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Director:
Writer:
Bill Lancaster (written by)
Release Date:
7 April 1976 (USA)
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Tagline:
...together they make it happen! more
Plot:
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league. full summary | add synopsis
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Baseball
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Little League
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California
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Coach
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Pool Cleaner
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 1 win
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(12 articles)
Yankees Vs. Phillies In The World Series? Give Me The Best Fictional Baseball Teams In Movie History!
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Unsentimentally endearing
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Walter Matthau | ... | Coach Morris Buttermaker |
 | Chris Barnes | ... | Tanner Boyle |
 | Tatum O'Neal | ... | Amanda Whurlitzer |
| Ben Piazza | ... | Councilman Whitewood |
 | Vic Morrow | ... | Coach Roy Turner |
| Erin Blunt | ... | Ahmad Abdul Rahim |
 | Jackie Earle Haley | ... | Kelly Leak |
| Gary Lee Cavagnaro | ... | Engelberg |
| Joyce Van Patten | ... | Cleveland |
| Jaime Escobedo | ... | Jose Agilar |
| Scott Firestone | ... | Regi Tower |
| George Gonzales | ... | Miguel Agilar |
| Alfred Lutter III | ... | Ogilvie (as Alfred W. Lutter) |
| Brett Marx | ... | Jimmy Feldman |
 | David Pollock | ... | Rudi Stein |
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Runtime:
102 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Glen Glenn Sound)
Certification:
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
West Germany:6 |
UK:PG |
Finland:S |
USA:PG |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Australia:PG |
Singapore:PG
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Jodie Foster was cast at one point as Amanda, but dropped out in order to play Iris in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976).
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Continuity: After Kelly Leak's homerun gives the Bears their first win of the season (against the White Sox) the footage of the Bears celebrating at home plate around Kelly shows a Yankee catcher. This footage was actually from the alternate ending which had the Bears winning the final game against the Yankees.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "My Gym Partner's a Monkey: Lyon of Scrimmage/Bad News Bear (#1.2)" (2006)
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Carmen
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This is a superb movie. I don't think it will ever become dated--not as long as little league baseball is in existence. I remember first seeing it at a drive-in when I was ten, shortly after my own little league season had finished. Walter Matthau is excellent as Buttermaker, the beer-soaked coach who takes on the unwanted task of coaching a team of misfit kids who were allowed to play in the league only after a civil action law suit was won in their favor. Tatum O'Neal shines as the team's recruited pitcher Amanda, whose mother once dated Buttermaker. A touching subplot involves the relationship between Amanda and Buttermaker which turns from distant to warm as the final game approaches. Vic Morrow gives a frighteningly good performance as the out-to-win-no-matter-what coach of the opposing team who was never happy with the fact that the Bears were allowed to play in the first place. Joyce Van Patten is also good as the butch, outspoken league supervisor.
It's the kid players that really give this movie the edge. All performances are top-notch, and director Michael Ritchie splendidly keeps the focus mostly on them and their feelings about the whole ordeal. Stand-outs include Jackie Earl Haley as the heroic Kelly Leak and Chris Barnes as shortstop Tanner Boyle. This film should be a warning to relentless adults who try to achieve stardom on the backs of their children, be it on the baseball field or on the ballet floor.