Bad News Bears Movie

Directed by
Richard Linklater

Writing credits
(WGA)
Bill Lancaster (screenplay)
Glenn Ficarra (screenplay)
John Requa (screenplay)
Bill Lancaster (1976 screenplay)

Release Date:
22 July 2005 (USA)

Genre:
Comedy | Sport

Cast :
Walter Matthau Coach Buttermaker
Tatum O Neal Manda Whurlizer
Vic Morrow Roy Turner
Joyce Van Patten Cleveland
Ben Piazza Councilman Whitewood
Jackie Earle Haley Kelly Leak
Alfred Lutter Ogilvie
Brandon Cruz Joey Turner
Shari Summers Mrs Turner
Joe Brooks (II) Umpire
Maurice Marks Announcer
Quinn Smith Lupus
Gary Lee Cavagnaro Engleberg
Erin Blunt Ahmad
Jaime O. Escobedo Jose Agilar
George Gonzalez (II) Agilar Boy
David Pollock Agilar Boy
Chris Barnes (IX) Bear
David Stambaugh Bear
Scott Firestone Bear
Brett Marx Bear
Chris Barnes
Christopher J. Barnes

Original Sound Track :
1. "Promise" - Simple Plan 3:32
2. "Bad Reputation" - Senses Fail 2:33
3. "Everything Is Alright" - Motion City Soundtrack 3:28
4. "Wipeout" - Phantom Planet 1:31
5. "This Is War" - Ben Kweller 2:22
6. "Centerfield" - John Fogerty 3:52
7. "Shinin' On" - Grand Funk Railroad 3:30
8. "Cocaine" - Eric Clapton 3:40
9. "Muscle Of Love" - Alice Cooper 3:45
10. "Stranglehold" - Ted Nugent 8:24
11. "Close To Champaign" - Los Straitjackets 3:55
12. "Wack Wack" - Young-Holt Trio 2:59
13. Meet Mr. Buttermaker 2:24
14. Play Ball 1:47
15. Dictatorship 1:14

Plot :
Morris Buttermaker (Billy Bob Thornton) is a washed-up alcoholic minor-league baseball player who was kicked out of professional baseball for attacking an 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. Amanda Whurlitzer (Sammi Kane Kraft), a skilled pitcher, is the 12-year-old daughter of one of his ex-girlfriends. At his request, she joins the team. Kelly Leak (Jeffrey Davies), a local troublemaker, also joins the team, and the Bears start winning games. After their first victory, Buttermaker takes them to Hooters. The Bears eventually make it to the championship game. In the middle of that game, the Bears and Yankees fight. Later, Buttermaker changes the lineup, putting the benchwarmers in and taking out some of the good players. The Bears lose the game 8 to 7. After the game, Buttermaker gives them non-alcoholic beer, and they spray it all over each other. Although they did not win the championship, they have the satisfaction of trying, knowing that winning is not so important.

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