Moneyball (film)
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| Directed by | Bennett Miller |
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| Story by | Stan Chervin |
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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis |
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| Music by | Mychael Danna |
| Cinematography | Wally Pfister |
| Edited by | Christopher Tellefsen |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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133 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Box office | $110.2 million |
Moneyball is a 2011 American 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. Columbia Pictures bought the rights to Lewis's book in 2004.
Moneyball was featured at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and was released on September 23, 2011 to box office success and critical acclaim. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Actor for Pitt, Best Supporting Actor for Hill, and Best Picture.
Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane is upset by his team's loss to the New York Yankees in the 2001 postseason. With the impending departure of star players Johnny Damon, Jason Giambi, and Jason Isringhausen to free agency, Beane needs to assemble a competitive team for 2002, but must overcome Oakland's limited payroll.
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