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Brand new factory sealed vhs tape is perfect for old school televisions as the full screen picture will fill your square frame. The uncompressed audio sounds greater than its digital counterpart. And the pop-n-go retro video has no pesky menus to navigate. HOOSIERS is a comeback movie, but it's not simply about a comeback of this small team, the Hickory Huskers. It's also about the comeback of their coach, a mysterious middle-aged guy named Norman Dale (Gene Hackman), who seems to be too old and too experienced to be coaching in an obscure backwater like Hickory. And it's also the comeback story of Shooter, the town drunk (played by Dennis Hopper in an Oscar nominated role). Hickory High School is where Hackman hopes to make his comeback, but he doesn't think of only himself. He meets Shooter, the alcoholic father of one of his team members, and enlists him as an assistant coach with one stipulation: No more drinking. That doesn't work. In a way, Hackman knows it won't work, but by involving Shooter once again in the life of the community, he's giving him a reason to seek the kind of treatment that might help. Hackman finds that he has another project on his hands, too: The rehabilitation of his heart. He falls in love with a teacher at the school (Barbara Hershey). The story structure is almost as sacred to Hollywood as basketball is to Indiana. It begins with the problem of the losing team, introduces the new coach, continues with the obligatory training sequences and personality clashes, arrives at the darkest hour, and then heads toward triumph. So, the climax will come as no great surprise to anyone who has seen other sports movies. But, it combines sports with human nature and gets us to really care about the fate of the team and the people depending on it.