Sealed and new LP soundtrack on yellow vinyl from the 1976 film THE BAD NEWS BEARS, starring Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow and Jackie Earle Haley as Kelly Leak. Cover art from the movie poster by Mad Magazine artist Jack Davis. Music adapted and conducted by Jerry Fielding, Released by Varese Sarabande Records, 2019.

From IMDB:

Former minor leaguer Morris Buttermaker is a lazy, beer swilling swimming pool cleaner who takes money to coach the Bears, a bunch of disheveled misfits who have virtually no baseball talent. Realizing his dilemma, Coach Buttermaker brings aboard girl pitching ace Amanda Whurlizer, the daughter of a former girlfriend, and Kelly Leak, a motorcycle punk who happens to be the best player around. Brimming with confidence, the Bears look to sweep into the championship game and avenge an earlier loss to their nemesis, the Yankees.

* Jodie Foster was cast at one point as Amanda Whurlitzer but dropped out in order to play Iris in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976).

* In the film, neither of the Aguilar brothers could speak any English. In reality, according to an interview in a 2001 Sports Illustrated "Where Are They Now" issue, Jaime Escobedo (Jose) and George Gonzales (Miguel) were in fact fluent in English, and didn't know how to speak in Spanish. They had to learn their entire dialogue strictly in Spanish before filming began.

* Throughout the film, Coach Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) is constantly drinking beer, yet he is seldom seen drinking the same brand. Buttermaker is seen at various times in the film drinking Budweiser, Miller High Life, Schlitz "Kingers", Pabst Blue Ribbon, Lucky Lager, Mickey's "Big Mouth", and Coors.

* Walter Matthau's real life son Charles Matthau appeared in the film as an opposing team player for the Athletics little league baseball team.

* Quentin Tarantino, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Kevin Smith have individually said that this is one of their favorite movies.

* Bill Lancaster's screenplay was based on his experiences with his father, Burt Lancaster. Buttermaker was based on Burt, who was known for his grumpiness and the character of Amanda was based on himself. Burt Lancaster would later be cast as an aged version of early 20th Century ballplayer, Archibald "Moonlight" Graham in Field of Dreams (1989).

* The filmmakers used handheld cameras in many of the baseball scenes to give the film a documentary feel.

* Brandon Cruz, who plays the bully Joey Turner in this movie, was also the star of the TV show The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969).

* Jackie Earle Haley was the only cast member to appear in all three Bad News Bears movies. He was also the only cast member of the movie "Breaking Away" to appear in the television spin-off.