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Bad News Bears was released on July 22, 2005.
Bad News Bears was directed by Richard Linklater.
Bad News Bears has a runtime of 1h 53m.
Bad News Bears was produced by Geyer Kosinski, Richard Linklater.
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.
The key characters in Bad News Bears are Morris Buttermaker (Billy Bob Thornton), Roy Bullock (Greg Kinnear), Liz Whitewood (Marcia Gay Harden).
Bad News Bears is rated PG-13.
Bad News Bears is a Comedy, Sport film.
Bad News Bears has an audience rating of 4.6 out of 10.
Bad News Bears had a budget of $30M.
Bad News Bears has made $34.3M at the box office.