Directed by:
Bennett MillerCinematography:
Wally PfisterComposer:
Mychael DannaCast:
Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt, Stephen Bishop, Reed Diamond, Brent Jennings, Ken Medlock, Tammy Blanchard (more)VOD (3)
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Columbia Pictures’ Moneyball is based on the true story of Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) – once a would-be baseball superstar who, stung by the failure to live up to expectations on the field, turned his fiercely competitive nature to management. Heading into the 2002 season, Billy faces a dismal situation: his small-market Oakland A’s have lost their star players (again) to big market clubs (and their enormous salaries) and he is left to rebuild his team and compete with a third of their payroll. Driven to win, Billy takes on the system by challenging the fundamental tenets of the game. He looks outside of baseball, to the dismissed theories of Bill James, and hires Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), a brainy, number-crunching, Yale-educated economist. Together they take on conventional wisdom with a willingness to reexamine everything and armed with computer driven statistical analysis long ignored by the baseball establishment. They reach imagination-defying conclusions and go after players overlooked and dismissed by the rest of baseball for being too odd, too old, too injured or too much trouble, but who all have key skills that are universally undervalued. As Billy and Peter forge forward, their new methods and roster of misfits rile the old guard, the media, the fans, and their own field manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who refuses to cooperate. Ultimately this experiment will lead not only to a change in the way the game is played, but to an outcome that would leave Billy with a new understanding that transcends the game and delivers him to a new place. (Columbia Pictures US)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2012 - Brad Pitt, Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz (Best Motion Picture of the Year)
- 2012 - Brad Pitt (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
- 2012 - Jonah Hill (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
- 2012 - Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 2012 - Christopher Tellefsen (Best Achievement in Film Editing)
- 2012 - Best Sound Mixing
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2012 - Brad Pitt (Best Leading Actor)
- 2012 - Jonah Hill (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2012 - Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian (Best Adapted Screenplay)
AACTA International Awards
- 2012 - Best Film
- 2012 - Brad Pitt (Best Actor)
- 2012 - Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian (Best Screenplay)
Golden Globes
- 2012 - Best Motion Picture – Drama
- 2012 - Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian (Best Screenplay)
- 2012 - Brad Pitt (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama)
- 2012 - Jonah Hill (Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2012 - Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin, Steven Zaillian (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 2012 - Best Picture
- 2012 - Brad Pitt (Best Actor)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2011 - Brad Pitt (Best Actor)
- 2011 - Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian (Best Screenplay)