So, "Hoosiers" isn't a true story ... In reel life: The assistant coach, "Shooter," (played by Dennis Hopper in an Oscar-nomination performance), is the town drunk and the father of one of ...
(snicker) Dennis Hopper as Frank Sinatra ... When you talk about the best sports movies of all time, there is Hoosiers, and then there's everything else. Hoosiers stars Gene Hackman as Norman ...
Dennis Hopper got an Oscar for his supporting role ... This was based on a real basketball comeback fight in '50s Indiana and released as Hoosiers in the US. Aptly enough, Hopper was fresh back ...