Hoosiers is an iconic 1986 Acaemy Award nominated sports film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that wins the state championship. The film is set during 1951, when all high schools in Indiana, regardless of school size, competed in one state championship tournament. It stars Gene Hackman as a new coach with a spotty past, Barbara Hershey, Sheb Wooley, and Dennis Hopper as the basketball-loving town drunkard, a performance that brought Hopper an Oscar nomination. The movie was written by Angelo Pizzo, who would go on to co-produce the underdog sports movie Rudy, and directed by David Anspaugh, who directed Rudy. The score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, who was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Music, Original Score.