Bad News Bears 1976  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Family / Drama
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Ben Piazza, Jackie Earle Haley, Alfred Lutter III, Brandon Cruz, Shari Summers, Joe(2) Brooks, Chris Barnes, Erin Blunt, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Jaime Escobedo, Scott Firestone
Little League baseball coach Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) is determined to train a bunch of unruly kids into a winning unit. This movie is very funny as the ludicrous, beer-guzzling Buttermaker employs a special tactic–Amanda (Tatum O'Neal)–as the catalyst to make winners out of his foul-mouthed players. Followed by two sequels and remade in 2005.
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The Bad News Bears Go to Japan 1978  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Berry
Cast: Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle Haley, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Hatsune Ishihara, George Wyner, Lonny Chapman, Antonio Inoki, Matthew Anton, Erin Blunt, George Gonzales, Brett Marx, David Pollock, David Stambaugh, Jeffrey Louis Starr, Scoody Thornton
Small-time Hollywood agent Marvin Lazar (Tony Curtis) sets up a match between the Bad News Bears Little League team and an all-star team in Japan. And, off they go to Japan for the Little League World Series in Tokyo where adventures await.
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The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training 1977 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Michael Pressman
Cast: William Devane, Clifton James, Jackie Earle Haley, Jimmy Baio, Chris Barnes, Fred Stuthman, Lane Smith, Pat Corley, Alfred Lutter III, Erin Blunt, George Gonzales, Jaime Escobedo, Brett Marx, David Pollock, David Stambaugh
This sequel to "The Bad News Bears" just does not have the gusto of the original film. Kelly Leak (Jackie Earle Haley) is back on the team, and his father, Mike (William Devane), is coerced into becoming the coach.
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A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich 1978  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Larry B. Scott, Helen Martin, Glynn Turman, David Groh, Kevin Hooks, Harold Sylvester, Bill Cobbs, Kenneth Green, Erin Blunt, Claire Brenner, Arthur French, Sheila Wills, Arnold Johnson
The focus of this film is Benjie (Larry B. Scott), a 16-year-old boy who becomes addicted to drugs. After Benjie's ghetto parents, Butler and Sweets (Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson), and his grandmother (Helen Martin) become alienated from him, Benjie relies on a social worker (Claire Brenner) for help in dealing with his addiction.
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| 1. Bad News Bears (1976)
2. The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
3. The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
4. A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1978)
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