Movie
Bad News Bears
Overview
Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head of a rag-tag group of misfit players. Through unconventional team-building exercises and his offbeat coaching style, Buttermaker helps his hapless Bears prepare to meet their rivals, the Yankees.
Details
- Release date
- 2005-07-22
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Media Talent Group, Detour Filmproduction, Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Billy Bob Thornton as Morris Buttermaker
- Greg Kinnear as 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
Crew
- Richard Linklater - Director
- Bill Lancaster - Screenplay
- Glenn Ficarra - Screenplay
- John Requa - Screenplay
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