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Director:

John Berry

Writer:

Bill Lancaster (written by)

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Release Date:

30 June 1978 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Sport more

Tagline:

They never met an adult they couldn't drive crazy. more

Plot:

In this third film version of the Bad News Bears series, Tony Curtis plays a small time promotor/hustler... more | add synopsis

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tony Curtis ... Marvin Lazar

Jackie Earle Haley ... Kelly Leak
Tomisaburo Wakayama ... Coach Shimizu
Antonio Inoki ... Himself
Hatsune Ishihara ... Arika

George Wyner ... the Network Director
Lonny Chapman ... Louis the Gambler
Matthew Anton ... E.R.W. Tillyard III (as Matthew Douglas Anton)
Erin Blunt ... Ahmad Rahim
George Gonzales ... Miguel Agilar
Brett Marx ... Jimmy Feldman

David Pollock ... Rudy Stein
David Stambaugh ... Toby Whitewood
Jeffrey Louis Starr ... Mike Engleberg
Scoody Thornton ... Mustapha Rahim
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Additional Details

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Abe Bernstein: Marvin I can't take off my shoes, I'll get athletes foot!
Marvin Lazar: Well then that'll be the only part of you that is an athlete.
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Movie Connections:

References "Happy Days" (1974) more

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MEAN BONES more


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Major Flashback, 18 August 2005
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Author: barney5 from United Kingdom

I just turned on the telly this afternoon and was rather surprised to hear people speaking Japanese without subtitles. Turned out I was halfway through this film and I can't recall ever seeing a more realistic depiction of Japan (I lived there for five years). Another user commented on the Godzilla advert - a nice touch was the phrasing of the catch line. "With this bat you can beat the anyone!" An excellent film for anyone who has ever lived in Japan, and one which is surprisingly undated considering its age.

I also think it was very brave - and realistic - of them to release a film in which more than half of what goes on does so in a language that most of the audience doesn't understand, leaving them in the same position as the characters. Lost in translation? Perhaps.

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