In real life: Milan High did have an enrollment of only , but 58 of the 73 boys in the school tried out for the team. Milan High had 10 team members in In reel life: The manager, "Ollie," comes on the court in the semifinal and hits two free throws to win the game. In real life: Milan's manager, Oliver Jones, stayed on the sidelines and didn't make any heroic buckets.
In reel life: The film's director found it impossible to find enough extras to fill Butler University's Hinkle Fieldhouse, where the scenes for the final game were shot. About 1, extras had to be shuffled all around the arena as the actors went through their moves.
In reel life: Jimmy Chitwood, during the timeout with 18 seconds remaining in the championship game and the score tied, is told that he'll be a decoy while the team runs its "picket fence" play, and a teammate is assigned the final shot.
When the teammate, in the team's huddle, gives a look of dismay and eyes Jimmy, Jimmy says, with confidence, "I'll make it. In reel life: Hickory wins the action-packed final by a score of In real life: Milan won the final by a score of During the final quarter, with Milan trailing , coach Wood ordered a stall. Plump literally held on to the ball, without moving, for 4 minutes, 13 seconds, before taking a shot and missing with a few minutes left on the clock. Was there a real Jimmy Chitwood?
How true is the movie Hoosiers? It is loosely based on the story of the Milan High School team that participated in the state championship. Gene Hackman stars as Norman Dale, a new coach with a spotty past.
The film co-stars Barbara Hershey and Dennis Hopper, whose role as the basketball-loving town drunk earned him an Oscar nomination. In reel life: Coach Dale is an outspoken and sometimes abrasive man. In real life: Coach Wood was softspoken. In reel life: Hickory is the ultimate Cinderella team, a classic underdog coming out of nowhere. Kent Poole, a Hoosier all his life, played a part in the film about basketball, dreams, and perseverance, but his own life ended in tragedy when he committed suicide in He made his first television appearance in , and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant There was once a contractor named Hoosier employed on the Louisville and Portland Canal who preferred to hire laborers from Indiana.
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