Hoosiers - DVD Movie, Characters and Stuff for Sale!

Hoosiers was shown in the big theaters in 1986 and even though it is an oldie... it is definitely a goody as I will explain!

First of all, the cast for this movie was just simply outstanding... Gene Hachman, Barara Hersey, Dennis Hopper and all the young men who played on the basketball team.

And what made this movie set in 1950s Indiana so good? It was based on the times when Indiana High Schools played in one big tournament for the state championship... regardless of size of the schools.

Yeah, I know, I know... that was totally unfair because the larger high schools usually had more choices to pick out the strongest, tallest and most gifted basketball players...

Hoosiers
(2-Disc Collector's Edition)

And the team in Hoosiers? Only the minimum showed up for initial practice and two quit that day. Yikes! We will chalk that up to personality conflict between the new coach, Norman Dale and the boys.

One came back afterward with his Dad and an apology...

But enough about that! I actually had a chance to talk to an old farmer from Indiana who was out visiting my best friend a few weeks ago... and I asked him if he remembered the team that the movie, Hoosiers was loosely based on...

I didn't mention it? Oh YEAH! That small high school won the Indiana High School Championship in 1954! It really did happen!

Good times indeed... and if you haven't watched a local high school basketball game... you should! Not only you are supporting the kids... you are seeing basketball played in the fundamental way without the polish and glitter of big time college or professional basketball games.