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The Bad News Bears - Region 1 DVD

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Baseball Movies (15 items)
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Description: This likable 1976 comedy gently skewers the whole post- Rocky mania for movies about losers who find their mettle or salvation or purpose in life in competitive sport. Walter Matthau stars as a drunk who becomes manager of a pathetic little-league baseball team. When he brings in a talented girl pitcher (Tatum O'Neal), the crew have an actual chance at winning some games and maybe a championship. But director Michael Ritchie (Downhill Racer) undercuts the romance of it all with the team's foul-mouthed tendencies and Matthau's own decadent spin on mentor-coachdom. Similarly to Ritchie's wicked comedy Smile --which lampooned the ... (more)
Manufacturer: Paramount
Release date: 12 February 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780792178828 UPC: 097360886344
Tags: Comedy (4), Baseball (3), Sports (2), Family (1), 1970's (1), Original (1), D (1), T (1), 1970s (1), 1976 (1), Underdogs (1), Walter Matthau (1), Tatum O'Neal (1)
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