"Canby of ""The New York Times"" found the film only ""occasionally funny"" but praised screenwriter Bill Lancaster for ""the talent and discipline to tell the story of 'The Bad News Bears' almost completely in terms of what happens on the baseball diamond or in the dugout."" Gary Arnold of ""The Washington Post"" praised it as ""a lively, spontaneously funny entertainment"" that ""could rally a large parallel audience seeking less innocuous and stereotyped pictures with and about children."" Tom Milne of ""The Monthly Film Bulletin"" called it ""miraculously funny and entirely delightful."" Walter Matthau was nominated for a BAFTA award for"
"The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training is a 1977 American sports comedy-drama film and a sequel to the feature film ""The Bad News Bears"". Chris Barnes returns to his role as the foul-mouthed Tanner Boyle; also starring is Jimmy Baio as pitcher Carmen Ronzonni. This film picks up the Bears' career a year after their infamous second-place finish in the North Valley League. However, after winning this year, they are left reeling by the departure of Buttermaker as their coach and an injury to goat-turned-hero Timmy Lupus (Quinn Smith). Faced with a"
"Bad News Bears Bad News Bears is an American 2005 sports comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, Sammi Kane Kraft and Jeffrey Tedmori. It is a reboot of the 1976 sports film ""The Bad News Bears"", produced by Paramount Pictures. It received mixed reviews and grossed just $34 million against its $35 million budget. Morris Buttermaker (Billy Bob Thornton) is a washed-up alcoholic baseball player who was a pitcher for the Seattle Mariners before getting kicked out of professional baseball for attacking an"
"The Bad News Bears (TV series) The Bad News Bears is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from March 24, 1979, until July 26, 1980, consisting of 26 episodes (three unaired by CBS). It was based on the 1976 film of the same name, that was followed by two sequels in 1977 and 1978. In the television version, Jack Warden portrayed former minor-leaguer Morris Buttermaker, the coach of the Hoover Junior High Bears, a sorry bunch of youthful misfits and bumblers. Catherine Hicks played Hoover Junior High principal Dr. Emily Rappant. Phillip Richard Allen played Roy Turner, the coach"
"The Bad News Bears Go to Japan The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (also known as The Bad News Bears 3) is a sport comedy film 1978 film release by Paramount Pictures and was the third and last of a series, following ""The Bad News Bears"" and ""The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training"". It stars Tony Curtis and Jackie Earle Haley, also featuring Regis Philbin in a small role and Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki in a role. This film was followed by a 1979 CBS-TV series, and by a 2005 remake of the 1976 film. Small-time promoter/hustler Marvin"
"David Pollock (actor) David B. Pollock (born April 28, 1961) is a former American child actor best remembered for his portrayal of Rudi Stein in the movie ""The Bad News Bears"" and its sequels in 1977 and 1978. On April 28, 1961, Pollock was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Pollock attended Montclair High School in California. In 1986, Pollock received a BS in Management from the Pepperdine School of Business and Management. In 1992, Pollock earned a MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. In the early 1970s, Pollock was a child actor. Pollock left acting in the"
"chance to play the Houston Toros for a shot at the Japanese champs, they devise a way to get to Houston to play at the famed Astrodome, between games of a Major League Baseball doubleheader. In the process, Kelly Leak (Jackie Earle Haley) reunites with his estranged father (William Devane), who is ultimately recruited to coach them. The Bears, as a whole, have trouble with fielding during practice, but soon become more cohesive and athletic under Coach Leak's guidance. This film is remembered for the scene in which Astros player Bob Watson first says, ""Let the kids play."" Coach Leak"
"and the cultural divide that comes to bear in that relationship. About half of the original or ""classic"" lineup of Bears players return (many like Jose Agilar, Alfred Ogilvie, Timmy Lupus and Tanner Boyle are not featured). Three new players are featured: E.R.W. Tillyard III, Abe Bernstein and Ahmad's younger brother, Mustapha Rahim. <br> The film has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 15 reviews. Jackie Earle Haley considered it the worst movie ever made. ""The Bad News Bears Go to Japan"" was released on DVD February 12, 2002 by Paramount, in widescreen only. The Bad News Bears"
"News Bears"" or its countless derivatives."" On Metacritic, the film has a score of 36 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating ""generally unfavorable reviews"". The film opened on July 1, 2005 and grossed $5,033,848 in its opening weekend, hitting #7; by the end of its run, the film had grossed $16,809,014 domestically and $683,000 internationally for a worldwide total of $17,492,014. Compared to its budget of $33.1 million, ""Rebound"" was a flop. Rebound (2005 film) Rebound is a 2005 sports comedy film directed by Steve Carr. It stars Martin Lawrence as a disgraced college basketball coach who returns"
"Coach of the Year (film) Coach of the Year is a 1980 American TV film about a paraplegic coach, starring Robert Conrad, Erin Gray, Red West and Daphne Reid. The film was very popular. Jim Brandon (Robert Conrad), a former player for the Chicago Bears, is a returning veteran who has been paralyzed in the Vietnam War. Upon his return to his home town, he tries to get a job as a football coach, but does not get it. He comes up with the idea of becoming the football coach at the youth-prison St Charles after a visit there. Coach"
"Senate district. Pollock is a consultant in management with Pollock Consulting. Pollack also appeared on the TV show ""Juvenile Jury"" and in twenty commercials. David Pollock (actor) David B. Pollock (born April 28, 1961) is a former American child actor best remembered for his portrayal of Rudi Stein in the movie ""The Bad News Bears"" and its sequels in 1977 and 1978. On April 28, 1961, Pollock was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Pollock attended Montclair High School in California. In 1986, Pollock received a BS in Management from the Pepperdine School of Business and Management. In 1992, Pollock earned a"
"Brandon tries to become accepted by the young delinquents at the prison, while coaching them to succeed on the football field. Coach of the Year (film) Coach of the Year is a 1980 American TV film about a paraplegic coach, starring Robert Conrad, Erin Gray, Red West and Daphne Reid. The film was very popular. Jim Brandon (Robert Conrad), a former player for the Chicago Bears, is a returning veteran who has been paralyzed in the Vietnam War. Upon his return to his home town, he tries to get a job as a football coach, but does not get it."
"Boris in ""Love and Death"", and played the brainy Ogilvie in the original ""The Bad News Bears"", and its first sequel, ""The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training"". He also starred as ""Phillip"" in ""The Cay"", a TV movie about a black Caribbean Islander and a white American boy lost on an island. The movie aired October 24, 1974. Lutter earned a B.S. in engineering from Stanford University in 1984 and an M.S. in management and engineering from Stanford in 1988. He is currently an executive with Cumulus Media. Alfred Lutter Alfred Lutter (III) (born March 21, 1962) is an"
"Bad Teacher Bad Teacher is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan based on a screenplay by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, and starring Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, Jason Segel, and Phyllis Smith. The film was released in the United States and Canada on June 24, 2011. It focuses on a lazy middle school teacher who returns to the teaching job she hates and tries to make enough money for breast implants after her wealthy fiancé dumps her. Elizabeth Halsey is an immoral English teacher at John Adams Middle School (JAMS) in Cook County, Illinois. She"
"Bad Education (upcoming film) Bad Education is an upcoming American comedy drama film, directed by Cory Finley, from a screenplay by Mike Makowsky. It stars Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Ray Romano, Geraldine Viswanathan, Alex Wolff, Kayli Carter, and Rafael Casal. In March 2018, it was announced Hugh Jackman had joined the cast of the film, with Cory Finley directing from a screenplay written by Mike Makowsky. Makowsky Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Julia Lebedev, Edward Vaisman and Oren Moverman serve as producers on the film, under their Automatik and Sight Unseen banners, respectively. In June 2018, Allison Janney joined the cast"
"umpire. He works as an exterminator and is a crude womanizer. He coaches the Bears, a children's baseball team with poor playing skills. They play their first game and do not even make an out before he forfeits the game. The entire team decides to quit after but Buttermaker forces them out of quitting and promises to be a better coach. Amanda Whurlitzer (Sammi Kane Kraft), a skilled pitcher, is the 12-year-old daughter of one of his ex-girlfriends. After a couple requests, she decides to join the team. Kelly Leak, a local troublemaker but solid hitter, also joins the team,"
"begins as Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers (Williams) arrives at team practice as an errant punt is sent to Sayers. Running back Brian Piccolo (Caan) goes to retrieve the ball, and Sayers flips it to him. Before Sayers meets with coach George Halas (Jack Warden) in his office, Piccolo tells him – as a prank – that Halas has a hearing problem, and Sayers acts strangely at the meeting. Sayers pranks him back by placing mashed potatoes on his seat while Piccolo is singing his alma mater's fight song. During practice, Piccolo struggles while Sayers shines. Sayers and Piccolo"
"baseball team turned-out to be a solid hit when Matthau starred as coach Morris Buttermaker in the comedy ""The Bad News Bears"" (1976). Matthau portrayed Herbert Tucker in ""I Ought to Be in Pictures"" (1982), with Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff. During the 1980s and 1990s Matthau served on the advisory board of the National Student Film Institute. In a change of pace, Matthau played Albert Einstein in the film ""I.Q."" (1994), starring Tim Robbins and Meg Ryan. Matthau narrated the ""Doctor Seuss Video Classics: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"" (1992) and played the role of Mr. Wilson in the film"
"as a center and helps the team turn around their losing season advancing to the state playoffs. Director Dylan Baker used his personal network in casting the film. He called several friends to play crucial roles. Stephen Lang was known for playing mean or unlikable people, and was Baker’s first choice to play the coach with the heart of gold, Willard Farris. Originally Bram Hoover was slated to play Travis, but Baker asked him to consider the role of Jerry; when Bram worked on Jerry, he agreed it was the better role for him and he made the switch. Baker"
"trying, eventually someone will get it right."" The film holds a 22% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 23 reviews. The Scout (film) The Scout is a 1994 American comedy film starring Brendan Fraser and Albert Brooks and directed by Michael Ritchie, the director of ""The Bad News Bears"". Al Percolo is a Major League Baseball scout with the New York Yankees who goes out to various baseball games all over the country to find the next Yankee. He attends a game at a small college to see pitcher Tommy Lacy, and is invited to dinner at Tommy's house by"
"also appeared. On May 10, 2014, CBS canceled ""Bad Teacher"" after airing only three episodes. ""Bad Teacher"" last aired on May 22, 2014. However, in July 2014, CBS aired the remaining unseen episodes by showing two episodes on Saturday nights. Bad Teacher Bad Teacher is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan based on a screenplay by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, and starring Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, Jason Segel, and Phyllis Smith. The film was released in the United States and Canada on June 24, 2011. It focuses on a lazy middle school teacher who"
"El Paso was filmed at Bayland Park. The Toros practice scenes were filmed on the Sharpstown Little League fields, with extras including girls from area middle schools. Members of the 1976–1977 Houston Astros make a cameo appearance during the film's climactic scene. They include Bill Virdon, César Cedeño, Enos Cabell, Ken Forsch, Bob Watson and J.R. Richard. Unlike its predecessor, ""The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training"" received mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 50% rating based on 8 reviews, with an average score of 6/10. The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training The Bad News Bears in"
"cast in the following season. Sam Malone was supposed to be an ex-wide receiver for the New England Patriots football team, but Danson's casting led the program's writers to change Sam's former sporting role into a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox baseball team. Nicholas Colasanto, director and actor who appeared in the 1980 film ""Raging Bull"", was cast as Coach. About 1,000 actors who were not widely known were auditioned for these characters, and Stephen Kolzak was in charge of casting. According to Ted Danson, Perlman was the first actor to be hired for the show and"
"The Comebacks The Comebacks is a 2007 American satirical comedy film directed by Tom Brady (film director). This film is a parody of the clichés and plots of the sports film genre. In the UK, Greece, Finland, Australia and New Zealand this film is called Sports Movie. The movie was released into theaters on October 19, 2007. Coach Lambeau Fields (David Koechner) is pathetic. He has the distinction of being the worst coach in the history of sports anyone can recall. A loser of enormous proportions, the incompetent and seemingly hopeless coach is convinced by fellow coach Freddie Wiseman (Carl"
"either movie; he modulates the manic anger of the Santa and the intensity of the coach and produces a morose loser who we like better than he likes himself."" James Berardinelli of ReelViews also gave ""Bad News Bears"" three stars out of four, calling it ""an entertaining motion picture"" that ""won't make fans forget the original, but it's not so feeble that it disappears into the earlier movie's shadow."" Giving the film two stars out of five, Don R. Lewis of Film Threat said that it has ""a few laughs"" but that it ""just trudges on, going through the motions"
"Grambling's White Tiger Grambling's White Tiger (also released as White Tiger in Europe) is a 1981 TV movie about the true story of Jim Gregory (played by Bruce Jenner) the first white quarterback at Grambling College, a historically black college in 1962. The movie covers Gregory's freshman year, before the birth of his shining star son Jacob The Head Coach Gregory. Harry Belafonte stars as Coach Eddie Robinson and LeVar Burton (already famous from ""Roots"" and later to be known for ""Reading Rainbow"" and """") appears as Charles 'Tank' Smith, the first friend Jim Gregory makes on the team. The"
"to relearn the game in older equipment. Coach Brooks died in a car accident shortly after the film's principal photography was completed. The movie is dedicated to Brooks's memory. The dedication states at the end of the film, ""He never saw it. He lived it."" The film states that Vladislav Tretiak was Viktor Tikhonov's ""bread and butter"" after being pulled from the net at the start of the second period of the game in the Olympics. The fact is that Tikhonov was not named head coach until 1977 and Tretiak was one from the old guard. The movie grossed $19,377,577"
"Tour after reaching the age of 50 and won two events on the Nationwide Tour during his regular career years. Haskins is buried at the Memory Gardens of the Valley in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Don Haskins Donald Lee Haskins (March 14, 1930 – September 7, 2008), nicknamed ""The Bear"", was an American basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for three years under coach Henry Iba at Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University). He was the head coach at Texas Western College (renamed the University of Texas at El Paso in 1967) from 1961 to 1999. His greatest"
"College Coach College Coach (UK title Football Coach) is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak. The film features John Wayne in his last bit-part role. Calvert College begins taking football more seriously, over the objections of Dr. Sargeant, the president of the school. Coach Gore is brought in and given a free rein, which he uses to pay money to standout players. He is so obsessed with winning that he ignores his wife, Claire. The president's son, Phil Sargeant, is also an outstanding athlete, but is far more interested in studying chemistry. He is"
"of the film. In July 2018, Geraldine Viswanathan and Ray Romano joined the cast of the film. In October 2018, Alex Wolff, Rafael Casal, Stephen Spinella, Annaleigh Ashford, Hari Dhillon, Jimmy Tatro, Jeremy Shamos, Katherine Narducci, Welker White, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Peter Appel, Ray Abruzzo, Catherine Curtin and Kayli Carter joined the cast of the film. Principal photography began in October 2018. Bad Education (upcoming film) Bad Education is an upcoming American comedy drama film, directed by Cory Finley, from a screenplay by Mike Makowsky. It stars Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Ray Romano, Geraldine Viswanathan, Alex Wolff, Kayli Carter, and Rafael"
"The Scout (film) The Scout is a 1994 American comedy film starring Brendan Fraser and Albert Brooks and directed by Michael Ritchie, the director of ""The Bad News Bears"". Al Percolo is a Major League Baseball scout with the New York Yankees who goes out to various baseball games all over the country to find the next Yankee. He attends a game at a small college to see pitcher Tommy Lacy, and is invited to dinner at Tommy's house by Tommy himself. Pretending to be Catholic like his parents, he convinces them that Tommy should sign a contract with the"
"Bad News Bears"" as junior high school principal and psychologist, Dr. Emily Rappant. She had roles in a few TV movies, playing an escort, Annie, in ABC's ""Love For Rent"" (1979), and as Beth, a camp counselor in CBS's 1980 film ""To Race the Wind"", based on the Harold Krents' autobiography. In 1980, Hicks beat out hundreds of actresses for the lead role of Marilyn Monroe in ABC's $3.5 million production, """", based on the Norman Mailer best seller. She earned an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of the legendary"
"would be offered the part. Travis Best, Walter McCarty, and Rick Fox also auditioned, and Lee cast them in supporting roles. Lee approached Allen during halftime of a Bucks-Knicks game, ultimately offering him the role of Jesus. Allen had never acted before, and he trained with an acting coach for eight weeks prior to filming. NBA players Shaquille O'Neal, Reggie Miller, Bill Walton, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, and Charles Barkley, Syracuse University coach Jim Boeheim, NBA coaches Rick Pitino and George Karl and broadcaster Dick Vitale made cameo appearances at one point early in the film. Former football legend Jim"