Hoosiers was released in 1986, but it was re-released on this day – February 7th – in 1987. Few would argue that Hoosiers has cemented a place in the upper echelon of sports flicks. And to even call this film “a flick” is doing it a disservice, as Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper, and Barbara Hershey inject the story with intangible characters that are painfully real and widely identifiable.
If you like basketball, you loved this movie. If you like good movies, you loved this movie. In a decade known for decadence, Hoosiers cut through the kitsch and bled onto the screen. If you don’t believe me, maybe you’ll believe Roger Ebert.
And aside from being a wonderful film, it put Indiana on the map. Ok, Larry Bird did that. Ok, maybe Bobby ‘S&M’ Knight did that too, but Hoosiers sure didn’t hurt
Since we're on the subject of basketball, I'd thought I include a link to the best dunk ever. Tom Chambers over Mark Jackson - I couldn't wait two years to share this one.
posted by Randall Scott Company @ 7:38 AM
1 Comments:
At February 12, 2007 4:47 PM ,
Trish said...
Forget Ebert. Hoosiers is Bill Simmons' favorite sports film, which easily puts all other judgment calls to bed. In fact, Simmons notes that Flatch was recently spotted on an especially classy skinemax erotic thriller playing a naughty cop. Unfortunately his character seemed to have left his hickory high jersey at home in the hamper, but I’m nonetheless still a little shocked it didn’t make the 20th anniversary DVD extras.
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