As Ernie Banks used to say, "Let's play two!" with this doubleheader of bawdy baseball fun with the 1976 comedy "The Bad News Bears" and its 2005 remake. The films follow the ups and (mostly) downs of a misfit Little League team and its alcoholic coach. The original was written by the late Bill Lancaster, who also gets a posthumous credit on the new version.
In the 1950s South, a chauffeur is hired to drive a crotchety woman after she has a series of car accidents. Miss Daisy: Joan Plowright. Boolie Werthan: Saul Rubinek. Idella: Theresa Merrit.