Moneyball is a
2011 biographical sports drama film directed by Bennett Miller and distributed
by Columbia Pictures. The film is based on Michael Lewis's 2003 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 unfavourable financial situation, take a sophisticated
sabermetric approach towards scouting and analysing players, acquiring
"submarine" pitcher Chad Bradford (Casey Bond) and former catcher
Scott Hatteberg (Chris Pratt), and winning 20 consecutive games, an American
League record.
Columbia Pictures bought the rights to Lewis's book in 2004.After
a number of years in development, the film was featured at the 2011 Toronto
International Film Festival[5] and was released on September 23, 2011 to
critical acclaim.[6] The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including
Best Actor and Best Picture on January 24, 2012
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