The Bad News Bears(Movie, 1976)

Name: The Bad News Bears
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Released: 1976
Duration: T01:42:00
Rating: 3.5

| 1h 42min | Genres: Kids & Family, Comedy

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 124 votes)

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 an alcoholic ex-baseball pitcher who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team known as the Bears. Alongside Matthau, 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 Bizet's opera Carmen. Released by Paramount Pictures, The Bad News Bears received generally positive reviews... ()

Part of the The Bad New Bears Collection

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About The Bad News Bears

An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.

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Trailer for The Bad News Bears + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

BAD NEWS BEARS | Official Trailer | Paramount Movies(Trailer, 1:23)

BAD NEWS BEARS | Official Trailer | Paramount Movies (Trailer) | Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Trailers From Hell (Featurette)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Los Angeles (California)

Plays in: Los Angeles (California)

Made by: Paramount Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)

Translated into 16 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/01/1976

Cast: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Chris Barnes, Vic Morrow, Jackie Earle Haley, Joyce Van Patten, Quinn Smith, Ben Piazza, Brandon Cruz, Charles Matthau, George Wyner

Director: Michael Ritchie

Producer: Stanley R. Jaffe

Screenwriter: Bill Lancaster

Film Editor: Richard A. Harris

Director of Photography: John A. Alonzo

Composer: Jerry Fielding

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Gáz van, jövünk!"

"The Bad News Bears I (1976)"

Keywords: alcoholic, california, baseball, kids’ sports team, coach, sports, little league

Budget: 9,000,000 USD

Revenue: 42,349,782 USD (= 471%)