| The Bad News Bears - Original (1976)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Walter Matthau |
Coach Morris Buttermaker
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| Tatum O'Neal |
Manda Whurlizer
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| Vic Morrow |
Coach Roy Turner
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| Joyce Van Patten |
Cleveland
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| Ben Piazza |
Councilman Whitewood
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| Jackie Earle Haley |
Kelly Leak
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| Alfred Lutter |
Ogilvie
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| Brandon Cruz |
Joey Turner
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| Shari Summers |
Mrs. Turner
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| Joseph Brooks |
Umpire
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| Chris Barnes |
Tanner Boyle
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| Erin Blunt |
Ahmad Abdul Rahim
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| Gary Lee Cavagnaro |
Engelberg
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| Plot |
| The success this underdog comedy from director Michael Ritchie almost single-handedly spawned the kids' sports film boom of the 1980s and '90s. When beer-breathed ex-minor-league ball player and professional pool cleaner Morris Buttermaker ( Walter Matthau ) agrees to coach a Los Angeles little league team, he soon finds he's in over his head, having inherited an assortment of pint-sized peons and talentless losers. They play well-organized teams and lose by tremendous margins, and the parents threaten to disband the Bears to save the kids (and themselves) any further embarrassment. Buttermaker refuses, though, and brings in a pair of ringers: Amanda ( Tatum O'Neal ), his ex-girlfriend's tomboy daughter, and Kelly ( Jackie Earle Haley ), a cigarette-smoking delinquent who happens to be a gifted athlete. With their help, the Bears manage to change their losing ways and qualify for the championship, where they face their arch-rivals, the Yankees. — Jeremy Beday |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy |
| Director |
Michael Ritchie |
| Producer |
Stanley R. Jaffe |
| Writer |
Bill Lancaster |
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| Studio |
Paramount Pictures |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG |
| Running Time |
102 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
4/6/1976 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
195 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
8/4/2005 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 1.85:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
097360886344 |
| Chapters |
17 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby |
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