2005, a conversation – “Bad News Bears”

This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. 

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Referenced media:

• “The Bad News Bears” (Michael Ritchie, 1976)
• “Boyhood” (Richard Linklater, 2014)
• “Slacker” (Richard Linklater, 1990)
• “Dazed and Confused” (Richard Linklater, 1993)
• “School of Rock” (Richard Linklater, 2003)
• “Friday Night Lights” (Peter Berg, 2004)
• “Pollock” (Ed Harris, 2000)
• “Talk Soup” (Brad Gyori, 1991-2002)
• “Little Miss Sunshine” (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, 2006)
• “The Fly” (David Cronenberg, 1986)
• “Bad Santa” (Terry Zwigoff, 2003)
• “Crumb” (Terry Zwigoff, 2003)
• “2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
• “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith” (George Lucas, 2005)
• “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” (Garth Jennings, 2005)
• “The Longest Yard” (Peter Segal, 2005)
• “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (Tim Burton, 2005)
• “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” (Mel Stuart, 1971)
• “The Dukes of Hazzard” (Jay Chandrasekhar, 2005)
• “King Kong” (Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Shoedsack, 1933)
• “King Kong” (John Guillermin, 1976)
• “King Kong” (Peter Jackson, 2005)

Audio quotation:

• “Bad News Bears” (Richard Linklater, 2005), including music composed by Ed Schearmur, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lJM7u4KxMEEijvYTOPM0T4eR7IBNXp6FU
• “This is War” (Ben Kweller, 2005), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f-Q8BnVUsA&list=OLAK5uy_lJM7u4KxMEEijvYTOPM0T4eR7IBNXp6FU&index=5
• “Cocaine” (J.J. Cale, 1976), performed by Eric Clapton, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxVZkNfxJdA&list=OLAK5uy_lJM7u4KxMEEijvYTOPM0T4eR7IBNXp6FU&index=8
• “Friday Night Lights” (Peter Berg, 2004)
• “‘NFL on FOX’ Theme Song” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU1o2blfeO0