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The Bad News Bears
shareI hope you're referring to the original. If so, great film.
shareI was definitely referring to the original. (Does anybody even talk about the remake anymore?) Anyway, Breaking Away and Bad News Bears are both wonderful time capsules about suburban life in the 1970s, that also happen to be truly inspirational sports movies. (And, interestingly, they both have Jackie Earle Haley in the supporting cast.)
shareOn a [ very ] rare occasion a remake can be entertaining, but I would probably only need the fingers on one hand to count the number of times. J.E.H. should have had a better career. Unfortunately, most film buffs only know him from Breaking Away, The Bad News Bears and Little Children. He probably should have received the Oscar for his performance in Little Children, but Alan Arkin received it for his performance in Little Miss Sunshine, a film, the popularity of which, I'll never understand. Hollywood probably gave it to Arkin for sentimental reasons.
shareBut didn't Breaking Away have a tragic sub-text? A brother who was going to die? I don't think Bad News Bears had this sad story line weighing it down.
shareI do not think there was any dying brother. The only brother in the film is the policeman.
shareThis was a different bicycle movie. Hope I haven't spoiled anything, but it's not hidden if you look at the IMDb page.
shareI’m confused. Which movie has the dying brother?
Don’t worry about spoiling movies for me. I am not the kind of person who gets upset about stuff like that. If I am on a website called movie chat, I have to expect people to be talking about the movies.
The Bad News Bears and Breaking Away are the two best sports films ever made.
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