Dennis Hopper On HOOSIERS

Dennis Hopper recounts his experience working on HOOSIERS and some interesting facts about the film and true story.
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[@IU90]

More than nominated. ABSOLUTELY should've won. I think the role of Shooter in Hoosiers was the best role in Hopper's tremendous career. He was brilliant and the perfect person to play that role when you consider how his past struggles with substance abuse aligned with Shooter's. And he couldn't have nailed the performance any more perfectly. Hoosiers turned out to be the best sports movie ever made, and Hopper/Shooter was a primary reason for that.

[@ginger00022]

Dennis Hopper was so great in Hoosiers.

[@QueefAndBeef]

RIP Dennis. You were one of the best actors ever.

[@ronniebishop2496]

Dennis was so good and he should have won the Oscar.

[@BenArkell]

Dennis Hopper was AMAZING!! Absolutely incredible performance.

[@anthonytobin7]

Generous as always, Dennis Hopper is a true gentleman of film.

[@1977raider]

Best sports movie of all time

[@TheCream14]

Dennis was fabulous in his role. I'm not sure anyone else could have played it as well as he did. My favorite sports movie of all time, and each actor was over-the-top with talent and delivery.

[@Azishome]

Mr. Hopper recalling Mr. Hackman's question and statement that no basketball movie had ever made money. The movie was about character and integrity, and it resonated with the American people. The basketball was simply a vehicle.

[@G-Blockster]

This is the perfect comment for the 30s - 80s. Sadly, I don't feel today's American public admires the values of character and integrity as previous generations did. And we are all the poorer for it.

[@steviesevieria1868]

@@G-Blockster instead they admire Donald Trump. 🙄

[@smsmoof8128]

@@steviesevieria1868 LOL, wow ... thats all you got while watching your LibKunt perversions go mainstream. In Indiana 1951, your pervert reps before and after Trump would of been lynched and for good reason. GFY

[@kamuelalee]

Hoosiers was Dennis Hopper's comeback role to film in the mid-1980s, after many years of floundering in the industry and overcoming drug addiction. Hopper was certainly one of the great actors of the last 50 plus years. RIP.

[@Jimtimpop]

Still my favorite movie of all time. I've watched it 50 times. Dennis Hopper was great in this movie. Didn't it revive his career in some sort of way? Thanks!

[@rossrivero7516]

1986 was a big year for him considering he was in this movie which he got an Oscar nomination for as best supporting actor, and he was also in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet which I think he gives not only his best performance but one of the best performances in film history.

[@michaelcanney7218]

Dennis hopper, one the great unrated actor of time

[@seeyou414]

R.I.P Mr Hopper

[@maxsteinerfan]

not just a basketball movie. I have seen thousands of movies as a film buff. this is my favorite movie of them all. simple, elegant, moving, inspirational... flawless in every part and as a whole. thank you messrs. anspaugh, pizzo and goldsmith.

[@neilrauch5412]

One of the great sports movies - I've probably watched this one more than any other sports movie (and I've watched Rocky and The Natural about 25 times). Touching, well-acted - the innocence of the times, despite what must have had racial undercurrents.... a perfect metaphor for life... a redemption movie, an underdog movie. Wow - what a pleasure to watch...every time

[@garymartin8619]

Neil Rauch I liked the movie Glory Road a true story about Texas Western ending up playing Kentucky in the ncaa finals can’t remember what yr it was though

[@Throwmethewhip]

Shooter! RIP.

[@georgemallory797]

What a great, informative piece.

[@bearchewtoy75]

It is based on Milan, Indiana winning against Muncie in 1954.

[@dennisgrant538]

Bring back the one winner tournament. It was iconic

[@soonerwhirle]

It's also the story of the early years öf Bob Knight at Indiana University dovetailed into the Milan Indians

[@renehouse2015]

He should have shared the story where they were filming the game in the gym right after Jimmy said he'd play if the coach stayed. At the 1:01:45 minute mark Hopper starts leaning over laughing. The team was "getting" it and everyone was having fun so seeing "Shooter" enjoying himself played well in that scene. But what actually happened there in real life was Gene Hackman leaned over to Dennis Hopper and said, "Well Hopper, I hope you've invested well because after this movie nobody's going to want to have anything to do with us again." Hopper couldn't help himself and rolled over laughing. It played perfectly so they kept it in the movie.

[@gilbertrios5283]

I can't help but chuckle when I think of him as Lefty taking on the cannibals in TCM 2....That's classic and I loved his character!

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

God bless America ...love yah ...always loyal, to nation that's given so much, to so many ...grateful 🎭🎬

[@eor98250]

What a career...from Rebel Without a Cause to Easy Rider to Apocalypse Now to Blue Velvet to Hoosiers to Speed...and let's not forget he was a pretty good director as well...RIP Deniis.

[@stephenfermoyle4578]

YES

[@GasCityGuy]

Love Dennis Hopper, though he got a few of the historical facts a bit wrong. Big O's team fell to Milan in Semi-State Championship(for those not from Indiana that's like the Elite Eight round of the NCAA tourney). James Dean(who I believe was a good friend of Hopper) did play basketball as a starter for the Fairmount Quakers but he had graduated several years before Milan won it in '54 All that said, Dennis Hopper has always been one of the coolest cats in Hollywood!

[@manofiske3318]

"Big O" - Oh, you mean, 'Oscar Robinson" I'm bit surprised you didn't "call out" old Dennis on that one. Unless , of course, you considered this faux pas to be merely a slip of the tongue etc. or something more in keeping with a momentary lapse .

[@grfIII]

GO REST HIGH ON THAT MOUNTAIN VINCE GILL GOD BLESS

[@ragingbull154]

RIP Mr Hopper......great actor

[@sportstechie]

Dennis Hopper, a pioneering Sports Techie, RIP bro

[@georgesouthwick7000]

Hoosiers was a great movie, and Dennis Hopper gave a magnificent performance. However, he made a couple of errors in this video. First of all, he says that Milan beat Oscar Robertson’s high school in the Championship game. Milan beat Robertson’s school, Crispus Attucks in the semi finals. The team Milan beat to win the championship was Muncie Central. Second, while Milan was a very small school, they could hardly be considered underdogs. The 1952 - 1953 team advanced to the state semifinals and virtually every player from that team returned for the 1953 - 1954 season, so the fact that they made it to the state finals was more expected than surprising. Hollywood is known for never letting the truth get in the way of a good story. The movie was much more entertaining with the “David versus Goliath” storyline.

[@steveschmidt4063]

Muncie was still heavy favorites....

[@petersurdo4984]

At first I thought he was miscast but he brought it. Best role of his career.

[@dspf68]

That line, with that last look.

[@andrewquintero7590]

R.I.P. Dennis, you are missed.

[@stephenfermoyle4578]

THIS MAN IS AMAZING

[@stephenfermoyle4578]

and GENE

[@dabneyoffermein595]

"Oscar Robinson" & "University of Indiana" 🤣🤣😂😂 RIP Hopp

[@bumaximous45]

Without Mr Harper Speed and Water World would have not been as good as they were. RIP Dennis Hopper.

[@mikejones658]

Great actor.

[@tims4694]

Great movie, and Hopper should have won. He was excellent, as were all the actors.

[@cdanoc]

Oscar Robertson, Big O, actually played for Crispus Attucks, an Indianapolis school, not Muncie Central. They were the first Indianapolis school ever to win State, and the first all-black school ever to win State. After losing to Milan in 1954, Crispus Attucks won it all in 1955 and repeated in 1956.

[@foxbodyblues6709]

Everybody here knows that small detail. That wasn’t the point of him bringing it up. His point of bringing it up was how much of a big deal it was that the Big O came to the set while they were filming.

[@marksantelman5293]

"shoot the money" . . . what a great piece of movie jargon near the very end of the interview

[@aldophogasperi6528]

James Dean...gone but not forgotten

[@patpikul4373]

What a great movie Watch it slot Makes me feel like the way they dressed

[@Ellobo49]

gracias MR HOPPER.. Thank's MR HOPPER R.I.P

[@stephenfermoyle1498]

WHEN EVER I FEEL SAD ABOUT HOW GREEDY AND AWFUL PEOPLE ARE WHICH IS A LOT I TURN THIS MOVIE ON THE KIDS ARE AWESOME

[@stephenfermoyle4578]

back for more

[@elcatalanenlalguer]

R.I.P.

[@edwardmann1600]

Dennis Hopper was not from Indiana. Oscar Robertson, not Robinson, could also simply be referred to as "The Big O". There is not a university in the world that is named, the "University of Indiana". The University in Bloomington is Indiana University. IU, M.S. in Ed. class of 1967.

[@sarateber7377]

From which year was this Interview?

[@ctdevil28]

It's amazing how sometimes the Oscars can get it so unbelievably wrong

[@PVcat1]

Biggest question I have about the movie, which I love by the way, is how did Buddy get back on the team? He just showed up one game with no explanation.

[@davidlucas8071]

they cut out that part out. You can see it in the deleted scenes DVD

[@hoosierflatty6435]

"I ain't no gizzard." :)

[@stephenfermoyle4578]

the Father brought him back

[@Ignats75]

James Dean may have competed against Milan HS, but he was long graduated by the time the Milan Miracle happened. Just sayin. Fairmount HS is in NE Indiana. Milan is in SE Indiana not far from the Ohio River.

[@oldirtydawson]

Dennis would have been great playing Bobby Knight in a movie.

[@Doomlaser]

Just watched Hoosiers. What a combo: Gene Hackman + Dennis Hopper playing an alcoholic...!? Then a synthy Jerry Goldsmith score to boot

[@fern244]

RIP :(

[@engine2truck6]

what a ... survivor.

[@silverd123]

His name in the movie was Bitcher, the same name of the coach at Loogootee, who is the winningest coach in Indiana High School history. RIP

[@garymartin8619]

That’s Butcher

[@NattyBumppo48]

Oscar Robertson did not play in this game....lol Nor did he play high school basketball at Muncie Central. Oscar played at another fabled basketball school, Indianapolis Crispus Attucks. Interestingly enough, the guy who played a small part as Muncie's head coach actually coached at Crispus Attucks High School. Perhaps this is what confused Dennis Hopper....?

[@HoosierGarage]

Attucks played Milan but not the miracle year.

[@dabneyoffermein595]

What a movie that was. Never seen anything like it.

[@jdstox1]

Oscar Robinson !!

[@Fladavenue]

I want to see Dennis do one more biker flick, a la Red Light King O LD MAN.

[@JStarStar00]

Too late -- he passed away in May 2010.

[@ss_whole]

"Hell Ride" from 2008 was Hoppers last biker movie.

[@jbratt]

Loved that movie when I first saw it. I found it on Tv and showed it to my daughter. The movie was so edited it was ruined. My daughter could not understand why I liked the movie. She had a point.

[@k19sparks]

Who is the Gene Hackman of 2012?

[@harrycarrey1225]

Fred Savage.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

And don't get caught watch'n the paint dry!

[@jedidarrick]

Bob-omb!

[@tsport1000]

Great movie-Great actor rip. Sorry Dennis but it's Big O Oscar ROBERTSON! 5,4,3,2,1, let'r fly, in and out...

[@greggrizzo7077]

tsport1000 Oscar Robertson went to Indianapolis Crispus Attacks and after the year this movie is about.

[@visarr]

​@@greggrizzo7077 They met in the Elite 8 (called "Semi-State") that year. Bobby Plump, the Milan High point guard characterized in “Hoosiers,” played against Robertson’s team in a state tournament game in 1954. “I had 28 in that game, he had 22,’’ Plump said from Indianapolis. “Normally, I don’t tell people that - he was only a sophomore.’’ Here's a link to info on Bobby Plump: watch?v=kjxyX6yHntw&t=89s

[@swtexan6502]

Interesting story, but untrue... Oscar Roberton played at Indianapolis Crispus Attucks in high school. In the 1954 Indiana State Basketball Championship, Milan beat Muncie Central to win the game. This is what the movie is based on.

[@petermitchell2731]

Dennis Hopper was such an underrated actor, it's insane. He was so much more deserved of more awards, turning in so many great performances. It's criminal. Such an awesome character actor, yet out of everything he does, his only Oscar nomination, was for a crappy movie like Hoosiers.

[@billwhiteside189]

Sorry, Oscar was a sophomore in 1954 and played for Crispus Attucks. Milan beat them in the semi-finals, not the final. Not a big deal, really, but some people are hung up on details like that.

[@paulgoode994]

Oscar Robertson not Oscar Robinson lol, the Big O

[@dabneyoffermein595]

that dude averaged a triple-double for an entire NBA season

[@longone610]

Point of fact...Oscar Robertson did not play against this team in this tournament. He played in the 1955 finals. He played for Crispus Attucks High School.

[@briansullivan9246]

Actually, Oscar Robertson DID play against Milan. Crispus Attucks played against Milan in the semistate championship game (state quarterfinals) during the 1953-54 season, Milan's title year and Oscar's sophomore year of high school.

[@kw900lkevin]

Indiana University not university of Indiana

[@manofiske3318]

Hopper, as is almost always the case, hasn't a clue regarding the general subject matter treated by the film in which he appears. And that folks, I suppose one could say, is why it's called, "acting".

[@onehungrypanda316]

If you don't like this movie, I'd like you to leave right now....I said I'd like you to leave

[@oreokookie1000]

Justin beaver

[@gmaneis]

NOT a true story. Listen to the director's comments on it. Still an interesting interview.

[@usmctanks1]

Sorry Still take Rudy over Hoosiers, as it is after all NOTRE DAME (a fine Indiana school I hear)

[@dabneyoffermein595]

Rudy holds Hoosiers' beer

[@Michaelphelps0808]

Now Boys don't get caught watchin the paint Dry My Favorite Quote from Dennis Hopper Rest In Peace Favorite movie of all time..

[@ManuelDiaz-on7tg]

Mine too. A great movie.

[@alfonsecoppola5938]

love that scene.what a piece of trivia that basketball legend oscar robertson actually played in that high school championship game