The Bad News Bears (6/9) Movie CLIP - Do The Best You Can (1976) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Coach Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) realizes he's gone too far after he yells at the team.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
The success this underdog comedy from director Michael Ritchie almost single-handedly spawned the kids' sports film boom of the 1980s and '90s. When beer-breathed ex-minor-league ball player and professional pool cleaner Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) agrees to coach a little league team in the San Fernando Valley, he soon finds he's in over his head, having inherited an assortment of pint-sized peons and talentless losers. They play well-organized teams and lose by tremendous margins, and the parents threaten to disband the Bears to save the kids (and themselves) any further embarrassment. Buttermaker refuses, though, and brings in a pair of ringers: Amanda (Tatum O'Neal), his ex-girlfriend's tomboy daughter, and Kelly (Jackie Earle Haley), a cigarette-smoking delinquent who happens to be a gifted athlete. With their help, the Bears manage to change their losing ways and qualify for the championship, where they face their arch-rivals, the Yankees.

CREDITS:
TM & © Paramount (1976)
Cast: Walter Matthau, Chris Barnes, Tatum O'Neal, Erin Blunt, Jackie Earle Haley, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Jaime Escobedo, Scott Firestone, George Gonzales, Alfred Lutter III, Brett Marx, David Pollock, Quinn Smith
Director: Michael Ritchie
Producer: Stanley R. Jaffe
Screenwriter: Bill Lancaster

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[john]

Such a powerful scene. No music. Just stares. He realizes that they're just kids.

[bobxyzp]

Remember when movies were written by human beings, not boardroom committees?

[ryanmclaughlin]

I coach youth recreation soccer....I watch this clip before every game to help me keep things in perspective....

[chiefscheider]

What a fantastic scene. That 30+ seconds of silence really showed us how Buttermaker's behavior affected the kids and himself. Matthau was one of the greats.

[carlhatt]

Tatum O'Neal's silent acting in this scene is priceless. So much anger and disappointment with Buttermaker's behavior right at 0:17

[divebomber]

This movie (this version too) should be required viewing for all little league coaches of any sport. Anyone who played little league can remember the coach that blew everything way out of proportion, whether they had them as a coach or played against a team with one. Great movie. 

[tdevil]

You know you went to far when even Tanner is frightened

[nicksixer]

meaning of this scene: winning is nice, and as a coach you do what you can do guide them, helping them build skills and character... but just don't forget that they're still children

[matrixkernel]

The fear in the kids’ eyes made him realize he was turning into a monster over a game.

[GMak]

When Buttermaker realizes hes become Roy Turner, the man he despises, and realizes the children he is coaching are trying their best. One of the most powerful moments in cinema history.

[ccwnoob]

0:50 Wow. After the tirade, the 35 seconds of silence is some of the most powerful script-writing ever.

[nicksixer]

This moving scene is one of the the most important, if not the most important, movie scenes of all time as it relates to children's sports. If you don't have kids that participate in sports, its harder to understand, but believe me its tremendously important.

[canopeaz]

One of the best movie scenes of all time.

[ccwnoob]

1:26 and then Malthau's line delivery is superb. He starts by mouthing, but not saying anything until he tries again in a defeated remorseful tone, . He looks down because he can't even look at the morally superior others (even though they're just kids). Then he has to even turn away in shame pretending to look to the outfield to manage even though the players aren't even in position yet.

[jasona]

This was one of the most important scenes of the entire film!  Walter Matthau played it to perfection.  Buttermaker realizes that he has become Roy Turner!  He has a 'lightbulb' moment and realizes that his team is made up of kids, and it is ONLY A GAME.  The Bears lose, but Buttermaker is a winner...his team loves him.  The Yankees win, but Roy Turner is a loser...his son grows to despise him during that championship game.   

[alpenglow]

This scene has always been stuck in my memory since I first saw TBNB back in the 70’s. Definitely played to perfection by Walter Matheus. The long close-up shots of kids reacting to what he’s saying are perfect.

[juancerda-ofogh]

Matthau is an incredible actor. This scene alone should have won his an Academy Award as he realizes that all his life, he was the win that was spit on.  His anger towards his failures in life and to those around him had Buttermaker project them on the baseball field of a little league game.  And after he yells at them, berates them, does the Buttermaker character finally understand and accept those failures to allow the kids to play as a team and accept defeat. Cause that is life you know...you don't always win in the end...but its more about the journey toward that end rather than the result...

[canopeaz]

This scene really shows how he realized that these were just little kids and how he realized how you have to be a little more understanding with them. The looks on the kids' faces were priceless and really conveyed how they were like "what is up with this crazy adult?"

[canopeaz]

It's very hard in cinema to make 35 seconds of silence evoke such powerful emotions.

[nickstoli]

This scene and Lupus making the catch just gets to me. I bawl my eyes out every time I watch it.