Must watch any time I see it streaming

Btron said:

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OP, how did it go? I don't know your nephew, but I know young people and I'm betting he didn't like it. Thought it was boring.

Other good Basketball Movies:
Hustle- mentioned
Blue Chips
White men cant jump- original
Coach Carter
He got game
Glory Road
The way back- Ben Affleck
Finding Forrester- semi basketball
Semi Pro and Teen Wolf

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Hoop Dreams

I read somewhere that every player on that team played some form of college basketball (likely D2/D3) EXCEPT Chitwood. What's crazier is to think Ollie played college ball but I'm sure he was sandbagging it for the film. Kinda hard to judge a kid on how he plays when he shoots FT's granny style.

I don't think very many played college ball. I think only Buddy and Rade. Ollie may have later; he was apparently a good HS player so was definitely sandbagging bigtime. That said, Jimmy never even made his HS team. Cut 3 times.

I don't think there was an actual person named Jimmy Chitwood. He was based on Bobby Plump who was Indiana Mr. basketball and played at Butler - he's the guy who hit the winning shot on the real team. Ray Craft who was the team's leading scorer also played at Butler.

MAROON said:

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I don't think there was an actual person named Jimmy Chitwood. He was based on Bobby Plump who was Indiana Mr. basketball and played at Butler - he's the guy who hit the winning shot on the real team. Ray Craft who was the team's leading scorer also played at Butler.

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Sorry I didn't use the real actor's name, I was referring to all the actors and not what occurred for the players they were based off in real life.

Julio von Matterhorn said:

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"Why so unfriendly Miss Fleener ?"

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There it is! That's my last name!

Belton Ag said:

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surfandturfsbisa96 said:

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I believe it was on the Special Edition DVD I had way back, but they had the actual championship game as a DVD extra. It was interesting to watch.

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ESPN (I think) broadcast that game when Indiana decided to separate its state basketball tournament into divisions. This was sometime in the late 90's. What I remember of it was Milan holding the ball and dribbling for several minutes at a time. Very different brand of basketball.

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Right- in the movie Jimmy gets the ball, holds it for a minute, then shoots, but in real life the guy held it for several minutes.

Sorry, I don't pay attention to the Entertainment board much.

The showing went great. Honestly, I had forgotten how big of a role Hopper's character played in the movie. The kid's dad was a bad alcoholic, so he thought the movie was about that, not basketball.

But, from a sports perspective, he loved the climax scene "I'll make the shot", and the coach's trust in the team.

Generally a good experience. Showing Shooter's alcohol problems was really interesting from a grown-up perspective. Shooter listening to the championship game from a rehab center was especially poignant.

As for Hopper's chops, I have only this:

agdoc2001 said:

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Any "best sports movie" list that doesn't include Miracle is immediately disqualified.

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And Breaking Away…which may actually be at the top of the list.

There's something lacking in that movie to me. Not sure what it is.

Hank the Grifter said:

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agdoc2001 said:

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Any "best sports movie" list that doesn't include Miracle is immediately disqualified.

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And Breaking Away…which may actually be at the top of the list.

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Breaking Away is such a good movie. Great acting. The dark haired frat guy that they battle with is Ellis, the bearded jerk from Die Hard.