Dennis Hopper was nominated for an Academy Award for screenwriting for 'Easy Rider', and he was honored with his second Academy Award nomination 17 years later for 'Hoosiers'.

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It’s not that “Hoosiers” is the best sports movie ever made. ... Dennis Hopper and Barbara Hershey headlined the film, it also featured obscure actors as players on the team.

Hopper made his acting debut in 'Rebel Without a Cause' in 1955. He later descended into years of drug and alcohol abuse but made a comeback in 1986 with his Oscar-nominated role in 'Hoosiers.' ...

Dennis Hopper spent much of his adult life figuratively flipping the bird at the Hollywood establishment. Blackballed more than once over the course of his storied career, he became a modern-day ...

Dennis Hopper, nominated for an Academy Award as best supporting actor in “Hoosiers,” has been working a lot lately. “Blue Velvet,” “Texas Chainsaw II” and &#822… ...

Dennis Hopper, who personified Hollywood rebellion, both on screen and off, died Saturday at his home in Venice, Ca. after a long battle with prostate cancer.He was 74. Having made his big screen ...

Dennis Hopper has starred in some of Hollywood's most revered films, ... (1986). This role plus his role in "Hoosiers" helped resuscitate his then dormant career. read more. Share.

But if you did enjoy Hoosiers, and chances are good that you did, you'd agree that Hopper's Scooter Flatch character was key to that movie being recognized as one of the best sports films of all time.

LOS ANGELES – Dennis Hopper, the erratic but iconic Hollywood star whose most recent marriage to a Massachusetts woman in the mid-1990s made him a frequent visitor to the Boston area, died ye… ...