Bad News Bears Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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Plot

Morris Buttermaker, a former pro baseball player was ejected from the game for attacking an umpire, and now works as an exterminator. More interested in boozing and broads than baseball, Buttermaker is lured back into the game by Liz Whitewood, an attorney whose class action suit has forced the Little League to accept all players, regardless of their abilities. As the new coach of the Bears, the most losing team in Little League history, Buttermaker has his work cut out for him. Initially, he's only in it for the paycheck, but he and his inept players have a transformative effect on one another that is wholly unexpected, and completely remarkable.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Bad News Bears.

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  Billy Bob Thorton

  London Fields

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  Greg Kinnear

  You Gotta Believe, Sight

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  Marcia Gay Harden

  Renner, Knox Goes Away

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  Timmy Deters

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  Seth Adkins

Crew Behind the Film

The Bad News Bears behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Richard Linklater last directed Hit Man and Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood. The film's writer Glenn Ficarra last wrote Jungle Cruise and Smallfoot.

Director

Richard Linklater

Screenwriters

Glenn Ficarra
John Requa

Producers

Bruce Heller
Geyer Kosinski

Production Details

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Production Updates for Bad News Bears

Dec 2004

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