Moneyball

Theatrical Release Date: 2011 09 23 (USA)

UPC: 043396392250

Studio: Sony Pictures

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Profanity]

Summary: Bennett Miller's adaptation of Michael Lewis' non-fiction best seller Moneyball stars Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, a one-time phenom who flamed out in the big leagues and now works as the GM for the Oakland Athletics, a franchise that's about to lose their three best players to free agency. Because the team isn't in a financial position to spend as much as perennial favorites like the Yankees and the Red Sox, Beane realizes he needs to radically change how he evaluates what players can bring to the squad. After he meets Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), an Ivy League economics major working as an executive assistant for scouting on another team, Beane realizes he's found the man who understands how to subvert the system of assessing players that's been in place for nearly a century. However, as the duo begin to acquire players that seem too old, injured, or inept to play major-league baseball, they face stiff resistance from both the A's longtime scouts and the team's manager Art Howe (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who outright refuses to allow Beane's more-nontraditional acquisitions to play. Moneyball screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Film Presented – Toronto International Film Festival Best Screenplay – New York Film Critics Circle Best Screenplay – New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor – New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor – Boston Society of Film Critics Best Screenplay – Detroit Film Critics Society Best Screenplay – Boston Society of Film Critics Best Actor – Detroit Film Critics Society Best Screenplay – Boston Society of Film Critics Best Picture – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Actor – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Adapted Screenplay – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Adapted Screenplay – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Adapted Screenplay – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Actor – Screen Actors Guild Best Supporting Actor – Screen Actors Guild Best Actor – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Supporting Actor – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Actor in a Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Adapted Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Screenplay – Detroit Film Critics Society Best Adapted Screenplay – Writers Guild of America Best Screenplay – National Society of Film Critics Best Picture – Producers Guild of America Best Picture – Producers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay – Writers Guild of America Best Actor – National Society of Film Critics Best Picture – Producers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay – Writers Guild of America Best Screenplay – National Society of Film Critics Best Edited Feature - Drama – American Cinema Editors Guild Best Adapted Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Mixing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Mixing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Mixing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Mixing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Features: Deleted scenes
Billy Beane: Re-Inventing the Game
Blooper with Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill
Moneyball: Playing the game - a complete behind-the-scenes look at the making of Moneyball

Moneyball

Format: DVD

Release Date: 01/10/2012

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 133 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Moneyball
1. Chapter 1 [8:23]
2. Chapter 2 [5:07]
3. Chapter 3 [10:01]
4. Chapter 4 [6:00]
5. Chapter 5 [10:13]
6. Chapter 6 [10:04]
7. Chapter 7 [9:05]
8. Chapter 8 [9:07]
9. Chapter 9 [9:22]
10. Chapter 10 [8:47]
11. Chapter 11 [6:12]
12. Chapter 12 [2:07]
13. Chapter 13 [4:19]
14. Chapter 14 [6:35]
15. Chapter 15 [5:45]
16. Chapter 16 [7:19]

Perry Seibert

If nothing else, Bennett Miller's adaptation of Michael Lewis' nonfiction best-seller Moneyball pulls off the nifty trick of making it just as enthralling to watch people talk about baseball as it is to watch them play the game. The movie stars Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, a one-time phenom who flamed out in the big leagues and now works as the GM for the Oakland Athletics, a franchise that's about to lose their three best players to free agency. Because the team isn't in a financial position to spend as much as perennial favorites like the Yankees and the Red Sox, Beane realizes he needs to radically change how he evaluates what players can bring to the squad. After he meets Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), an Ivy League economics major working as an executive assistant for scouting on another team, Beane realizes he's found the man who understands how to subvert the system of assessing players that's been in place for nearly a century. However, as the duo begin to acquire players that seem too old, injured, or inept to play major-league baseball, they face stiff resistance from both the A's longtime scouts and the team's manager Art Howe (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who outright refuses to allow Beane's more-nontraditional acquisitions to play. Working from a first-rate script credited to Oscar-winning screenwriters Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Miller's sophomore feature proves that his debut, Capote, was not a fluke when it comes to eliciting great performances from actors. Pitt uses all his movie-star charm as Beane: The character needs charisma to convince his team and his underlings to join him on this unconventional path, and charisma is something Pitt brings in spades. Hill gets big laughs playing a brainy nerd who knows he's right, but still can't believe anyone is listening to him. For an actor who gained fame as a loudmouthed extrovert in Superbad, Hill has been consistently proving (in movies like Cyrus and Get Him to the Greek) he's much more than that -- he's got more comedic range than just about any actor out there, and Moneyball showcases his ability to underplay. It's easy enough to laugh at the physical incongruity of Pitt and Hill simply standing side by side, but the film's biggest chuckles come from their verbal interplay. Like many excellent movies, Moneyball not only has good performances, but it teaches the viewer something -- in this case, the new school of baseball statistics known as sabermetrics. And the film is savvy enough to make these explanations as entertaining as possible; we learn as Beane does why it's just as valuable for a batter to get a walk as it is for him to get a hit, and having him explain it to the old-school scouts over and over works both as comedy and as a way for audiences to catch up with his way of thinking. Since the film's main character is trying to go against convention, it's fitting that the movie's story must do the same. The climax of the movie isn't about whether or not the team wins the big game, but whether Beane will leave Oakland to take the GM job with the Red Sox. Admittedly, that kind of drama doesn't lend itself to a visceral, fist-pumping conclusion, but Moneyball is more about the ability to stick by your guns than it is about triumphing in the face of adversity. Integrity means more to Beane than success, but not by much. The drama comes when those two goals seem to be in conflict, when Beane's integrity may cost him not only wins on the field, but a functional working relationship with everyone around him. As he gets older, Brad Pitt looks more and more like Robert Redford, and seeing the two-time People Magazine Sexiest Man Alive in a baseball movie can't help but bring to mind memories of The Natural. But Moneyball is as different from Barry Levinson's fairy tale as it could possibly be. Refusing to see Moneyball because you don't like baseball is as foolish as refusing to see The Social Network because you don't use Facebook. Two features into his directing career, Bennett Miller has managed to refresh not only the traditional biopic, but the inspirational sports drama as well. If he never loses his uncanny ear for dialogue, odds are good he's on his way to a stellar career. Moneyball indicates that, unlike his main character here, there seems to be little chance of Miller flaming out in the cinematic big leagues. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Brad Pitt  Producer 
Mychael Danna  Composer (Music Score) 
Michael De Luca  Producer 
Andrew S. Karsch  Executive Producer 
Scott Rudin  Executive Producer 
Aaron Sorkin  Screenwriter 
Steven Zaillian  Screenwriter 
Rachel Horovitz  Producer 
Bennett Miller  Director 
Sidney Kimmel  Executive Producer 
Mark Bakshi  Executive Producer 
Brad Pitt  Actor 
Jonah Hill  Actor 
Philip Seymour Hoffman  Actor 
Robin Wright  Actor 
Chris Pratt  Actor 
Stephen Bishop  Actor 
Reed Diamond  Actor 
Brent Jennings  Actor 
Ken Medlock  Actor 
Tammy Blanchard  Actor 
Jack McGee  Actor 
Vyto Ruginis  Actor 
Nick Searcy  Actor 
Glenn Morshower  Actor 
Casey Bond  Actor 
Nick Porrazzo  Actor 
Kerris Dorsey  Actor 
Arliss Howard  Actor 
Reed Thompson  Actor 
James Shanklin  Actor 
Diane Behrens  Actor 
Takayo Fischer  Actor 
Derrin Ebert  Actor 
Miguel Mendoza  Actor 
Adrian Bellani  Actor 
Tom Gamboa  Actor 
Barry Moss  Actor 
Artie Harris  Actor 
Bob Bishop  Actor 
George Vranau  Actor 
Phil Pote  Actor 
Art Ortiz  Actor 
Royce Clayton  Actor 
Marvin Horn  Actor 
Brent Dohling  Actor 
Ken Rudulph  Actor 
Lisa Guerrero  Actor 
Christopher Dehau Lee  Actor 
Joe Satriani  Actor 
Simon James  Actor 
Greg Papa  Actor 
Tim McCarver  Actor 
Bob Costas  Actor 
Eddie Frierson  Actor 
Glen Kuiper  Actor 
Joe Provost  Actor 
John Cole  Actor 
Jake Wilson  Actor 
Robert P. Macaluso  Actor 
Keith Middlebrook  Actor 
Damon Farmar  Actor 
Michael Gillespie  Actor 
Chad Kreuter  Actor 
Blake Pike  Actor 
Robert Ninfo  Actor 
Gary Johnson  Actor 
Corey Vanderhook  Actor 
Melvin Perdue  Actor 
Ari Zagaris  Actor 
Jonathan Stein  Actor 
Madeleine G. Hall  Actor 
Holly Pitrago  Actor 
Ken Korach  Actor 
Julie Wagner  Actor 
Ken Colquitt  Actor 
Eric Winzenreid  Actor 
Richard Padilla  Actor 
Ed Montague  Actor 
Jack Knight  Actor 
Patrick Riley  Actor 
Phil Benson  Actor 
Joyce Guy  Actor 
George Thomas  Actor 

Country: USA