Bad News Bears (2005)

Popularity:

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Director:

Richard Linklater

Writers (WGA):

Bill Lancaster (screenplay) and
Glenn Ficarra (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

20 April 2006 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

Disorganized. Disrespected. Dis summer.

Plot:

A grizzled little league coach tries to turn his team of misfits into champs.

Plot Keywords:

Team | Coach | Baseball | Alcoholic | Little League

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton	...	Morris Buttermaker
Greg Kinnear	...	Roy Bullock
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Liz Whitewood
Sammi Kane Kraft	...	Amanda Whurlitzer
Ridge Canipe	...	Toby Whitewood
Brandon Craggs	...	Mike Engelberg
Jeffrey Davies	...	Kelly Leak
Timmy Deters	...	Tanner Boyle
Carlos Estrada	...	Miguel Agilar
Emmanuel Estrada	...	Jose Agilar
Troy Gentile	...	Matthew Hooper
Kenneth 'K.C.' Harris	...	Ahmad Abdul Rahim
Aman Johal	...	Prem Lahiri
Tyler Patrick Jones	...	Timmy Lupus
Jeffrey Tedmori	...	Garo Daragabrigadien
Carter Jenkins	...	Joey Bullock
Seth Adkins	...	Jimmy
Chase Winton	...	Ms. Cleveland
Arabella Holzbog	...	Shari Bullock
Nectar Rose	...	Paradise
Lisa Arturo	...	Peaches
Lizz Carter	...	Chandalier (as Elizabeth Carter)
Monique Cooper	...	Lolita
Candace Kita	...	China
Kate Luyben	...	Daisy
Shamron Moore	...	Cherry Pie
Jeffrey Hutchinson	...	Baseball Official
Sonya Eddy	...	Saleslady
Karen-Eileen Gordon	...	Saleslady (as Karen Gordon)
Maura Vincent	...	Shopper
Jennifer Carta	...	Softball Player Suzy
Dennis LaValle	...	Deaver Dad
Robert Peters	...	Yankee Dad
Kevin R. Kelly	...	Yankee Dad
Shannon O'Hurley	...	All American Mom
Hunter Cole	...	All American Boy
Wil Myer	...	All American Boy
Pancho Moler	...	Kevin
Jack Acampora	...	Yankee Player
Bretton Blayde	...	Yankee Player (as Bretton Bowman)
Ryan Cruz	...	Yankee Player
Nick Lovullo	...	Yankee Player
Richard Martinez	...	Yankee Player
Payton Milone	...	Yankee Player
Ernesto Junior Prado	...	Yankee Player
Kirby James Shaw	...	Yankee Player
Cody Ray Thompson	...	Yankee Player (as Cody Thompson)
Hayden Tsutsui	...	Yankee Player
Matthew Walker	...	Yankee Player
Darin Rossi	...	Umpire
Gary Rodriguez	...	Umpire (as Gary A. Rodriquez)
Scott Adsit	...	Umpire
Kevin Makely	...	Umpire
Robert Wagner	...	Umpire (as Robert Matthew Wagner)
Ken Medlock	...	Umpire
Josh Goldfield	...	Umpire (as Josh M. Goldfield)
Mike Paciorek	...	Umpire
Jeff Conrad	...	State Band Member
Sam Farrar	...	State Band Member
Alex Greenwald	...	State Band Member
Darren Robinson	...	State Band Member
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tierra Abbott	...	Additional Voices (uncredited)
Kirstin Benson	...	Concert Goer (uncredited)
Jordan Bruhn	...	Giants Baseball Player (uncredited)
Tyler Bruhn	...	Giants Baseball Player (uncredited)
John Carey	...	Parent (uncredited)
Sean Carville	...	Hooters Patron (uncredited)
Wayne Charles Fugate	...	Rock Fan (uncredited)
Parker Goris	...	(uncredited)
Jordan Lindsay Hamm	...	Kelly's Friend (uncredited)
Franky Kane Kraft	...	Concert Goer (uncredited)
Brooke Mackenzie	...	Skateboarder (uncredited)
Brian A Martinez	...	Baseball Player (uncredited)
Tom Miller	...	Athletic's Coach (uncredited)
Darlena Roberts	...	Softball Player (uncredited)
Shane Ryan	...	Concert Goer (uncredited)
Jennifer Shumaker	...	Horrified Mom (uncredited)
John F. Sullivan	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Alec Vigil	...	White Sox Baseball Player (uncredited)

Directed by
Richard Linklater

Writing credits (WGA)
Bill Lancaster		(screenplay) and
Glenn Ficarra		(screenplay) &
John Requa		(screenplay)
Bill Lancaster		(1976 screenplay)

Produced by
Adam Ellison	....	associate producer
Bruce Heller	....	co-producer
Sara Johnson	....	associate producer (as Sara Greene)
Geyer Kosinski	....	producer (as J. Geyer Kosinski)
Richard Linklater	....	producer
Brad Marks	....	associate producer
Marcus Viscidi	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Ed Shearmur

Cinematography by
Rogier Stoffers

Film Editing by
Sandra Adair

Casting by
Joseph Middleton

Production Design by
Bruce Curtis

Art Direction by
David Lazan

Set Decoration by
Brana Rosenfeld

Costume Design by
Karen Patch

Makeup Department
Patricia Androff	....	key makeup artist
Lynne K. Eagan	....	makeup artist: Mr. Thornton (as Lynne Eagan)
Shana Fruman	....	hair stylist
Ketty Gonzalez	....	hair stylist
Teressa Hill	....	key hair stylist
Amy Lederman	....	makeup artist
Deborah Ann Piper	....	hair department head
Cynthia P. Romo	....	hair stylist
Keith Sayer	....	makeup artist
Janeen Schreyer	....	makeup department head
Elaina P. Schulman	....	hair stylist
Joani Yarbrough	....	hair designer: Mr. Thornton

Production Management
Eileen Malyszko Lee	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rosemary C. Cremona	....	second assistant director (as Rosemary Cremona)
Peter Dress	....	additional second assistant director (as Pete Dress)
Craig Miller	....	additional second assistant director
Vincent Palmo Jr.	....	first assistant director (as Vince Palmo Jr.)
Ruby Stillwater	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Jason Bedig	....	lead man
Darrin Clubb	....	foreman
Laurence B. Davis	....	propmaker
Cosmas A. Demetriou	....	set designer
Craig Denham	....	graphic designer
Linda Griffis	....	art department coordinator
Kenneth Heimer	....	propmaker
Bill Holmquist	....	construction coordinator
Peter Jameson	....	construction mill foreman
Ellen Lampl	....	graphic designer
Richard McConnell	....	general foreman
Martin Milligan	....	on-set dresser
Christopher Morente	....	key greens
Roger Prater	....	greensman
Lee Ross	....	on-set scenic
Clint Schultz	....	graphic designer
Suzanne Shugarman	....	art department assistant
Michael P. Sweeney	....	assistant property master
Gary Tuers	....	property master
Phil Roberts	....	movie poster illustrator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Mark Agostino	....	pro tools playback operator
Robert Althoff	....	sound re-recordist
David Bach	....	dialogue editor
Bob Baron	....	adr mixer
Steve Bartkowicz	....	sound engineer
Anne Couk	....	first assistant sound editor
Scott Curtis	....	supervising foley editor
Valerie Davidson	....	foley editor
Valerie Davidson	....	sound editor
Russell Farmarco	....	supervising dialogue editor
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Randall L. Johnson	....	boom operator
Michael Jonascu	....	sound effects editor
Susan Kurtz	....	dialogue editor
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Willard Overstreet	....	foley editor
Jeremy Pitts	....	foley editor
Rocky Quiroz	....	utility sound
Vic Radulich	....	adr editor
Corey Roberts	....	adr sound assistant
Randolph Saucedo	....	sound recordist
Jeff Sawyer	....	sound effects editor
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Thomas W. Small	....	foley editor (as Thomas Small)
Frank Smathers	....	dialogue editor (as Frank T. Smathers)
Unsun Song	....	sound re-recordist
Beth Sterner	....	supervising sound editor
Jon Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Edward Tise	....	production sound mixer
Robert Ulrich	....	adr supervisor
Mike Szakmeister	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
John C. Hartigan	....	special effects coordinator (as John Hartigan)
Chris Walkowiak	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Jeff Barnes	....	production executive: CafeFX
Danny Braet	....	digital effects supervisor: CafeFX
Lee Carlton	....	digital artist
Steve Dellerson	....	visual effects producer: Cafe FX
Mike Ek	....	rotoscope artist
Vicki Galloway-Weimer	....	visual effects executive producer: CafeFX (as Vicki Galloway Weimer)
Erik Henry	....	visual effects supervisor
David Hochstadter	....	digital artist: CafeFX
David Hochstadter	....	rotoscope artist
David Lombardi	....	visual effects set supervisor
Lap Van Luu	....	IT support: CafeFX
Lap Van Luu	....	data I/O: CafeFX
Luke McDonald	....	digital artist
Daniel Naulin	....	digital artist
Bryant Reif	....	digital artist (as Bryan Reif)
Danny Torres	....	systems administrator (uncredited)

Stunts
Tierra Abbott	....	stunts
Cryss Adeff	....	stunts (as Cryss Adeff)
Mike Avery	....	stunts (as Michael Avery)
Steve Badillo	....	stunts
Zane Cassidy	....	stunts
Zack Duhame	....	stunts
Allan Graf	....	stunts
Derek Graf	....	stunts
Ryan Happy	....	stunts
Sean Happy	....	stunts
Riley Harper	....	stunts
Keenan Hateley	....	stunts
Jolene Yvone Holmstrand	....	stunts
Paul M. Lane	....	stunts
Paul M. Lane	....	utility stunts
Shawn Lane	....	stunts
Trevor Matthews	....	stunts
Jake Metcalf	....	stunts
Thomas Rosales Jr.	....	stunts (as Thomas Rosales)
Hayley C. Rosales	....	stunts (as Hayley Rosales)
Sean A. Rosales	....	stunts
Sean Alexander Ruge	....	stunts
Matthew Rugetti	....	stunts (as Matt Rugetti)
Brett Smrz	....	stunts
Ryan Staats	....	stunts
Webster P. Whinery Jr.	....	stunts
Scott Ryan Whinery	....	stunts
Webster Whinery	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jesse Arnold	....	lighting balloon operator
Adam Austin	....	libra head operator
John Beran	....	rigging key grip
Paul Bode	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Robin Bursey	....	film loader
Kenneth Cooper	....	electrician
Alan R. Disler	....	first assistant camera "a" camera
P.J. Gaynard	....	lighting balloon operator
Rob J. Greenlea	....	grip
John Janusek	....	key grip
Tom Jedrzejcyk	....	grip (as Tanqueray)
Kelly Krotine	....	second assistant camera
Michael La Vere	....	grip
Michael Listorti	....	dolly grip
Brett Mabry	....	rigging
David Mahlman	....	hot head technician
Damon Marcellino	....	set lighting technician
Jim McConkey	....	camera operator
Ryan Nelson	....	grip
Deana Newcomb	....	still photographer
Ray Patrick	....	super technocrane operator
Ethan Phillips	....	gaffer
Paul Postal	....	electrician
Paul Sanchez	....	camera operator
Chris Shadley	....	video assist operator (as Chris 'Fish' Shadley)
John P. Shine	....	best boy grip
Riley Sidore	....	set lighting technician
James 'Biff' Thomsen	....	electrician
Tommy Tieche	....	second assistant camera
Christopher Warren	....	assistant chief rigging electrician
Stefan Wilking	....	assistant chief lighting technician

Casting Department
Jennifer Bender	....	extras casting
Patti Carns Kalles	....	casting: Seattle
Lauren Grey	....	casting associate
Jason James	....	casting: Seattle
Rachel Tenner	....	casting associate
Jeffrey Gafner	....	casting associate: new york (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charlene Amateau	....	costume supervisor
Sandra Bojin-Sedlik	....	costumer
Demetricus Holloway	....	set costumer
Amy Jo Hoppenfeld	....	key costumer
Ann Miller	....	set costumer
Elaine Perlmann	....	assistant costume designer (as Elaine Davis)
Grace Pyke	....	set costumer
Lisa D. Quercioli	....	PR costumer
Douglas J. Stewart	....	textile artist
Susan Strubel	....	costumer: Mr. Thornton
Jennifer Antony	....	costumer (uncredited)
Thao T. Vu	....	costume coordinator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Charles Harrison	....	post-production assistant
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Mary Nelson-Duerrstein	....	negative cutter (as Mary Nelson-Fraser)
Christopher Roldan	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Tom Boyd	....	oboe soloist
Bryan Carrigan	....	digital score recordist
Bryan Carrigan	....	music programmer
Kyle Clausen	....	assistant music editor
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
George Doering	....	musician
Jim Dunbar	....	music coordinator
Robert Elhai	....	orchestrator
Christopher Elly	....	scoring assistant
Chris Fogel	....	music scoring mixer
Mark Graham	....	music librarian
Daryl B. Kell	....	music editor
Jamie Lowry	....	assistant music editor
Butch Norton	....	music performers
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
Nic Ratner	....	music editor
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Ralph Sall	....	executive soundtrack producer
Ed Shearmur	....	conductor (as Edward Shearmur)
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn
Jeff Toyne	....	orchestrator
Denise Carver	....	music clearances (uncredited)
Scott Hardkiss	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Chris Arnold	....	driver
Chris Basso	....	production van driver operator
Marcelle 'Kitty' Dutton	....	driver
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Paul E. Stroh	....	transportation coordinator
Tim Whisenant	....	driver

Other crew
Jamie Arnold	....	assistant accountant
Chris Baugh	....	location manager
Kayce Brown	....	key set production assistant
Brinton Bryan	....	set production assistant
Loreto Caro-Valdes	....	intern: production office
Sean Carville	....	second assistant accountant
Tai-San Choo	....	office intern
Valeria Migliassi Collins	....	script supervisor
Stephenson Crossley	....	assistant location manager
Eben Davidson	....	studio executive
Bryan Davis	....	office production assistant
Jonathan Deiner	....	production secretary
Adam Feingold	....	office production assistant: additional photography
Adam Feingold	....	unit production assistant
Jay Floyd	....	clearance administrator
David Michael Fordham	....	production assistant
Kevin Funston	....	key assistant location manager
Vanessa Grayson	....	stand-in
Vanessa Grayson	....	stand-in: Marcia Gay Harden
Ryan Hintz	....	second assistant accountant
Kevin Hoiseth	....	production assistant
Kristin Scott Irving	....	assistant: Mr. Thornton (as Kristin Scott)
Marike Jainchill	....	set production assistant
Dominique Jaramillo	....	set medic
Boysie Jereza	....	payroll accountant
Adam Jordan	....	production assistant
Shari LaFranchi Blakney	....	production coordinator
Dennis LaValle	....	dialogue coach
James Lemus	....	craft service
Brian Levy	....	assistant: Mr. Kosinski
Kristi McConnell	....	construction accountant
Charissa McLain	....	assistant production coordinator
Ray Melendez	....	set production assistant
Naomi Motohashi	....	key assistant location manager
Blake Perkinson	....	production assistant
Glen Richard	....	production accountant
Steve Savage	....	technical advisor: baseball
Tracey Schaefer	....	unit publicist (as Tracey Zemitis)
Cristie Schoen	....	chef
Christopher Scull	....	set production assistant
Rainbow Shalom Hayes	....	craft service (as Rainbow-Shalom Johnson)
Katie Shapiro	....	production assistant (as Katie Sadock)
Arlene Singer-Gross	....	studio teacher
Greg Smith	....	technical advisor: baseball
Mollie Stallman	....	production assistant
Linda Stanley	....	studio teacher
John Summers	....	stand-in: for Billy Bob Thornton
Duffy Taylor	....	key assistant location manager
Tiffani Tendell	....	assistant: Ms. Harden
Rory Charles Thost	....	adr loop group (as Rory Thost)
Debbie Tieman	....	first assistant accountant
Elsy Torres	....	assistant: Mr. Kinnear
Matt Tulve	....	production assistant
Christopher Warren	....	assistant chief rigging technician
Jamie Weber	....	set production assistant
Marsha Whittaker	....	studio teacher
Paige Wilbanks	....	production assistant
Anne Marie Wilson	....	production assistant
Nicole Wirtz	....	stand-in
Kristen Lindberg	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Greg Smith	....	Baseball Coordinator / Technical Advisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)
• Media Talent Group
• Detour Filmproduction (in association with)

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Moviemax Family (2014) (Turkey) (TV)
• Nelonen (2011) (Finland) (TV)
• Paramount Home Entertainment Finland (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Argentina) (all media)
• Veronica (2010) (Netherlands) (TV)

Special Effects

• CafeFX (visual effects)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio (opticals)

Other Companies

• BT Industrial Supply  expendables
• Bulletproof Recording Company  soundtrack
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Collegiate Images  footage courtesy of
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• ESPN Enterprises  footage courtesy of
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation (as Jo Ann Kane Music Service)
• Mary Nelson-Fraser & Associates  negative cutting
• Pacific Title  title design
• Pacific Title and Art Studio  titles and opticals
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Paramount Studios  digital sound editing (as Paramount Pictures)
• Sports Studio  Wardrobe
• Sportsrobe  costumes
• Todd-AO Radford  sound mixing (as Todd-AO Radford Stage S)
• Tomkats Catering  catering

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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for rude behavior, language throughout, some sexuality and thematic elements

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:16 | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Denmark:A | Finland:K-7 | Germany:6 | Iceland:12 | Ireland:12 | Italy:T | Netherlands:MG6 | Singapore:PG | Singapore:PG13 (TV rating) | South Korea:12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:Btl | UK:12 | USA:TV-14 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41880)

Filming Locations:

Barone's Famous Italian Restaurant - 13726 Oxnard Street at Mammoth Avenue, Van Nuys, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

In the trailer, the baseball bat with the film's title on it says, "Est. 1976", this was the year the original film was released.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end when the kids are given the non-alcoholic beer, Tanner opens his and starts drinking it in the dugout, but as they walk out you can see Tanner open his bottle again.

Quotes:

Morris Buttermaker:Who the hell are you? Shoeless Joe walking on the holy corn field?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Midnight Screenings: Bad Teacher/Cars 2 (#1.8)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Na Wesele Witosa (At Wito's Wedding)

Rock 'n roll update--not all that different, but dispiriting...

Unskilled, belligerent group of young boys on a losing Little League baseball team get an alcoholic coach who eventually cleans up their act--and his own. Any film-buff well acquainted with the 1976 Michael Ritchie film "The Bad News Bears" will watch this remake in a perpetual state of deprivation. For every new ingredient added (a kid in a wheelchair, Hooters waitresses on the sidelines, a skateband interlude), there's a classic sequence dropped, funny lines omitted, a bracing sense of importance missing, and uncharismatic, non-plussed child actors who walk through their roles colorlessly. Of course, Billy Bob Thornton is a terrific substitute for Walter Matthau, but Matthau didn't carry the original film all by himself, and Thornton isn't fully in-character anyway (he's just breezing through). The whole early morning feel of Southern California Little League is missing, and the urgency of the original is gone, too (those kids had something riding on these games). Director Richard Linklater obviously was fond of the 1976 version, but he knows the notes without hearing the music; he supplies updated comedic touches without seeing the relevancy, and his tone and narrative are doggedly straightforward (except for the strange opening sequence, which immediately gets the picture off on the wrong foot). A sad botch. *1/2 from ****