Editing Hoosiers (film) (section)

==Production==
[[File:Gymnasium in Knightstown.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Hoosier Gym|Hickory's gymnasium]]]]
During filming in the autumn of 1985, on location at Hinkle Fieldhouse, directors were unable to secure enough extras for shooting the final scenes even after casting calls through the Indianapolis media. To help fill the stands, they invited two local high schools to move a game to the Fieldhouse. [[Broad Ripple High School|Broad Ripple]] and [[Bishop Chatard High School|Chatard]], the alma mater of [[Maris Valainis]] who played the role of Jimmy Chitwood, obliged, and crowd shots were filmed during their actual game. Fans of both schools came out in period costumes to serve as extras and to supplement the hundreds of locals who had answered the call. At halftime and following the game, actors took to the court to shoot footage of the state championship scenes, including the game-winning shot by Hickory.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

The film's producers chose [[New Richmond, Indiana]] to serve as the fictional town of Hickory and recorded most of the film's location shots in and around the community. Signs on the roads into New Richmond still recall its role in the film. In addition, the old schoolhouse in [[Nineveh, Indiana|Nineveh]] was used for the majority of the classroom scenes and many other scenes throughout the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hoosiersarchive.com/behind-the-scenes-2/filming-locations-and-schedule/sites/|title=Sites {{!}} The Hoosiers Archive|website=hoosiersarchive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-13|archive-date=September 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913092225/https://hoosiersarchive.com/behind-the-scenes-2/filming-locations-and-schedule/sites/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The home court of Hickory is located in [[Knightstown, Indiana|Knightstown]] and is now known as the "[[Hoosier Gym]]."

Pizzo and Anspaugh shopped the script for two years before they finally found investment for the project. Despite this seeming approval, the financiers approved a production budget of only $6 million, forcing the crew to hire most of the cast playing the Hickory basketball team and many of the extras from the local community around New Richmond. Gene Hackman also predicted that the film would be a "career killer." Despite the small budget, dire predictions, and little help from distributor [[Orion Pictures]], ''Hoosiers'' grossed over $28 million and received two Oscar nominations (Dennis Hopper for Best Supporting Actor and Jerry Goldsmith for Best Original Score).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=5813889 |title=ESPN the Magazine Movie Spectacular - An oral history of "Hoosiers," an iconic sports movie - ESPN<!-- Bot generated title --> |date=November 16, 2010 |access-date=December 20, 2010 |archive-date=November 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125145147/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=5813889 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Shortly after the film's release, five of the actors who portrayed basketball players in the film were suspended by the [[NCAA]] from their real-life college basketball teams for three games. The NCAA determined that they had been paid to play basketball, making them ineligible.<ref>{{cite news |title=5 Players Banned After Movie Role |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/28/sports/5-players-banned-after-movie-role.html |access-date=17 May 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=28 November 1986 |archive-date=May 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520060300/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/28/sports/5-players-banned-after-movie-role.html |url-status=live }}</ref>