“Hoops, Hoosiers, & Hollywood”

Better late than never, the latest video from Scott Smith and his blog “Screenwriting from Iowa” posted on April 5, the day of the recent NCAA basketball championship game: “Hoops, Hoosiers, & Hollywood”:

Since tonight’s NCAA championship basketball game is an extension of March Madness, I’ve finally posted my March Screenwriting from Iowa video. The game tonight between powerhouse Duke (with several national championship) versus Butler (in their first national title appearance) has been called Hoosiers II. Not only because Butler is the smaller school going up against the well established program, but because part of the movie Hoosiers was actually shot in the Butler gym in Indianapolis, Indiana.

You know the ending part of the movie where little Hickory High School walks into the big gym and the players are in awe. And the coach (played by Gene Hackman) takes a tape measure to show the players that the rim is the same height as their little gym back home. They go on to pull off an upset victory in the closing seconds.

Here’s Scott’s video:

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