The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

Infobox_film
name = The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training


caption = "The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training" theatrical poster
director = Micheal Pressman
writer = Paul Brickman
Bill Lancaster
producer = Leonard Goldberg
Fred T. Gallo (associate producer)
starring = William Devane
Quinn Smith
Chris Barnes
Jackie Earle Haley
Jimmy Baio
music = Craig Safan
cinematography = Fred J. Koenekamp
editing = John W. Wheeler
distributor =
released = July 8, 1977
awards =
preceded_by = "The Bad News Bears"
followed_by = "The Bad News Bears Go to Japan"
country = United States
language = English
amg_id = 1:3743
imdb_id = 0075718

"The Bad News Bears In Breaking Training" is the 1977 sequel to the feature film "The Bad News Bears".

This movie picks up the Bears' career a year after their infamous second-place finish in the North Valley League. However, after winning this year, they are left reeling by the departure of Buttermaker as their coach and an injury to goat-turned-hero Timmy Lupus (Quinn Smith). Faced with a chance to play the Houston Toros for a shot at the Japanese champs, they devise a way to get to Texas to play at the famed Astrodome. In the process, Kelly Leak (Jackie Earle Haley) reunites with his estranged father (William Devane), who is ultimately recruited to coach them.

It also stars Chris Barnes, who returns to his role as the foul-mouthed Tanner Boyle, and Jimmy Baio as pitcher Carmen Ronzonni.

This movie is most-famously remembered for the scene in which Coach Leak leads the Astrodome crowd in the chant "Let them play!" when the umpires attempt to call the game prematurely because of time constraints.

Cast

Trivia

When the team arrives in downtown Houston, they book a room at the Concord Hotel. In real life, the building which they check into is the Lancaster Hotel, located off Texas Avenue across from Jones Hall.

Later in the movie, after Coach Leak reappears, the Bears stayed at the Houston Hilton rooms 324 and 325 among others. The actual hotel is located at 6633 Travis Street in Houston, but the filming location was the Pasadena Hilton in Pasadena, California.

Members of the by|1976–77 Houston Astros lineup make a cameo appearance. They include César Cedeño, Enos Cabell, Bob Watson and J.R. Richard.

When the 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Milwaukee was tied and fans were told if the National League did not score a run in the bottom of the eleventh the game would be called, some of them chanted "Let them play" to no avail.

When Jimmie Feldman is at bat the catcher says "You got one of the Marx Brothers up here." Jimmie Feldman is played by Brett Marx, grandson of Milton "Gummo" Marx and a great nephew of Harpo, Zeppo, Chico and Groucho Marx.

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0075718|title=The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
* [http://www.cultfilmfreak.com/davidpollock Interview with David Pollock ("Rudi Stein")]