Billy Bob Thornton stars in this fresh take on the irreverent 1976 comedy hit as grizzled former minor league baseball player Morris Buttermaker who is recruited to coach a woefully inept Little League team to a championship against their hated rivals...
Directed by
Michael Ritchie
Written by
Bill Lancaster
Starring
Walter Matthau (Coach Morris Buttermaker); Chris Barnes (Tanner Boyle); Tatum O'Neal (Amanda Whurlitzer); Ben Piazza (Councilman Whitewood); Vic Morrow (Coach Roy Turner); Erin Blunt (Ahmad Abdul Rahim); Jackie Earle Haley (Kelly Leak); Gary Lee Cavagnaro (Engelberg); Joyce Van Patten (Cleveland); Jaime Escobedo (Jose Agilar); Scott Firestone (Regi Tower); George Gonzales (Miguel Agilar); Alfred Lutter III (Ogilvie (as Alfred W. Lutter)); Brett Marx (Jimmy Feldman); David Pollock (Rudi Stein). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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