Bad News Bears
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- For the original 1976 movie starring Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal and Chris Barnes, see The Bad News Bears.
| Bad News Bears | |
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 Promotional poster for Bad News Bears |
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| Directed by | Richard Linklater |
| Produced by | Richard Linklater |
| Written by | Bill Lancaster Glenn Ficarra John Requa |
| Starring | Billy Bob Thornton Greg Kinnear Marcia Gay Harden Sammi Kraft |
| Music by | Ed Shearmur |
| Cinematography | Rogier Stoffers |
| Editing by | Sandra Adair |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 22,2005 United States |
| Running time | 113 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$35 million |
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Bad News Bears is a remake of the 1976 movie The Bad News Bears, produced by Paramount Pictures. It is directed by Richard Linklater, and stars Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, and Sammi Kraft.
The writers are also the writing team behind the notorious Thornton movie Bad Santa. The film received mixed reviews. It received a score of 47% on Rotten Tomatoes. [1]
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[edit] Synopsis
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Morris Buttermaker (Billy Bob Thornton) is a washed-up alcoholic minor-league baseball player. He is an exterminator, who was kicked out of professional baseball for attacking an umpire. He is a crude womanizer. He leads a baseball team of poorly playing teenagers. Amanda Whurlitzer (Sammi Kraft) is the daughter of one of his ex-girlfriends. At his request she joins the team. They do not win, but have the satisfaction of trying, knowing that winning is not so important.
[edit] Cast
- Billy Bob Thornton as Bears' Coach Morris Buttermaker
- Greg Kinnear as Yankees' Coach Roy Bullock
- Marcia Gay Harden as Liz Whitewood
- Sammi Kane Kraft as Amanda Whurlitzer
- Ridge Canipe as Toby Whitewood
- Brandon Craggs as Mike Engelberg
- Jeffrey Davies as Kelly Leak
- Timmy Deters as Tanner Boyle
- Carlos Estrada as Miguel Agilar
- Emmanuel Estrada as Jose Agilar
- Troy Gentile as Matthew Hooper
- Kenneth "K.C." Harris as Ahmad Abdul-Rahim
- Aman Johal as Prem Lahiri
- Tyler Patrick Jones as Timothy "Timmy" Lupus
- Jeffrey Tedmori as Garo Daragebrigadian
- Carter Jenkins as Joey Bullock
- Seth Adkins as Jimmy
[edit] Differences with the first version
- In the first film Buttermaker was a pool cleaner. He is depicted now as an exterminator and a crude womanizer, whereas that is not so clear in the 1976 original.
- There are several new players including: Matthew Hooper, who is confined to a wheelchair; Prem Lahiri, and Garo Daragebrigadian.
[edit] Quotes
- Timmy Lupus: Sometimes bird poo tastes like candy.
- Morris Buttermaker: This ain't no democracy, it's a dictatorship, and I'm Hitler!
- Timmy Lupus: I heard he puts money under your bed at night when you lose a tooth.
- Tanner Boyle: That's the tooth fairy, you homo!
- Timmy Lupus: [after Timmy has been jumped by two members of the Yankees] No one's ever stood up for me before.
- Tanner Boyle: Maybe if you weren't such a spaz all the time, I wouldn't have to!
- Prem Lahiri: Hey Yankees, you can take your crappy trophy's and shove them right up your asses!
- Tanner Boyle: Nice. See you next year bitches!
- Prem Lahiri: Hey, cut it out, poop-face!
- Tanner Boyle: Poop-face? Are you kidding me? Elmo flips better shit than you!
- Timothy Lupus: I got stitches on my foot.
- Matthew Hooper: Oh yeah? Well I'm in a damn wheelchair!
- Tanner Boyle: My dad says the only people who put ketchup on hot dogs are mental patients, and Texans.
- Morris Buttermaker: [telling the kid's about the protective cups they have to wear] Also, you'll want to write your names on them because that's how you get Crabs. And trust me, you don't want to spend your Sunday afternoon picking through your pumpkin patch with a little comb.
- Kelly Leak: [referring to Coach Bullock's tight shorts] Do you think people like seeing your nuts?
- Mike Engelberg: Gotta protect the family jewels.
- Tanner Boyle: Who are you kidding? When's the last time you even saw them?
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Bad News Bears at the Internet Movie Database
- Review at Moviesforguys.com
- The music of the Bears
| Films directed by Richard Linklater |
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