Bad News Bears

Bad News Bears
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Linklater
Screenplay by
Based onThe Bad News Bears
by Bill Lancaster
Produced by
  • Richard Linklater
  • J. Geyer Kosinski
Starring
CinematographyRogier Stoffers
Edited bySandra Adair
Music byEd Shearmur
Production
companies
Media Talent Group
Detour Filmproduction
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 22, 2005 (2005-07-22)
Running time
114 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$35 million[2]
Box office$34.3 million[2]

Bad News Bears is a 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 and Sammi Kane Kraft. It is a remake of the 1976 sports film The Bad News Bears, produced by Paramount Pictures. Unlike the original film, it received mixed reviews and grossed just $34 million against its $35 million budget.

  1. ^ "BAD NEWS BEARS (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. July 22, 2005. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
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