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A Balasaur Score of 77 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%, Metacritic 77/100. Scores higher than 87% of the 1,345 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic77/100
615 audience votes
Key crew
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- David AnspaughDirector
- Angelo PizzoWriter
Cast
- Gene HackmanNorman Dale
- Barbara HersheyMyra Fleener
- Dennis HopperWilbur "Shooter" Flatch
- Sheb WooleyCletus Summers
- Maris ValainisJimmy Chitwood
- David NeidorfEverett Flatch (#21)
- Brad LongBuddy Walker (#14)
- Steve HollarRade Butcher (#25)
- Brad BoyleWhit Butcher (#43)
- Kent PooleMerle Webb (#12)
- Wade SchenckOllie McLellan (#13)
- Scott SummersStrap Purl (#53)
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Themes
high schoolindiana, usasportsparent child relationshipsonbased on true storybasketballcoachhigh school sportshoosier1950sbasketball coach
The Best Movies of 1986
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