableWork → Hoosiers ⓘ
Dennis Hopper → starredIn → Hoosiers ⓘ
Orion Pictures → notableWork → Hoosiers ⓘ
Orion Pictures → distributed → Hoosiers ⓘ
Hoosiers (1986 film score) → basedOn → Hoosiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hoosiers (1986 film)
Hoosiers (1986 film score) → partOf → Hoosiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hoosiers (1986 film)
Hoosiers (1986 film score) → originallyComposedFor → Hoosiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hoosiers (1986 film)
Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball → nickname → Hoosiers ⓘ
Hinkle Fieldhouse → featuredIn → Hoosiers ⓘ
this entity surface form: film "Hoosiers"
John Daly → notableWork → Hoosiers ⓘ
John Daly → produced → Hoosiers ⓘ
Gene Hackman → notableWork → Hoosiers ⓘ
Barbara Hershey → notableWork → Hoosiers ⓘ
Indiana Hoosiers football → nickname → Hoosiers ⓘ
Greg Hoblit → notableWork → Hoosiers ⓘ
Greg Hoblit → directed → Hoosiers ⓘ
Orion → notableWork → Hoosiers ⓘ
subject surface form: Orion Pictures