The Bad News Bears | |
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Created by | Bill Lancaster |
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Television series | The Bad News Bears (1979–1980) |
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).
Character | Original series | Bad News Bears (2005) | Television series | ||
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The Bad News Bears (1976) | The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) | The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) | The Bad News Bears (1979–1980) | ||
Kelly Leak | Jackie Earle Haley | Jeffrey Davies | Gregg Forrest | ||
Ahmad Abdul-Rahim | Erin Blunt | Kenneth "K.C." Harris | Kristoff St. John | ||
Miguel Aguilar | George Gonzales | Carlos Estrada | Charles Nunez | ||
Mike Engelberg | Gary Lee Cavagnaro | Jeffrey Louis Starr | Brandon Craggs | J. Brennan Smith | |
Jose Aguilar | Jaime Escobedo | Emmanuel Estrada | Danny Nunez | ||
Tanner Boyle | Chris Barnes | Timmy Deters | Meeno Peluce | ||
Timmy Lupus | Quinn Smith | Tyler Patrick Jones | Shane Butterworth | ||
Rudi Stein | David Pollock | Billy Jayne | |||
Toby Whitewood | David Stambaugh | Ridge Canipe | |||
Jimmy Feldman | Brett Marx | ||||
Amanda Wurlitzer | Tatum O'Neal | Mentioned | Sammi Kane Kraft | Tricia Cast | |
Morris Buttermaker | Walter Matthau | Billy Bob Thornton | Jack Warden | ||
Alfred Ogilvie | Alfred W. Lutter | Sparky Marcus (as Leslie Ogilvie) | |||
Roy Turner | Vic Morrow | Greg Kinnear (as Ray Bullock) | Phillip Richard Allen | ||
Bob Whitewood | Ben Piazza | Marcia Gay Harden (as Liz Whitewood) | |||
Joey Turner | Brandon Cruz | Carter Jenkins (as Joey Bullock) | |||
Regi Tower | Scott Firestone | Corey Feldman | |||
Cleveland | Joyce Van Patten | ||||
Mike Leak | William Devane | ||||
Sy Orlansky | Clifton James | ||||
Carmen Ronzonni | Jimmy Baio | ||||
Officer Mackie | Lane Smith | ||||
Mister Manning | Dolph Sweet | ||||
Morrie Slaytor | Pat Corley | ||||
Carl Rutherford | Douglas Anderson | ||||
Chip Roberts | Jerry Lawson | ||||
Lester Eastland | Fred Stuthman | ||||
Coach Shimizu | Tomisaburo Wakayama | ||||
Antonio Inoki | Himself | ||||
The Network Director | George Wyner | ||||
Louis the Gambler | Lonny Chapman | ||||
E.R.W. Tillyard, III | Matthew Douglas Anton | ||||
Harry Hahn | Regis Philbin | ||||
Matthew Hooper | Troy Gentile | ||||
Prem Lahiri | Aman Johal | ||||
Garo Daragabrigadien | Jeffrey Tedmori | ||||
Shari Bullock | Arabella Holzbog | ||||
Dr. Emily Rappant | Catherine Hicks | ||||
Frosty | Bill Lazarus | ||||
Josh Matthews | Rad Daly | ||||
Student | Persephanie Silverthorn | ||||
Marsha | Sherrie Wills |
Film | Release date | Box office gross | Budget | Ref. | ||
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North America | Other territories | Worldwide | ||||
The Bad News Bears (1976) | April 7, 1976 | $42,349,782 | N/A | $42,349,782 | $9 million | [1] |
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) | July 8, 1977 | $19,104,350 | N/A | $19,104,350 | N/A | [2] |
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) | June 30 1978 | $7,092,495 | N/A | $7,092,495 | N/A | [3] |
Bad News Bears (2005) | July 22, 2005 | $32,868,349 | $1,384,498 | $34,252,847 | $35 million | [4] |
Total |
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
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The Bad News Bears (1976) | 96% (26 reviews) [5] | 84% (15 reviews) [6] |
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | 50% (8 reviews) [7] | |
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan | 0% (15 reviews) [8] | |
Bad News Bears (2005) | 48% (158 reviews) [9] | 65 (35 reviews) [10] |
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