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Where was The Bad News Bears filmed?

1976 film, directed by Michael Ritchie.

  • Los Angeles

The story is set in Los Angeles, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Los Angeles
Filmed in
Los Angeles
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About The Bad News Bears

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Released
1976
Director
Michael Ritchie
Cast
Walter MatthauTatum O'NealChris BarnesVic MorrowJackie Earle HaleyJoyce Van PattenQuinn SmithBen PiazzaBrandon CruzCharles Matthau
Genre
Coming-of-ageComedy

Morris Buttermaker, an alcoholic pool cleaner and former minor-league baseball pitcher, accepts a secretive cash payment from lawyer Bob Whitewood to coach his son Toby's youth baseball league expansion team, the Bears.

Shunned by the more competitive teams (and their competitive parents and coaches), the Bears are considered outsiders and the least talented team in the Southern California league.

He forfeits the opening game after the Bears allow 26 runs without recording an out.

Famous lines from The Bad News Bears

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Oh, yeah?Tanner
  • Who with?Buttermaker
  • The 7th Grade.Engelberg
  • Tanner got into a fight.Engelberg
  • You handled it like shit!Amanda

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