Hoosiers

• ou1980

  This thread is all about the best sports movie ever made...
  
  
• darbypitcher22

  

  great movie
• Trueblue23

  

  Awesome movie, Jimmy Chitwood > Kobe + LeBron
• ernest_t_bass

  

  The movie is good at sports.
• gerb131

  

  Don't get caught watching the paint dry...Dennis Hopper is the main.
• mattinctown

  I play, Coach stays. He goes, I go.
• wildcats20

  

  Top 5 all time movies for me.
• berry

  "I'll make it."
  
  "Shuttup, Jimmy!! Nobody talks in the huddle."
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Shoot the ball, Raid!
• Laley23

  

  Mr. Chitwood is the greatest shooter ever. Dude didnt miss a shot all movie.
• queencitybuckeye

  ou1980 wrote: This thread is all about the best sports movie ever made...
  

  Why did you title a thread about the movie "Slapshot", "Hoosiers"?
• swamisez

  

  If you haven't read Bill Simmons' review after his 200th viewing of Hoosiers you are missing out.
  
  He counts the shots Jimmy takes in the movie, he actually misses a few, and he does a stat line of the game against South Bend Central. Jimmy had 32 of 45 points I think?
  
  http://espn.go.com/page2/movies/s/simmons/020827.html
• pepperpot

  Love that movie !
• Sonofanump

  Laley23 wrote: Mr. Chitwood is the greatest shooter ever. Dude didnt miss a shot all movie.

  I heard that they did that scene were he drains thirteen in a row in his backyard then misses the one when Hackman walks away in one cut.
• Fred Flintstone

  swamisez wrote: If you haven't read Bill Simmons' review after his 200th viewing of Hoosiers you are missing out.
  
  He counts the shots Jimmy takes in the movie, he actually misses a few, and he does a stat line of the game against South Bend Central. Jimmy had 32 of 45 points I think?
  
  http://espn.go.com/page2/movies/s/simmons/020827.html

  Great read!
• KnightXC1

  

  Sonofanump wrote:

  Laley23 wrote:
  I heard that they did that scene were he drains thirteen in a row in his backyard then misses the one when Hackman walks away in one cut.

  This is true. The script wanted him to make every shot while Hackman was watching and they did it all in one take since he didn't miss one until the end.
  
  One of the best sports movies ever. If it doesn't get you pumped for a game, not sure what could.

• Nate

  Love this movie!
• darbypitcher22

  

  If you saw the actual special and broadcast of the actual game on ESPN it makes you love the story even more
• sonofsam

  

  Thought you said it was about the greatest sports movie ever made???
  
  
• killdeer

  

  "Strap...God wants you on the floor...."
• ou1980

  I grew up in Ohio and graduated from Ohio Univerisity, but live in West Lafayette, Indiana with my wife, whose a Purdue grad....
  
  Didn't know that the movie was filmed just south of here by about 15 minutes in New Richmond until yesterday thanks to wikipedia. I tell you...
  
  [size=large]NOTHING HAS CHANGED!!![/size]
• ou1980

  swamisez wrote: If you haven't read Bill Simmons' review after his 200th viewing of Hoosiers you are missing out.
  
  He counts the shots Jimmy takes in the movie, he actually misses a few, and he does a stat line of the game against South Bend Central. Jimmy had 32 of 45 points I think?
  
  http://espn.go.com/page2/movies/s/simmons/020827.html

  
  From this article you posted...
  

  12:01: There's Norman Dale driving through backwoods Indiana in the early a.m. -- sipping coffee, headed toward his first day at work -- as the opening credits roll, the soundtrack quietly hums in the background and the sun rises through the clouds. Just gets you fired up. Indiana, 1951. 'Nuff said.

  If you travel south of West Lafayette on 231 and drive towards New Richmond, I swear this is the route the film crew used for this scene. Its exactly the same as in 1985 (filming)...No urbanization or home building of any kind. Pure Hoosier country!
  
  I encourage any fan of the movie to take an hour next time there in W. Lafayette to see the Buckeyes and travel down. Its chilling.