She doesn’t like Dale messing with her kids, especially Jimmy Chitwood (Maris Valainis), the shy star of the basketball team. Barbara Hershey stars as Myra Fleener, a lonely teacher with a chip on her shoulder. It takes a long time for Dale to win over the townspeople, even after his methods begin to take effect and the kids start winning. Like many small towns, Hickory isn’t accepting of strangers, especially strangers with odd ideas about how to train their beloved boys’ basketball team. No one else in town knows his past, so it’s a chance to start over. He finds himself adrift at mid-life, not sure what to do until an old friend, now a high-school principal, decides to give him a second chance at doing what he loves best. Dale used to be great, but his legendary temper got him into trouble with college authorities. Gene Hackman plays Norman Dale, a washed-up former college coach who lands in the little town of Hickory, Indiana. That’s important to know before sitting down to enjoy Hoosiers, the 1986 feel-good film about a 1950s Indiana high-school basketball team.
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