The Bears Are On The Go (1976)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The bears are on the loose |
| Original title | The Bad News Bears |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1976 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Michael Ritchie |
| script | William Lancaster |
| production | Stanley R. Jaffe |
| music | Jerry Fielding |
| camera | John A. Alonzo |
| cut | Richard A. Harris |
| occupation | |
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The Bears on the Move is a 1976 American film .
action
Morris Buttermaker is a retired professional baseball player with a drinking problem. He makes his living cleaning swimming pools. As a baseball coach, he takes over a team of children from difficult backgrounds at the age of around eleven - with the ambition of turning a hopelessly untalented team into an excellent winning team in a little league . His main competitor is the arrogant trainer Roy Turner, who makes fun of the bears with his team. The bears initially lose all games without even having a chance.
Hope is in sight when Buttermaker can persuade his stepdaughter Amanda to join the crew. Amanda doesn't just come to play baseball, however. She wants to bring her stepfather back together with her mother. This fails, but the team is getting better. When the stray, motorcycle-riding Kelly joins the team, the losing team becomes a team with a winning mentality, which plays against Roy Turner's team until the final.
But the ambitious gymnast loses his nerve at this game. When another defeat threatens, he beats one of his best players, which angered spectators and Buttermaker against him. Buttermaker then changes his weakest players and Turner's team still wins. Winning isn't everything.
criticism
- Lexicon of international film : A sympathetic, albeit simply constructed film about the rivalry and friendship of young athletes. Not always comprehensible in this country due to a lack of knowledge of the baseball rules.
Awards
Walter Matthau was nominated for the BAFTA Award as best male actor in 1977 , but came away empty-handed. That same year, The Bears Are On The Winning Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay (Genre: Comedy).
Sequels
1977 a sequel was titled The bears stay on the ball (The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training) rotated. In 1978 another sequel was made with Tony Curtis in the lead role and the title The Bears are unstoppable (The Bad News Bears Go to Japan) .
Television series
In 1979 and 1980, the television series The Bears Are Going was televised in two seasons, which is based on the film and the plot u. a. expanded to include everyday school life. Jack Warden played the role of coach Morris Buttermaker.
Remake
Richard Linklater made a remake of the same title in 2005, starring Billy Bob Thornton as Morris Buttermaker.
Web links
- The Bad News Bears in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The bears are on the loose. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 16, 2017 .