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Moneyball (film)
Moneyball
is a 2011 American
biographical
sports
drama film
directed by
Bennett Miller
from a screenplay by
Steven Zaillian
and
Aaron Sorkin
. The film is based on
Michael Lewis
's 2003
nonfiction book of the same name
, an account of the
Oakland Athletics
baseball
team's
2002 season
and their general manager
Billy Beane
's attempts to assemble a competitive team. In the film, Beane (
Brad Pitt
) and assistant GM Peter Brand (
Jonah Hill
), faced with the franchise's limited budget for players, build a team of undervalued talent by taking a sophisticated
sabermetric
approach towards
scouting
and analyzing players. They acquire
"submarine" pitcher
Chad Bradford
(
Casey Bond
) and former catcher
Scott Hatteberg
(
Chris Pratt
), and win 20 consecutive games, an
American League
record.
Columbia Pictures
bought the rights to Lewis's book in 2004. The film was featured at the
2011 Toronto International Film Festival
and was released on September 23, 2011 to a box-office success and positive reviews. The film was nominated for six
Academy Awards
including
Best Actor
for Pitt,
Best Supporting Actor
for Hill, and
Best Picture
.
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