An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
Alfred Lutter III
- Ogilvie
- (as Alfred W. Lutter)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film's poster art was drawn by Jack Davis, one of the founding illustrators for MAD magazine.
- GoofsAfter Kelly Leak's home run gives the Bears their first win of the season (against the White Sox), the footage of the Bears celebrating at home plate around Kelly shows a Yankee catcher. This footage was actually from the alternate ending which had the Bears winning the final game against the Yankees.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Tanner Boyle: Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!
Timmy Lupus: And another thing, just wait till next year!
- Crazy creditsWhen the Paramount logo turns blue, the "Paramount" text extends beyond the dark blue area instead of staying inside the dark blue.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Precious Images (1986)
- SoundtracksCarmen
Written by Georges Bizet
Featured review
Cutthroat Little League--in all its sprinkler-system, sun-&-Schlitz-drenched glory
Scrappy pool-cleaner (and former ballplayer) in Southern California gets talked into coaching Little League to a bunch of no-talent boys. I don't think I've ever seen another movie that captured this bit of Americana so vividly: you can almost smell the freshly-cut grass and the cigar smoke in the air! One of Walter Matthau's many triumphs, and Tatum O'Neal as the pitching ace is also terrific (especially in the dug-out scene where she tries involving Matthau in her life and he cracks, sending her away in tears: "You don't wanna go, fine, no big deal."). The young boys are mostly all wonderful: Alfred Lutter, from "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", as the nerdy brain; Jackie Earle Haley as the cool kid with shades and motorcycle; Brandon Cruz, from "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", as the pitcher for the enemy-team. The film has some overacting and is occasionally sloppy (with the boom-mike showing, as well as O'Neal's stand-in in a wig), but is otherwise extremely well-written and designed and directed. In 1976, this had kids and adults lining up to see it, so I wouldn't consider the picture a 'sleeper' or an underrated film. It was a big commercial box-office hit and there is an audience for it wherever there's a DVD player and a screen. ***1/2 from ****
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Medvjedi nose lose vijesti
- Filming locations
- Mason Park - 10500 Mason Ave., Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA(Little League Fields)
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $32,211,330
- Gross worldwide
- $32,211,330
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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