The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
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| The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | |
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| Directed by | Micheal Pressman |
| Produced by | Leonard Goldberg Fred T. Gallo (associate producer) |
| Written by | Paul Brickman Bill Lancaster |
| Starring | William Devane Quinn Smith Chris Barnes Jackie Earle Haley Jimmy Baio |
| Music by | Craig Safan |
| Cinematography | Fred J. Koenekamp |
| Editing by | John W. Wheeler |
| Release date(s) | July 8, 1977 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | The Bad News Bears |
| Followed by | The Bad News Bears Go to Japan |
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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.
When after 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. Fans chanted Let them Play to no avial.
Trivia
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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 1976–77 Houston Astros lineup make a cameo appearance. They include Enos Cabell, Bob Watson and J.R. Richard.
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[edit] External links
- The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training at the Internet Movie Database
- Fansite
- Chris Barnes...Beyond Tanner - A look back at his entire acting career
- Interview with David Pollock ("Rudi Stein")
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