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The Bad News Bears is a 1976 American sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Bill Lancaster. It stars Walter Matthau as an alcoholic ex-baseball pitcher who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team known as the Bears.
Bad News Bears is a 2005 American sports comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden and Sammi Kane Kraft. It is a remake of the 1976 sports film The Bad News Bears, produced by Paramount Pictures.
Apr 7, 1976 · A former minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in a California little league. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic sports movie.
- (25K)
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Michael Ritchie
- 1976-04-07
The Bad News Bears franchise consists of American sports-comedies, based on an original story by Bill Lancaster. The franchise includes theatrical films (the original release, its two sequels, and the 2005 remake ), and a television series which aired from 1979-1980.
THE BAD NEWS BEARS is a movie about children that is refreshing, utterly believable, and quite cleverly funny. Walter Matthau is at his absolute best as the grumbling...
- 1 min
- 73.7K
- Paramount Movies
A comedy film about a drunken ex-ballplayer who coaches a ragtag Little League team. See critics' ratings, trailer, cast, and watch options for The Bad News Bears.
- (35)
- Kids & Family, Comedy
- PG
A beer-guzzling ex-minor leaguer reluctantly agrees to coach a bunch of clumsy, misfit Little League baseball players to compete for a high-stakes championship in California.
