Based on the true story of a small-town Indiana team that made the state finals in 1954, this movie chronicles the attempts of a coach with a spotty past, and the town's basketball-loving drunk to lead their high school team to victory.
Written by Thomas Pluck <stripey@winternet.com>
The theater that was closed for the final game burned down in 1998.
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Goofs
Errors in geography:
During the montage scene of Hickory's winning streak, a scene shows the team bus being led through Hickory by police escort. The police car in the scene has "Wabash County Sheriff" on the side. Based on Hickory's opponents throughout the movie, the fictional town would be somewhere in southwest Indiana. Wabash County is in north central Indiana, approximately 150 miles away.
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Quotes
Coach Norman Dale:
You know, in the ten years that I coached, I never met anybody who wanted to win as badly as I did. I'd do anything I had to do to increase my advantage. Anybody who tried to block the pursuit of that advantage, I'd just push 'em out of the way. Didn't matter who they were... See more »
Crazy Credits
Director David Anspaugh is credited as Jack Nemo in the edited (and
disowned by Anspaugh) television cut.
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