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Moneyball is a 2011 American biographical sports drama film that was directed by Bennett Miller with a script by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin from a story by Stan Chervin. The film is based on the 2003 nonfiction book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis.
It centers on the character of the Oakland Athletics' general manager Billy Beane ( Brad Pitt ), who after a bad start as a MLB player, moved over to management and was driven by his hatred of losing.
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.
Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball's conventional wisdom is wrong. Forced to reinvent his team on a tight budget, Beane will have to outsmart the richer clubs.
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“Moneyball” sets off this inside baseball stuff with segments about Beane’s private life, about his failed marriage (Robin Wright plays the ex-wife) and his tenuous relationship with his...
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