The Bad News Bears
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The Bad News Bears

The Bad News Bears (1976)

Genres - Comedy, Drama, Family  |   Release Date - Apr 6, 1976  |   Run Time - 102 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - PG
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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 alcoholic ex-baseball pitcher Morris Buttermaker who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team known as the Bears. The film's cast includes Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Ben Piazza, Jackie Earle Haley, and Alfred W. Lutter. Its score, composed by Jerry Fielding, adapts the principal themes of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen.

Movie Info

Box Office

$32,211,330

Themes

Coming of Age/Teen | Family Relationships | Redemption

Tags

Alcoholic, Baseball, Baseball Coach, Baseball Player, California, Coach, Coming Of Age/Teen, Cult, Little League, Underdog

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Bad News Bears (Original)

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Alternate Titles

Gáz van, jövünk!
HU
Que se Lixe a Taça
PT
The Bad News Bears I (1976)
US