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The Bad News Bears

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The Bad News Bears
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PG,1hr 42min
Genres:
Family,Comedy
Released:
January 1, 1976
Director:
Michael Ritchie
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow  ...more
Synopsis: 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 little league team in the San Fernando Valley, 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 ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
Bad News Bears is one of the most delightful blends of family and adult entertainment ever made. The underdog-made-good story may please and kids in the audience, but it's only one facet of the film's entertaining, realistic portrait of little league baseball. The real appeal comes from spot-on performances by Tatum O'Neal and Walter Matthau. Their relationship, as a grizzled divorcé and the pubescent ... Full Review
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Walter Matthau
Coach Morris Buttermaker
Tatum O'Neal
Manda Whurlizer
Vic Morrow
Coach Roy Turner
Joyce Van Patten
Cleveland
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Billy Bob Thornton in "The Bad News Bears"
Billy Bob Thornton in "The Bad News Bears"
Billy Bob Thornton in "The Bad News Bears"
Billy Bob Thornton in "The Bad News Bears"
Greg Kinnear in "The Bad News Bears"
Marcia Gay Harden in "The Bad News Bears"
Jeffrey Davies and Billy Bob Thornton in "The Bad News Bears"
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