Life in the Bowling Lanes (Bowling movies)
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- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsAndras JonesLinnea QuigleyRobin StilleAs part of a sorority ritual, pledges and their male companions steal a trophy from a bowling alley; unbeknownst to them, it contains a devilish imp who makes their lives a living Hell.
- DirectorBobby FarrellyPeter FarrellyStarsWoody HarrelsonRandy QuaidBill MurrayA star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches.
- DirectorRod DanielStarsKyle SchmidRobert Ri'chardKaley CuocoA group of hip retro teenage outsiders become involved in an interschool bowling rivalry.
- DirectorZack BeinsRichard TaylorStarsTom AutryMatthew M. BaxterBrad BeinsAtom is an amazing zombie killer, has a horny girlfriend...and is the best bowler in the league! But don't tell that to Dario and the Slashers, the evil bowling rivals who will stop at nothing to thwart Atom and his buddies. When all of his problems come to a head, Atom must battle his worst nightmare--ZOMBIES! May the bloodbath begin! let's ROCK and BOWL in this outrageous horror comedy!
- DirectorNoel NosseckStarsTim MathesonSusan BlakelyJack WardenThe dream began twenty years ago, when a young pinsetter win a championship. Now, Harold "Dreamer" Nuttingham has a chance to attain his dream: to win the Tournament of Champions and buy his own lanes. But what price will he pay?
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsPete SmithAndy VaripapaBuster BrodieThis short features professional bowler Andy Varipapa. He first shows the correct way to grip a bowling ball and the proper form for delivering the ball down the alley. He then performs several trick shots.
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJulianne MooreJeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
- DirectorRichard HarbingerStarsJohn BrinkleyEd NelsonTony MillerA high school boy, out to find his father's killer, joins up with a gang of juvenile delinquents.
- A showcase promoting new innovations in bowling alley equipment from Brunswick.
- DirectorBob LoganStarsMurray LangstonBob ZanyThe Unknown Comic at home preparing for a "hot date" that he has planned for that evening. However, when she calls and cancels, the frustrated "bag-head" decides, instead, to go bowling. He proceeds to take the viewers on a wild and crazy tour of the wackiest bowling center ever seen. Ultimately, after befriending the wise-cracking bowling instructor, the Unknown Comic is stunned to discover his "hot date" at the bowling center with another man! After a confrontation, the woman suggests the two men compete for her affections by having a bowling contest. It's comedy until the victor (guess who?) decides how he's going to celebrate his victory!
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaRudolf IsingStarsWilliam HannaBob LaztnyJack SabelAs the title implies, Tom and Jerry are in a bowling alley. Both spend a lot of time sliding on the well-polished lanes. Eventually, Jerry takes up residence among the pins and Tom tries to bowl him down.
- DirectorRyan NicholsonStarsAlastair GambleMihola TerzicNathan WitteA bowling night will turn into a bloody death match for a team of teenagers, as a deranged serial killer is taking them down one by one.
- DirectorJohn TurturroStarsJohn TurturroBobby CannavaleAudrey TautouA trio of misfits whose irreverent, sexually charged dynamic evolves into a surprising love story as their spontaneous and flippant attitude towards the past or future backfires time and again.
- StarsPete SmithDonna AtwoodBuddy BowmarA Pete Smith Specialty featuring unusual outstanding athletes: A trick bowler, acrobatic skaters and aquatic stunts from the high-board.
- DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsBen AffleckTye SheridanDaniel RanieriA boy growing up on Long Island seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle's bar.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreCharlton HestonMarilyn MansonFilmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.
- DirectorRawson Marshall ThurberStarsBen StillerChristine TaylorVince VaughnA group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.
- DirectorChristopher BrowneStarsWalter Ray WilliamsCharles BarkleyChris BarnesFilmmaker Christopher Browne documents the mission of a group of middle-aged bowlers as they attempt to revitalize the sport and get the television-watching public interested in it again.
- DirectorKendall GoldbergStarsJon HederBrendan MeyerAnna KonkleWhen the manager of an old-school bowling alley discovers the owner's plans to sell, saving Winky's World means pulling himself out of the gutter, too.
- StarsTed HusingWalter L. RichardJoe FelcaroIn this sports short, one of the world's leading authority on backgammon explains the game to moviegoers, and two professional bowlers show off their trick-shot abilities. Then, two styles of wrestling are demonstrated - jujitsu and freestyle.
- DirectorZachary MadsonStarsJessica KozakJake HeadNick HardcastleIt takes balls to win! At least that's what Gunnar thought before Emily came back. Now that she's returned to resurrect her name on the champion's board, Gunnar and the boys are polishing up their equipment for a shot at the title.
- DirectorPatricia BirchStarsMichelle PfeifferMaxwell CaulfieldLorna LuftA British student at a 1960s American high school must prove himself to the leader of a girls' gang whose members can only date greasers.
- DirectorJohn HughesStarsJohn CandyMacaulay CulkinJean Louisa KellyLaid back commitment-phobe Buck babysits his brother's rebellious teenage daughter and her cute younger brother and sister.
- DirectorMarie-Castille Mention-SchaarStarsCatherine FrotMathilde SeignerFirmine RichardAn HR director is sent in to restructure the hospital, a task which involves closing down the loss-making maternity unit. Four women of different ages, backgrounds and convictions will nonetheless form a quartet united by their humanity and humor to defend the maternity unit.
- StarsMilton BerleChick HearnLaurie Brady"Jackpot Bowling" was the first national TV bowling show since "Bowling Headliners" aired in the early days of television (1948-50). Jackpot Bowling originally aired on Fridays at 10:45 PM following the "Cavalcade of Sports" Friday Night Fight. It took place at the T-Bowl in Wayne, New Jersey. Leo Durocher was the show's first host, but bowed out after only two shows and was replaced by Mel Allen. On April 10, 1959, Bud Palmer became the show's third host.[3] Allen and Palmer each had obligations during their respective sport's seasons (Allen was a baseball man, Palmer was from the field of basketball), and thus they would trade positions each October and April throughout the show's first run. The show was put on a summer hiatus after the June 24, 1960, episode, as its Cavalcade of Sports lead-in had ended its run on NBC. On September 19, 1960, Jackpot Bowling returned as a stand-alone show with its own 30-minute time slot, Mondays at 10:30 p.m. Brunswick became a co-sponsor with Bayuk's Phillies Cigars, and the series moved west to Hollywood, with the Hollywood Legion Lanes becoming the show's new studio. Milton Berle was installed as host with Chick Hearn providing play-by-play. The series would run only another six months with Berle as host and would end on March 13, 1961. In its original format, Jackpot Bowling's time slot varied widely because it was lead into by professional boxing bouts, which could end very quickly or stretch out to the full fifteen rounds at the time. Jackpot Bowling would thus pad out the time slot for however much extra time was needed to round out the hour. (Make That Spare, a show produced by rival ABC with the sanctioning of the Professional Bowlers Association, followed a similar constraint when it debuted a year after Jackpot Bowling and would maintain that format throughout its four-year run.) In the final season hosted by Milton Berle, two matches were played in each show. Rolling six strikes in a row in the first match won a flat $5,000. The winner of the first match played against the "king of the hill" bowler for another $1,000, and the right to return the following week as "king of the hill". Rolling six strikes in a row in this second weekly match won the jackpot, which now started at $25,000, with $5,000 added each week that it was not broken.
- DirectorDave O'BrienStarsPete SmithAndy VaripapaJohn Y. McKinneyA demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.
- DirectorRafal ZielinskiStarsPeter KeleghanKent DeutersLinda SpecialeFrolicking youth comedy about zany high school students set in the 1960s.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsSonny Carl DavisJohn Patrick JordanRobin SydneyWhen Rabbit escapes Evil Bong's evil world, he opens a bowling alley, and decides to have a celebration with friends. Little does Rabbit know that not only is Evil Bong on his trail, he's joined by Gingerdead Man, and they're showing up invite or not!
- StarsChris SchenkelBilly WeluNelson Burton Jr.A broadcast of the Professional Bowlers Association that aired on ABC from 1961-1997.
- StarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonRicky NelsonOzzie and Harriet Nelson raise their two sons Ricky and David. As the sons age, they experience teenage dating problems, marriage and careers.Episode: The Bowling Alley (1953) - Fearing that Ozzie is coming down with a cold, Harriet orders her husband to spend the evening convalescing and then goes shopping with a friend. Ozzie manages a rapid recovery when Thorny reminds him of a date they made to go bowling.
- DirectorBrian LevantStarsJohn GoodmanRick MoranisRosie O'DonnellIn a parallel modern-day Stone Age world, a working-class family, the Flintstones, are set up for an executive job. But they learn that money can't buy happiness.
- DirectorTommy ReidStarsTara ReidRoss PattersonClayne CrawfordAn aspiring actor whose career is in the dumps, exploits his amazing bowling skills to take the PBA by storm and becomes rich and famous, only to lose his best girl and best friend...
- DirectorPeyton ReedStarsJennifer AnistonVince VaughnJon FavreauA couple's break-up proceeds to get uglier and nastier by the moment as each tries to keep their luxurious condo from the other.
- DirectorGary LundgrenStarsJames Le GrosJesse BorregoLisa EdelsteinTwo longtime friends battle mid-life crisis by opening a bowling alley/pizzeria in their small hometown.
- DirectorArt JonesStarsJohn WolfeTom OppenheimGregory WolfeThe "docu-remedy" about the grade school game that derailed an entire generation.
- CreatorNorman LearStarsCarroll O'ConnorJean StapletonRob ReinerA working class man constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.Episode: Archie and the Bowling Team (1972) - Archie and a black man vie for the last spot on a bowling team.
- DirectorCherie KerrStarsGary AustinAndrew DicklerTyler StratemanThe film keys in on the proverbial David vs. Goliath scenario when the filthy-rich land developer, Vivian Brechner, decides not to renew the lease on a bowling alley in a small town so that, together with a local avaricious tribal Indian chief, she can tear it down to make way for a gambling casino. What happens when the 52 people in Fountain Springs learn that Fountain Bowl-the "only thing they've got"-is teetering on destruction? Their community lifestyle, as they have known it, is about to come to an abrupt and tragic end. This is when the townsfolk get word in the Fountain Spray newspaper, and, all hell breaks loose! How could the fate of something as simple and innocent as a bowling alley get so complicated? Well, it just does. The story gets messy, tense, suspenseful and, oh, so very funny. In the end, we learn who will win. Who will lose. And who's got balls!
- DirectorMel SmithStarsPaul KayeJames CromwellAlice EvansA rebellious young British bowls player teams with another older and more traditional player to take on the Australian bowls team.
- DirectorWilliam DeekeStarsFred WolfSylvia WeneLee JouglardProfessional bowlers Lee Jouglard and Sylvia Wene give instruction to young bowlers, then show their skill at making difficult spares.
- DirectorCharlie MinnStarsHafid AbdelmoulaShannon CarusoCharles ComerBased on actual events. Two killers walked into a bowling alley changing the lives of seven people & their families; shot multiple times and left for dead. 20 years later the town still seeks justice with the killers still on the loose.
- DirectorPeter LilienthalStarsJoe PesciKaren LudwigFrank VincentJoe Pesci is a small man looking for a big break. Owner of a bowling alley and nightclub in Jersey, Ruby Dennis (Pesci) sets his sights on making it big in Vegas. But Ruby finds more than he gambled for and in the end is a much bigger man for it.
- DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsMatt DillonAnnabella SciorraMary-Louise ParkerIn an attempt to end alimony payments, a working class man tries to set up his ex wife with potential husbands.
- DirectorAli ZamaniStarsMursDee-1Tabi BonneyThree store owners discover their strip mall has been gambled away to a thug who loves to bowl. After unsuccessful attempts to pay the thug back they enter a bowling tournament to win the money, despite having no previous bowling skills.
- DirectorDave KimRex PianoStarsTom KennyJoe AlaskeySean HartSanta and his brother Dingle as a couple of Pirates? That's where the fun begins in this madcap adventure where Santa must go to Fiji to retrieve the Elves (kidnapped by Dingle) and save Christmas.
- StarsJim McKayHoward CosellMuhammad AliABC's weekend extravaganzas about everything that can be called a sports event.
- StarsDavid DobrikErin LimNick AntonyanContestants compete for a shot at $25,000 as they brave a battleground known as The Dodgeball Thunderdome.
- DirectorBrinke StevensStarsKelli MaroneyMichelle BauerBrinke StevensThe babes are back. And so is everyone's favorite wish-grantin', murder-lovin' mischievous gremlin, the Imp. The Pi-Ep sorority house has seen better days, but the girls are intent on gaining some new recruits. With housemother Auntie Snake as their guide, the naughty hi-jinks and hilarity begin. Meanwhile, though, the Bowl-O-Rama bowling alley has had a break-in, and a breakout. With the escape of the magical and murderous Imp, it's a fight for survival, with only one mysterious girl holding the answers to the riddle of the Imp's wish.
- StarsJed AllanDave DavisCheryl RobinsonExactly what the name implied celebrities participate in a regulation game of bowling.
- DirectorKook-Hee ChoiStarsYoo Ji-taeLee Da-witLee Jung-hyunA man once called a bowling legend teams up with a bookie and an autistic genius bowling player.