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Here Come the Tigers
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Wikipedia article
'Here Come the Tigers' is a 1978 American sports comedy film directed by Sean S. Cunningham.
Plot
"A wild team of misfits think that they can make it big. What's a coach to do with a chronic nose-picker, a flatulent fielder, an out of control pitcher, a juvenile delinquent and the prettiest girl in the state? Turn this bunch of losers into a winning team! When their new coach enlists an unusual new teammate, it's a whole new ballgame as they band together to win their first championship, determined to prove that losers can be winners, too."
Cast
* Richard Lincoln Eddie Burke
* James Zvanut Burt Honneger
* Samantha Grey Bette Burke
* Manny Lieberman Felix the Umpire
* William Caldwell Kreeger
* Fred Lincoln Aesop
* Xavier Rodrigo Buster
* Sean Patrick Griffin Art "The Fart" Bullfinch
Production
Cunningham said in 'Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th' (2005) he believed that the film cost $250,000 to make, "if that. It could be much lower. It was guerrilla filmmaking. It was all kids from the little leagues; it was like being on a three-week field trip with a bunch of sixth-graders. It was good and bad, frustrating and exciting. I loved it."
Victor Miller, who wrote the film under the pseudonym Arch McCoy, said: "Those were the days when everybody said, 'What America needs is a good G-rated movie.' I guess 'Here Come the Tigers' made its money back, but they lied about America wanting G-rated films."
Reception
'Variety' called it a ripoff of 'The Bad News Bears' (1976), trying to cash in on the success of the original and its sequel, with dull direction and dreadful acting.
References
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