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9 March 2008 (Netherlands)
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A day in the life of a group of gambling buddies, as they sit in on their beloved baseball team game. | add synopsis
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Sarain Boylan | ... | Melody King | |
| Matt Craven | ... | Greg | |
| Brad Garrett | ... | Marvin | |
| Jeff Geddis | ... | Joey | |
| Wayne Knight | ... | Zig | |
| Stephen Markle | ... | Rupert | |
| Peter Riegert | ... | Decker | |
| Hal Sparks | ... | Richie | |
| Mary Walsh | ... | Rose | |
| Charles Durning | ... | Scorekeeper Victor | |
| Maury Chaykin | ... | Scorekeeper Billy | |
| Denny Berni | ... | Keough | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Derek Aasland | ... | The Piano Guy | |
| Arnie Achtman | ... | Guy Who Pays Decker | |
| Gary Brennan | ... | Turnstile Guard | |
| Jim Codrington | ... | Decker's Employee | |
| Jack Duffy | ... | Oldest Father | |
| Ernest Dyck | ... | Guy In Line | |
| Sevaan Franks | |||
| Ted Ludzik | ... | Security Guard | |
| William Lynn | ... | Grandfather (as Bill Lynn) | |
| Sam Malkin | ... | Oldest Son | |
| B.J. McQueen | ... | Office Security Guard | |
| Matthew Peart | ... | Grandson (as Mathew Peart) | |
| Isaac Pustil | ... | Son | |
| Jeff Pustil | ... | Father | |
| Glen Roemer | ... | Scoreboard Security Guard | |
| Kevin Rushton | ... | Tackling Security Guard | |
| Eric Stine | ... | Red Headed Bleacherite | |
| Reuben Thompson | ... | Snack Bar Vendor | |
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The Cheap Seats (Australia) (video title)
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Rated R for language.
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115 min
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Director Cameo: [Saul Rubinek]as Reid, the Chicago Bruins manager
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Version of Bleacher Bums (1979) (TV)
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I LOVE the original version of "Bleacher Bums". I saw it in Chicago with Dennis Franz and Joe Mantagnea. I've seen several other versions since then. I've loved them all, with their various differences in cast and performances. However, I HATED this adaptation.
The story is so entwined with Chicago and Wrigley Field if you can't shoot in Wrigley Field (or even America!) and you can't use the names of the actual players and the teams (St. Louis Eagles? Come on!) then DON'T make the movie. It's as if they made a movie about the team that plays in Fenway and called them the Beantown Belters and their arch rival the Gotham Goblins and shot it in Hong Kong...this is a miserable adaptation of a great play. And it has the WORST "Talk Soup" host ever, Hal Sparks.
Avoid it if at all possible.