"Bad News Bears" "Bad News Bears Trailer" - First Look "Bad News Bears" - In Theaters July 22, 2005
"Bad News Bears" - When Billy Bob Thornton was Santa, he was bad. Now, as he becomes the coach of 12 bungling tween ballplayers, he's even worse. In "Bad News Bears," grizzled former professional baseball player Morris Buttermaker (Bill Bob Thornton) is bribed by a straitlaced lawyer (Marcia Gay Harden) to coach the Bears, a woefully inept youth baseball team. Buttermaker's got to find a way to drive this gang of 12 misfits to a championship against their hated rivals: the Yankees and their overbearing coach (Greg Kinnear). From the director that brought you "The School of Rock" with the writing team behind "Bad Santa" comes a movie which tries to be the 2005 homage to an irreverent 1976 comedy.
STARRING: Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For rude behavior, language throughout, some sexuality and thematic elements)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): 3183
RUNNING TIME: 114 minutes
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: $32,865,161
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: December 13, 2005