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** The town of Milan is still proud of the actual team victory this film was based on, 60+ years later.
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** The town of Milan is still proud of the actual team victory this film was based on, 60+ 70 years later.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Inspired by the Milan Indians team that won the Indiana high school basketball championship in 1954. However, much was changed and fictionalized for the movie, starting with the name of the town. The real coach was 26 years old and in his second season with the team. The real championship was not quite as shocking: Milan made the semifinals the year before. However, Milan was even then a rather small school, and Muncie Central was a large, integrated, traditional basketball power.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Inspired by the Milan Indians team that won the Indiana high school basketball championship in 1954. However, much was changed and fictionalized for the movie, starting with the name of the town. The real coach coach, Marvin Wood, was 26 years old and in his second season with the team. The real championship was not quite as shocking: Milan made the semifinals the year before. However, Milan was even then a rather small school, and Muncie Central was a large, integrated, traditional basketball power.
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** Whit's father says, "If you have any problems with Whit or Buddy, let me know." I think that's meant to show that Buddy also returns and apologizes, if off-screen.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Shooter may be the town drunk, but he has knows basketball. Even Dale is impressed with his knowledge enough to hire him as an Assistant Coach.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Shooter may be the town drunk, but he has knows basketball. Even Dale is impressed with his knowledge enough to hire him as an Assistant Coach.
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* DownOnTheFarm: As hayseed of an Midwestern American town as it gets, populated by nothing but farmers.
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* DownOnTheFarm: As hayseed of an a Midwestern American town as it gets, populated by nothing but farmers.
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** The PA announcer for the state final was played by Tom Carnegie, who was the TV play-by-play announcer for the actual 1954 state final (see "Very Loosely Based on a True Story" below).
** The radio announcer for the state final was played by Hilliard Gates, who filled the same role for the actual 1954 final.
** South Bend Central's head coach was played by Ray Crowe, who ''also'' had a connection to the real-life basis of the story. In the real 1954 state tournament, he was head coach of the segregated Crispus Attucks High School of Indianapolis, which lost in the state quarterfinals to the film's real-life basis, Milan High.[[labelnote:Postscript]]Attucks, with Crowe as head coach and future Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson as floor leader, won the next two state titles.[[/labelnote]]
** According to Website/IMDb, Bobby Plump, the very loose basis for Jimmy Chitwood, has a cameo as well.
** The PA announcer for the state final was played by Tom Carnegie, who was the TV play-by-play announcer for the actual 1954 state final (see "Very Loosely Based on a True Story" below).
** The radio announcer for the state final was played by Hilliard Gates, who filled the same role for the actual 1954 final.
** South Bend Central's head coach was played by Ray Crowe, who ''also'' had a connection to the real-life basis of the story. In the real 1954 state tournament, he was head coach of the segregated Crispus Attucks High School of Indianapolis, which lost in the state quarterfinals to the film's real-life basis, Milan High.[[labelnote:Postscript]]Attucks, with Crowe as head coach and future Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson as floor leader, won the next two state titles.[[/labelnote]]
** According to Website/IMDb, Bobby Plump, the very loose basis for Jimmy Chitwood, has a cameo as well.
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* EverytownAmerica: The humble hamlet of Hickory, Indiana, populated by simple rural folk who's lives practically revolve around the high school basketball team.
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* EverytownAmerica: The humble hamlet of Hickory, Indiana, populated by simple rural folk who's whose lives practically revolve around the high school basketball team.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Shooter may be the town drunk, but he has knows basketball. Even Dale is impressed with his knowledge enough to hire him as an Assistant Coach.
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* HopeBringer: Jimmy TheAce rejoining the basketball team on the condition that Coach Dale stays is taken seriously by everyone and turns the season around for the team.
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* GracefulLoser: The South Bend coach consoles a dejected player, then pleasantly shakes hands with Dale after losing.
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* BaitAndSwitch: At the first meeting between Dale and the men of the town, the town pastor assumes that Coach Dale is a God-fearing Christian man who will teach his boys good values--then he asks if Dale will use a zone defense or play man-to-man.
* BigGame: For the state championship!
* BigGame: For the state championship!
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* BaitAndSwitch: At the first meeting between Dale and the men of the town, the town pastor assumes that Coach Dale is a God-fearing God-abiding Christian man who will teach invigorate his boys good values--then he asks with the way of the Lord--before then asking if Dale will use a zone defense or play man-to-man.
* BigGame: For the statechampionship!championship against the seemingly-unbeatable South Bend Central, no less!
* BigGame: For the state
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* DownOnTheFarm: Small town Indiana, populated by nothing but farmers.
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* DownOnTheFarm: Small As hayseed of an Midwestern American town Indiana, as it gets, populated by nothing but farmers.
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* EverytownAmerica: Small town Indiana, populated by simple rural folk who really love the high school basketball team.
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* EverytownAmerica: Small town The humble hamlet of Hickory, Indiana, populated by simple rural folk who really love who's lives practically revolve around the high school basketball team.
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* MarketBasedTitle: Released in the UK as ''Best Shot''.
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* MarketBasedTitle: Released in the UK as ''Best Shot''.Shot'', as "Hoosier" is a somewhat-colloquial term referring to someone from Indiana.
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* SeriousBusiness: The people of Hickory really, REALLY care about the high school basketball team. They have ''town meetings'' about the team.
** Of course, in small-town Indiana this was TruthInTelevision, at least until they [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks started combining the various high schools and getting rid of the one class championship in favor of four classes.]] Bring up the issue of "class basketball" for the real SeriousBusiness.
** Of course, in small-town Indiana this was TruthInTelevision, at least until they [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks started combining the various high schools and getting rid of the one class championship in favor of four classes.]] Bring up the issue of "class basketball" for the real SeriousBusiness.
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* SeriousBusiness: The people of Hickory really, REALLY care about the high school basketball team. They have team, going so far as to hold ''town meetings'' about concerning the team.
**Of course, Surprisingly enough, this was TruthInTelevision in small-town Indiana this was TruthInTelevision, Indiana, at least until they [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks started combining the various high schools and getting rid of the one class championship one-class championship, in favor of four classes.]] Bring up the issue of "class basketball" for the real SeriousBusiness.
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Hackman stars as Norman Dale, a former big-time college basketball coach who comes to tiny Hickory, Indiana in 1951 to coach Hickory High's very tiny basketball team. Dale must overcome his own troubled past, win over the skeptical Hickory townsfolk, and get his players to believe in themselves. In his spare time he romances a schoolteacher played by Barbara Hershey. Creator/DennisHopper co-stars as Shooter Flatch, a former Hickory High basketball star turned alcoholic hobo, who starts on a redemption quest of his own when he becomes one of Dale's coaches.
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Hackman stars as Norman Dale, a former big-time college basketball coach who comes to the tiny town Hickory, Indiana in 1951 to coach Hickory High's very tiny High School's equally-tiny basketball team. Dale must overcome his own troubled past, win over the skeptical humble-yet-all-the-while-skeptical Hickory townsfolk, and get his players to believe in themselves. themselves before the game they play. In his spare time time, he romances a schoolteacher played by Barbara Hershey. Creator/DennisHopper co-stars as Shooter "Shooter" Flatch, a former Hickory High basketball star turned alcoholic hobo, who starts on a redemption quest of his own when he becomes one of Dale's coaches.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: In the locker room before the final game, on the blackboard are the last names of the players on the opposing team. These are the real last names of the actors who make up the Hickory team.
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* TheQuietOne: Jimmy Chitwood says hardly anything over the course of the film other than his short "I reckon it's time for me to start playing ball" speech at the town meeting, and "I'll make it" at the end when they're talking about who should take the last shot.
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* BaitAndSwitch: At the first meeting between Dale and the men of the town, the town pastor assumes that Coach Dale is a God-fearing Christian man who will teach his boys good values--then he asks if Dale will use a zone defense or play man-to-man.
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Hackman stars as Norman Dale, a former big-time college basketball coach who comes to tiny Hickory, Indiana in 1951 to coach Hickory High's very tiny basketball team. Hackman must overcome his own troubled past, win over the skeptical Hickory townsfolk, and get his players to believe in themselves. In his spare time he romances a schoolteacher played by Barbara Hershey. Creator/DennisHopper co-stars as Shooter Flatch, a former Hickory High basketball star turned alcoholic hobo, who starts on a redemption quest of his own when he becomes one of Dale's coaches.
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Hackman stars as Norman Dale, a former big-time college basketball coach who comes to tiny Hickory, Indiana in 1951 to coach Hickory High's very tiny basketball team. Hackman Dale must overcome his own troubled past, win over the skeptical Hickory townsfolk, and get his players to believe in themselves. In his spare time he romances a schoolteacher played by Barbara Hershey. Creator/DennisHopper co-stars as Shooter Flatch, a former Hickory High basketball star turned alcoholic hobo, who starts on a redemption quest of his own when he becomes one of Dale's coaches.
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* TwoFirstNames: Norman Dale.
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** German: ''Freiwurf'' (''Free Throw''); French: ''Le Grand Défi'' (''The Great Challenge''), Catalan: ''Més que ídols'' (''More than Idols'')
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