The Bad News Bears

Hilarious horsehide hoot follows the Bears, a bottom-of-the-barrel Little League team made up of some of the worst players to ever set foot on a baseball field. The squad is raised from dead last, however, thanks to the arrival of a beer-swilling coach (Walter Matthau), a female pitcher (Tatum O'Neal), and a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent (Jackie Earle Haley). With Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Ben Piazza; scripted by Bill Lancaster (Burt's son). 101 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; featurettes.