Moneyball is a 2011 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 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 on a shoestring budget.
Premise[]
In the film, Beane (Brad Pitt) and assistant GM Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), faced with the franchise's unfavorable financial situation, take a sophisticated sabermetric approach towards scouting and analyzing players, acquiring "submarine" pitcher Chad Bradford (Casey Bond) and former catcher Scott Hatteberg (Chris Pratt), and winning 20 consecutive games, an American League record.
Cast[]
- Brad Pitt as Billy Beane
- Jonah Hill as Peter Brand, partially based on Paul DePodesta
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Art Howe
- Robin Wright as Sharon Beane
- Chris Pratt as Scott Hatteberg
- Stephen Bishop as David Justice
- Reed Diamond as Mark Shapiro
- Brent Jennings as Ron Washington
- Ken Medlock as Grady Fuson
- Jack McGee as Rocco
- Vyto Ruginis as Chris Pittaro
- Nick Searcy as Matt Keough
- Glenn Morshower as Ron Hopkins
- Casey Bond as Chad Bradford
- Nick Porrazzo as Jeremy Giambi
- Kerris Dorsey as Casey Beane
- Arliss Howard as John W. Henry
- Derrin Ebert as Mike Magnante
- Miguel Mendoza as Ricardo Rincón
- Adrian Bellani as Carlos Peña
- Art Ortiz as Eric Chavez
- Royce Clayton as Miguel Tejada
Videos[]
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