HOOSIERS - Opening Credits & Theme Song - 1986

Hoosiers is a 1986 sports film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that wins the state championship. The story is set during 1951/1952, when all high schools in Indiana, regardless of size, competed in one state championship tournament. It is loosely based on the Milan High School team that won the 1954 state championship.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosiers

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[mycountryback2010]

There is something cathartic about this scene. I guess it's the blend of great music and simple midwestern American images. Thanks for posting.

[MrGeorgeE3]

@mycountryback2010 - I'm glad you like it :)

[MrGeorgeE3]

Thankyou Marle, I'm glad this brought back fond memories. My dad's family was from a small town in northern Indiana between Elkhart and South Bend. This is a very touching story and very inspirational. It's one of my Dad's favorites.

[marle2242]

@MrGeorgeE3 Not only were we engaged in Indiana sports but......We lived in the town of Waterville Ohio on the banks of the Maumee River. When the January thaw would start dad had the radio tuned into Ft. Wayne Indiana weather. The ice flow would start in the Auglaze, St. Mary, St. John rivers and run into the Maumee river. Dad had it figured how long it would take to get to us. When to get the sump pumps ready, turn off the furnace , live in the kitchen. Fun and exciting times.

[MrGeorgeE3]

@marle2242 Fond memories aren't they :) I drove through Ft Wayne about 6 or 7 years ago when I attended my uncle's wedding in Elkhart. Dad's ancestors settled in St Joseph County, Indiana in 1831. Prior to that they had settled in Miami County, Ohio in 1801, coming from Rowan County, North Carolina. Miami County, Ohio was a pleasant experience. Got to see the ancestoral farm there in 1991. .

[paulallan1000]

This movie should have been laden with oscars Gene Hackman is the best

[dukane14]

Great movies always, always, have a wonderful sense of time and place. This opening scene with the visuals and the music drops us right where we need to be: Indiana 1950s

[gray19801]

Nothing like the good ole Hoosier landscape!! I remember watching Hoosiers plenty of times as kid and still a classic now that I am in my 30s.

[IliveinMA]

"Music by Jerry Goldsmith"...just adds to how great this film is. Too bad the main titles aren't on the soundtrack.

[jtruns]

Ah, that very first scene, filmed on US 40 just East of the town where I grew up

[PlyrJM25]

My Grandpa played basketball at this time. He played sort of a two guard, and actually lost to Muncie Central in 1948 in Semi-State. The next year he was undefeated, and I think won the Allen County Tournament two years running. He would have went to Indiana, had he not missed my Grandma. He died about 7 years ago; however this movie makes me think of him. This music also gets me pumped for just about anything.

[W2qa1968]

Makes me think of James Dean and Indiana of the early 1950s. Jimmy played basketball in high school in Fairmount, class of 1949.

[tritonrocks]

It's movies like this that make me long for my childhood (60's). While we have witnessed many great technological improvements in many areas of our life, at the same time I feel we've paid a very large price in that we've lost something in our culture with the loss of small towns like those depicted in this film.

[katie13574]

i'm from milan and i'm proud of it!!

[CRAIGROTTER]

in time this movie will be immortalized 200 years from now...nothing beats it...there are other great movies...but still, nothing actually beats it it....