Blockbusters and Birdwalks

2005, a conversation – “Bad News Bears”

• Garrett Chaffin-Quiray

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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)

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