Gosh, I'm still not sure on how the picket fence works. I see the two players standing side by side then the other player comes around behind them. Ok, is that it? Gotta be something else to it. Someone help me out. Great Movie!
@RageKing117 It just looks like your standard double-screen play. Simple but if executed right, effective. I don't think there's really anything else to it.
@RageKing117 There's actually 4 players. 2 players set up the fence. Jimmy sets a screen for the 3rd player running from the left and then the 3rd player sets a screen back for Jimmy (which puts 4 defenders behind the 3-man fence), giving Jimmy the wide-open shot after he gets the pass from the 5th player with the ball.
Dennis Hopper is such a great actor, and this is such a great movie, that you feel that you're honestly watching a down and out, town drunk, have a blessed moment of redemption and grace.
I love this film..... but i do have a quibble. The winning shot is a jump shot. Even the pros were not using jump shots in 1952 - it was all set shots. But still a great film.
@jimaroo100 I agree. My dad liked playing basketball, was in high school in the 30s, and once in a while he'd go on the court, and it was all set shots. The funny thing is, he was a great shot. He just needed to get free to push that shot off his chest.
@jaydee624 "don't get caught watching the paint dry" is what people who don't swear say instead of, "don't just stand there with your thumb up your ass".
Their school song came from my high school. Manchester Squires, from North Manchester, IN. It seemed fitting that they used our school song, because our high school is a small school in a farming community, much like the movie.
I wish they would of showed Shooter running off the court, and with a quick glance he looks right into the camera. Brilliant! R.I.P Dennis Hooper aka, Shooter
I'm from Texas (it's football, football, football here), but my son's football team and the parents all went to the auditorium together to watch this movie. We have a shot at the state title this year and the parents and players were all tingley after watching this. Coach is going to allow us to watch it again toward playoff time (at our request). What a movie!!!!!!!
I live in New Castle and we live for basketball.We have the worlds largest fieldhouse and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. There is alot of stuff from that game in the Hall of Fame including the ball from the game
Yea actually a lot of coaches use that term cause if your in the paint longer then 3seconds you can get caught for a 3 second violation and that is a turn over. But it is a great line. Thats why coaches try to run that play outside of the paint. But great Movie!
Hoosiers is the fictionalized version of the Milan team. Since it is fiction, the movie took a lot of liberties. Great movie and it never claimed to be documentary. The real Milan team actual reached the State semi-finals the year before, so even though they were small, the entire state saw them coming the next year, so it wasn't a great surprise when Milan played in the finals and actually won it.
I could be wrong, but I thought Hickory is a fictional team in the movie Hoosiers. The real team is from Milan High School. Those players would be old men by now.
Yeah, Hickory is fictional. One of the guys in the movie commited suicide. Not from the actual team. The guys in the movie were not actors, but just high school basketball players from Indiana. I think I heard it was the guy that said "Let's win this one for all the other small town teams that never made it."
I love this movie. I used to watch it back home in Santiago, Chile... I really never associated it to any particular town. I never ever imagine one day I would end up in Bloomington, Indiana... GO HOOSIERS!
Cool. I played a few away games at a gym just like it in middle school. Delta Middle played their home games at the old Royerton High gym and they were in our conference. At the time we complained about the gym being so old, but now we are thankful for the memories of experiencing the history of Indiana basketball first hand. Royerton High had an old analogue clock on the wall and very bad lighting. That was 82/83.
I got to meet the wife of the guy who coached the real team and she said alot of the movie wasn't true... like his coaching past and the relationship built and the drunk in this scene wasn't a real person and the best player(name escaping me) played from the get go. Also Miland had one several sectional championships in recent years before the state championship run. with the teacher but Miland did play South Bend Central in the state finals.
no they played muncie central, NOT south bend central
but who cares about the other stuff? nobody said the movie was 100% true... the point was to make a great film about the possibility for greatness that is so vital to the drama of sports as well as inspirational for life in general.
so yeah it isn't 100% true but it is based on truth and it is a great film
They played Muncie Central in the state finals and the school is called Milan and it still exists to this day. The player you are talking about is Bobby Plump.Marvin Wood left Milan shortly after winning state to coach at my alma mater New Castle Chrysler High School
I know there have been tons of great American sports movies: Friday Night Lights, Eight Men Out, Bull Durham, Major League, Ali, Pride of the Yankees, Field of Dreams, Slapshot, Rudy and even Raging Bull (which shouldn't even be considered "simply a sports film"), In my opinion there is no finer, more uplifting American sports movie than HOOSIERS
Jerry Goldsmith is the man :)
331RBD 9 months ago
Gosh, I'm still not sure on how the picket fence works. I see the two players standing side by side then the other player comes around behind them. Ok, is that it? Gotta be something else to it. Someone help me out. Great Movie!
RageKing117 10 months ago
@RageKing117 It just looks like your standard double-screen play. Simple but if executed right, effective. I don't think there's really anything else to it.
bpm1313 9 months ago
@RageKing117 There's actually 4 players. 2 players set up the fence. Jimmy sets a screen for the 3rd player running from the left and then the 3rd player sets a screen back for Jimmy (which puts 4 defenders behind the 3-man fence), giving Jimmy the wide-open shot after he gets the pass from the 5th player with the ball.
thefroable 3 months ago
Dennis Hopper is such a great actor, and this is such a great movie, that you feel that you're honestly watching a down and out, town drunk, have a blessed moment of redemption and grace.
gmartinz01 1 year ago
I love this film..... but i do have a quibble. The winning shot is a jump shot. Even the pros were not using jump shots in 1952 - it was all set shots. But still a great film.
jimaroo100 1 year ago
@jimaroo100 I agree. My dad liked playing basketball, was in high school in the 30s, and once in a while he'd go on the court, and it was all set shots. The funny thing is, he was a great shot. He just needed to get free to push that shot off his chest.
gmartinz01 1 year ago
@jimaroo100 That's not true. You can watch the actual shot by Bobby Plump here on Youtube. It was a jump shot.
gbleather 5 months ago
This movie is like reading a parable from the Bible
gmartinz01 1 year ago
what does he mean'dont get caught watching the paint dry.Ive never heard this before.Is it an old expression?
jaydee624 1 year ago
@jaydee624
What he means is don't get called for 3 seconds inside the paint.
DukeC 1 year ago
@jaydee624 "don't get caught watching the paint dry" is what people who don't swear say instead of, "don't just stand there with your thumb up your ass".
charly1gi 7 months ago
you did good pop
VikingThor1 1 year ago
Their school song came from my high school. Manchester Squires, from North Manchester, IN. It seemed fitting that they used our school song, because our high school is a small school in a farming community, much like the movie.
tselleck 1 year ago
IMO, Hopper's greatest performance. RIP
masterdeviance1985 1 year ago
I wish they would of showed Shooter running off the court, and with a quick glance he looks right into the camera. Brilliant! R.I.P Dennis Hooper aka, Shooter
Mr18weston21 1 year ago
R.I.P Dennis Hopper
samlbear 1 year ago
Best scene in da movie!
Goffyguy18 2 years ago
I'm from Texas (it's football, football, football here), but my son's football team and the parents all went to the auditorium together to watch this movie. We have a shot at the state title this year and the parents and players were all tingley after watching this. Coach is going to allow us to watch it again toward playoff time (at our request). What a movie!!!!!!!
gbop63 2 years ago
This is a great movie all the way through. This might be the best scene....
sacketts4 2 years ago
now boys don't get caught watching the paint dry.
Thanks to the person that posted this.
This is mine and families favorite movie
MikeD4UMD 2 years ago
good thing the picket fence worked. you wouldnt wanna break out the privacy fence or the chain link on them
hawkdogie 2 years ago
It was Muncie Central, not South Bend, in the actual game. And yes, they got beat by Milan. Bearcats fucked up in that game
cannedplastic 2 years ago
Great scene...great movie.
nbtube 2 years ago
I live in New Castle and we live for basketball.We have the worlds largest fieldhouse and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. There is alot of stuff from that game in the Hall of Fame including the ball from the game
jaminvaughn 3 years ago
Yea actually a lot of coaches use that term cause if your in the paint longer then 3seconds you can get caught for a 3 second violation and that is a turn over. But it is a great line. Thats why coaches try to run that play outside of the paint. But great Movie!
Namroger 3 years ago
I though it was 5 sec for the offense only.
WF1950 2 years ago
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Namroger 2 years ago
Nope just 3 seconds and now that rule goes on defense as well. Least in the NBA it does.
Namroger 2 years ago
Hoosiers is the fictionalized version of the Milan team. Since it is fiction, the movie took a lot of liberties. Great movie and it never claimed to be documentary. The real Milan team actual reached the State semi-finals the year before, so even though they were small, the entire state saw them coming the next year, so it wasn't a great surprise when Milan played in the finals and actually won it.
clyde43608 3 years ago
That's a badass play, I'd score every time.
The Hoosiers is the BEST basketball movie ever.
Hemakus 3 years ago
One of the actors, Kent Poole, number 12, he suicided in 2003. Depression
chelecoke 3 years ago
I heard one of these kids commeted suicide. :-(
GalacticCabaret2 3 years ago
One of the actors or one of the Milan players?
tribalbasketball 3 years ago
Well, it was one of the Hickory players. He wasn't an actor, just a basketball player. This happend sometime ago. I think he lived in Crawfordsville.
GalacticCabaret2 3 years ago
I could be wrong, but I thought Hickory is a fictional team in the movie Hoosiers. The real team is from Milan High School. Those players would be old men by now.
tribalbasketball 3 years ago
Yeah, Hickory is fictional. One of the guys in the movie commited suicide. Not from the actual team. The guys in the movie were not actors, but just high school basketball players from Indiana. I think I heard it was the guy that said "Let's win this one for all the other small town teams that never made it."
GalacticCabaret2 3 years ago
The name of the school was Miland.
ECAKEEPER99 3 years ago
I love this movie. I used to watch it back home in Santiago, Chile... I really never associated it to any particular town. I never ever imagine one day I would end up in Bloomington, Indiana... GO HOOSIERS!
kramercito 3 years ago
My dad played all his home high school basketball games in this gym. Knightstown, IN
jmuduke99 4 years ago
Cool. I played a few away games at a gym just like it in middle school. Delta Middle played their home games at the old Royerton High gym and they were in our conference. At the time we complained about the gym being so old, but now we are thankful for the memories of experiencing the history of Indiana basketball first hand. Royerton High had an old analogue clock on the wall and very bad lighting. That was 82/83.
phelius 4 years ago
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this isnt the real movie
hinder27 4 years ago
ha ha! What's not real about it?
phelius 4 years ago
I got to meet the wife of the guy who coached the real team and she said alot of the movie wasn't true... like his coaching past and the relationship built and the drunk in this scene wasn't a real person and the best player(name escaping me) played from the get go. Also Miland had one several sectional championships in recent years before the state championship run. with the teacher but Miland did play South Bend Central in the state finals.
ECAKEEPER99 3 years ago
no they played muncie central, NOT south bend central
but who cares about the other stuff? nobody said the movie was 100% true... the point was to make a great film about the possibility for greatness that is so vital to the drama of sports as well as inspirational for life in general.
so yeah it isn't 100% true but it is based on truth and it is a great film
dweebieMC 3 years ago
They played Muncie Central in the state finals and the school is called Milan and it still exists to this day. The player you are talking about is Bobby Plump.Marvin Wood left Milan shortly after winning state to coach at my alma mater New Castle Chrysler High School
jaminvaughn 3 years ago
don't really like BB, but this was a great movie.
drakoi1 4 years ago 2
I know there have been tons of great American sports movies: Friday Night Lights, Eight Men Out, Bull Durham, Major League, Ali, Pride of the Yankees, Field of Dreams, Slapshot, Rudy and even Raging Bull (which shouldn't even be considered "simply a sports film"), In my opinion there is no finer, more uplifting American sports movie than HOOSIERS
bluejack11 4 years ago 6
Great movie, very moving theme music.
Anybody who played team sports in their youth has got to be touched by this.
YoScooby 4 years ago 4
that guyz accent is kinda funny
michiganfan15243 4 years ago
what a movie
joeguy02 4 years ago
I love this scene
mr1hunt 4 years ago