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Gene Hackman stars as Norman Dale, a new coach with a spotty past. The film co-stars Barbara Hershey and Dennis Hopper, whose role as the basketball-loving town drunk earned him an Oscar nomination. Jerry Goldsmith was also nominated for an Academy Award for his score.
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Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. Gene Hackman. ... Coach Norman Dale. Barbara Hershey. ... Myra Fleener. Dennis Hopper.
Jul 30, 2024 · Gene Hackman stars as Norman Dale, a talented coach with a hot temper that often gets him into trouble. With his unconventional and confrontational training methods, he turns the few boys who will play for him into a state championship team, proving the town, and their own doubts, wrong in the process.
- Zachary Moser
Coach Norman Dale : I've seen you guys can shoot but there's more to the game than shooting. There's fundamentals and defense. Coach Norman Dale : Five players on the floor functioning as one single unit: team, team, team - no one more important than the other.
Hoosiers: Directed by David Anspaugh. With Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley. A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small-town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the state championship in 1950s Indiana.
- (52K)
- Drama, Sport
- David Anspaugh
- 1987-02-27
Who was the producers' original choice to play Coach Norman Dale? The original choice for Norman Dale was Jack Nicholson. He backed out due to a scheduling conflict, telling the producers that if they couldn't find another actor to play Dale, he would do it the following year.
Mar 17, 2024 · Gene Hackman wasn't the first choice to play "Hoosiers" coach Norman Dale. Jack Nicholson agreed to play the fictitious Hickory High School basketball coach for three months in the 1980s...
