"Hoosiers" is also one of my favorite sports movies and I think Gene Hackman's performance was fabulous. I can't imagine any other actor in this role. That said, objectively, "Coach Dale" was a terrible coach. I wrote about why (shameless plug): https://substack.com/home/post/p-158212173?source=queue
Loved Mr. Baseball.
Now we need another Hackman movie, The Replacements.
I’ve never seen The Replacements! Might need to be up soon.
Great movie!
Awesome! And excited for Mr Baseball…super underrated film.
Bonus trivia…do you remember where Coach Dale coached before Hickory?
Sitting here racking my brain, trying to remember now 😅
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"Hoosiers" is also one of my favorite sports movies and I think Gene Hackman's performance was fabulous. I can't imagine any other actor in this role. That said, objectively, "Coach Dale" was a terrible coach. I wrote about why (shameless plug): https://substack.com/home/post/p-158212173?source=queue
Oh man, that was a great read. Thanks for sharing! I’ll definitely include a link to this next week. Given me a lot to chew over now… 😀
You're right for the award race this year it's going to be an interesting one. Both The Pitt and Severance deserve it IMO!
Love Hackman, love Hopper, love this movie...
but you'd have to pay me a MASSIVE sum to direct Hackman and Hopper in a movie in the mid-80's. That sounds like it was a nightmare.
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