Writer of ‘Hoosiers,’ ‘Rudy’ speaking at IU

IU students will soon have the opportunity to one of the driving forces behind the popular sports movies “Hoosiers” and “Rudy.”\n“Hoosiers” will be shown at the Collins Living-Learning Center Coffeehouse at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The film will be followed the next night by a question-and-answer session with Angelo Pizzo, the writer, producer and assistant director of both “Hoosiers” and “Rudy,” in the Edmondson Formal Lounge of Collins at 7 p.m.\nEvent coordinator Tim Gross said he believes that Pizzo is coming to speak as a way of giving back to the community.\n“(Pizzo) knows a lot about IU history,” Gross said. “He is a great resource not only for filmmaking but for the tradition of Indiana as well.”\nGross said he believes that, since “Hoosiers” is about the tradition of basketball, the film represents a lot of IU history. \nBoth events are being organized through the Board of Educational Programming as part of their fireside chats. The board is a student group that helps fund and plan educational activities at Collins and aids in developing courses that become Collins seminars. \nBoard member Meg Hathaway said she believed students would enjoy watching “Hoosiers” and then meeting the man who made it. \n“This (program) will allow students to talk to someone who was in charge of representing ‘Hoosiers’ through film,” Hathaway said. \nEllen Dwyer, director of Collins Living-Learning Center, said Pizzo will discuss his experiences writing screenplays and producing films.