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The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training 1977

Feature · 1977 · Comedy drama · Directed by Michael Pressman

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) was filmed in Houston and El Paso, Texas, with locations including NRG Astrodome (formerly Houston Astrodome), Lancaster Hotel and Bayland Park, in 1977.

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Locations

6 locations
SetLocationTownSource
1exhibition game vs. Houston TorosNRG Astrodome (formerly Houston Astrodome)Set: exhibition game vs. Houston TorosHoustonAFI Catalog
2Concord HotelLancaster HotelSet: Concord HotelHoustonWikipedia
3Coach Leak confronts Sy OrlanskyBayland ParkSet: Coach Leak confronts Sy OrlanskyHoustonWikipedia
4Toros practice scenesSharpstown Little League fieldsSet: Toros practice scenesHoustonWikipedia
5Kelly meets his fatherTexas Pipe Bending CompanySet: Kelly meets his fatherHoustonWikipedia
6El PasoEl Paso CountyTexas Film Commission

Location map

San AntonioDallasAustinCorpus ChristiLubbockLaredoAmarilloMidlandAbileneWacoTylerBeaumontSan AngeloWichita FallsMarfaDel RioGalvestonTexarkanaVictoria10101010101035E30303535353540402745452020202037442Lancaster Hotel3Bayland Park6El Paso

Location stills

Numbered as on the location sheet
Bayland Park, a filming location for The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
3Bayland ParkHouston
El Paso, a filming location for The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
6El Paso

Cast

5 names
CastRecords
1William DevaneWilliam DevaneIMDb · Wikipedia · Wikidata
2Quinn SmithIMDb · Wikidata
3Chris BarnesIMDb · Wikipedia · Wikidata
4Jackie Earle HaleyJackie Earle HaleyIMDb · Wikipedia · Wikidata
5Jimmy BaioIMDb · Wikipedia · Wikidata

Crew and companies

DeptNameRecords
DirectorMichael PressmanIMDb · Wikipedia · Wikidata
WriterPaul BrickmanIMDb · Wikipedia · Wikidata
CinematographerFred KoenekampIMDb · Wikipedia · Wikidata
ProducerLeonard GoldbergIMDb · Wikipedia · Wikidata
CompanyParamount PicturesIMDb search
Work in Texas film

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Shooting in Houston and El Paso around 1977

YearProductionShot in
1977The GreatestHouston
1977For the Love of BenjiHouston
1977Murder at the World Series TV movieHouston
1977FmHouston
1977Red Alert TV movieHouston
1976Logan's RunDallas, Houston, Fort Worth
1976FutureworldHouston, Clear Lake Shores
1978The SwarmHouston
1978Big WednesdayEl Paso
1978Gay USAHouston

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Image credits (13)

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training poster: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; 3 Bayland Park: EvanCarroll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; 6 El Paso: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; William Devane: ABC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons; Jackie Earle Haley: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; Apollo 13: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Terms of Endearment: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Boyhood: © Box Office Mojo, fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Armageddon: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Letters from Iwo Jima: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Pearl Harbor: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; The Tree of Life: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Paris, Texas: © Roger Ebert, fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia.

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