Jack Nicholson, not Gene Hackman, was the original coach cast and other things you might not know about 'Hoosiers' and how it was inspired by the 1954 Milan High School basketball state champions.

LAPORTE, Ind. (WSBT) — A chance to see a piece of cinematic history up close, as the iconic "Hoosiers" bus is in LaPorte! The bus gained fame as the team bus in the movie "Hoosiers" in 1985.

Orion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection. Steve Hollar, who starred as Rade Butcher, one of the players on the team, ... Much like any movie, “Hoosiers” could have been quite different.

Nearly 40 years after Hoosiers came out, the movie has truly stood the test of time. It stands as a fan favorite among sports ...

There are also behind-the-scenes photos from "Hoosiers" that were taken on a disposable camera by members of the cast, some of Anspaugh's student films when he was a student at IU in the 1960s and ...

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April 10, 2016. As the Indianapolis Star reports today, "key contributors to both the Hoosiers movie and the 1954 Milan team that inspired the movie gathered Saturday night at the historic Rushville ...

RUSHVILLE — Jimmy Chitwood is 53 now.He’s not really Jimmy Chitwood, of course, but Maris Valainis will always be known as Jimmy, the sweet shooter from the movie “Hoosiers.” ...

30 years later, 'Hoosiers' still has major impact in Milan San Angelo Standard-Times MILAN, Ind. (AP) — Jordan Burton's first serious history lesson about Milan basketball came in first grade.

Nearly 40 years after Hoosiers came out, the movie has truly stood the test of time. It stands as a fan favorite among sports movies and is one most in Indiana have seen out of pure state pride.