The Bad News Bears
The Bad News Bears is a 1976 American sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Bill Lancaster.
It stars Walter Matthau and Tatum O'Neal.
The film was followed by two sequels," The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training" in 1977 and" The Bad News Bears Go to Japan" in 1978, a short- lived 1979 – 80 CBS television series, and a 2005 remake.
Notable was the score by Jerry Fielding, which is an adaptation of the principal themes of Bizet's opera" Carmen".
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan( also known as The Bad News Bears 3) is a sport comedy film 1978 film release by Paramount Pictures and was the third and last of a series, following" The Bad News Bears" and" The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training".
It stars Tony Curtis and Jackie Earle Haley, also featuring Regis Philbin in a small role and Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki in a role.
This film was followed by a 1979 CBS- TV series, and by a 2005 remake of the 1976 film.
Bad News Bears
Bad News Bears is an 2005 American sports comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, Sammi Kane Kraft and Jeffrey Tedmori.
It is a reboot of the 1976 sports film "The Bad News Bears", produced by Paramount Pictures.
It received mixed reviews and grossed just $34 million against its $35 million budget.
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training is a 1977 American sports comedy- drama film and a sequel to the feature film" The Bad News Bears".
Chris
Barnes returns to his role as the foul- mouthed Tanner Boyle; also starring is Jimmy Baio as pitcher Carmen Ronzonni.
This film picks up the Bears' career a year after their infamous second- place finish in the North Valley League.
However, after winning this year, they are left reeling by the departure of Buttermaker as their coach, Amanda as their pitcher and an injury to goat- turned- hero Timmy Lupus( Quinn Smith).
Faced with a chance to play the Houston Toros for a shot at the Japanese champs, they devise a way to get to Houston to play at the famed Astrodome, between games of a Major League Baseball doubleheader.
In the process, Kelly Leak( Jackie Earle Haley) reunites with his estranged father( William Devane), who is ultimately recruited to coach them.
The Bears, as a whole, have trouble with fielding during practice, but soon become more cohesive and athletic under Coach Leak's guidance.
This film is remembered for the scene in which Astros player Bob Watson first says," Let the kids play."
Coach Leak then leads the Astrodome crowd in the chant" Let them play!" when the umpires attempt to call the game prematurely because of time constraints.
The crowd at the 2002 Major League Baseball All- Star Game also used this chant when the announcement came that the game would end in a tie at the end of the inning if neither team scored.
Erin Blunt
Erin Blunt( born November 9, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor best known for his role as Ahmad Abdul- Rahim in" The Bad News Bears The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training", and" The Bad News Bears Go to Japan".
He also appeared in numerous episodes of TV shows and films such as" The Waltons", Happy Days
" What's Happening!!
Car Wash" and" A Hero Ai n't Nothin' but a Sandwich".
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan( also known as The Bad News Bears 3) is a sport comedy film 1978 film release by Paramount Pictures and was the third and last of a series, following" The Bad News Bears" and" The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training".
It stars Tony Curtis and Jackie Earle Haley, also featuring Regis Philbin in a small role and Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki in a role.
This film was followed by a 1979 CBS- TV series, and by a 2005 remake of the 1976 film.
Chris Barnes (actor)
Christopher J. Barnes( born June 24, 1965) is an American former child actor.
Barnes began his professional film career at the age of ten.
He is perhaps best known for his role as the short- tempered shortstop Tanner Boyle in the 1976 feature film" The Bad News Bears" and its sequel" The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training", as well as for appearing in several" After School Specials" during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Bad News Bears (franchise)
The Bad News Bears is an American sports comedy multi-media franchise created by screenwriter Bill Lancaster.
It began in 1976 with" The Bad News Bears", and was followed by two sequels and a remake:" The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training"( 1977)," The Bad News Bears Go to Japan"( 1978) and" Bad News Bears"( 2005).
The Scout (film)
The Scout is a 1994 American comedy film starring Brendan Fraser and Albert Brooks and directed by Michael Ritchie, the director of" The Bad News Bears".
The Stratford Adventure
The Stratford Adventure is a 1954 National Film Board of Canada documentary film about the founding of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, directed by Morten Parker.
It tells the story of what was to become North America ’s premiere Shakespearean festival, on the banks of the Avon River in the small Ontario town of Stratford.
It was named Film of the Year at the Canadian Film Awards and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 27th Academy Awards.

Question: Do the movies The Bad News Bears and The Stratford Adventure, originate from the same country?
Answer: no