Moneyball
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bennett Miller
Brad Pitt
Jonah Hill
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Chris Pratt
Vyto Ruginis
Film Details
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Synopsis
Based on the true story of Billy Beane - 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 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 tenants of the game. He looks outside of baseball, to the dismissed theories of Bill James, and hires Peter Brand, 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, 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.
Director
Bennett Miller
Cast
Brad Pitt
Jonah Hill
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Chris Pratt
Vyto Ruginis
Jack Knight
Gary Johnson
Glen Kupier
Adrian Bellani
Keith Middlebrook
Artie Harris
Joe Satriani
Mark Weissenfluh
Ed Montague
Stephen Bishop
Greg Papa
Nick Porrazzo
Derrin Ebert
George Thomas
Damon Farmar
Melvin Perdue
Tom Gamboa
Casey Bond
Ken Colquitt
Robert Ninfo
Patrick Riley
James Shanklin
Reed Thompson
Robert P Macaluso
Miguel Mendoza
Madeleine G Hall
Arliss Howard
Takayo Fischer
Brent Jennings
Glenn Morshower
John Cole
Ari Zagaris
Jake Wilson
Brent Dohling
Barry Moss
Richard Padilla
Nick Searcy
Marvin Horn
Phil Pote
Eric Winzenried
Lisa Guerrero
Reed Diamond
Eddie Frierson
Joe Satriani
Jonathan Stein
Bob Bishop
Ken Medlock
Ken Rudulph
Phil Benson
Michael Gillespie
Tim Mccarver
Chad Kreuter
Joyce Guy
Joe Provost
Kerris Dorsey
Cory Vanderhook
Diane Behrens
Bob Costas
Robin Wright
Royce Clayton
Blake Pike
Holly Pitrago
Art Ortiz
Jack Mcgee
Tammy Blanchard
Chris Dehau Lee
Julie Wagner
Simon James
Ken Korach
George Vranau
Crew
Deb Adair
Jessica Albertson
H. Leah Amir
Eric Andrusyszyn
Diana Argos
David Arnold
Kunal Ayer
Michael Backauskas
Myron Baker
Mark Bakshi
Craig Bauer
Michael J. Benavente
Bridget Bergman
Charles Bible
Jean Black
Duncan Blickenstaff
Bobby Bloom
Christine Bloomingdale
Ron Bochar
Ron Bochar
Steve Bowen
Jerome Brailey
David Brame
Ranjani Brow
Raymond Joseph Brown
Thomas E Brown
Dave Buehrle
Christopher Bustard
Jonathan Cain
Anita Cannella
Steven Cardwell
Steve Carter
Lam Ngai Charm
Steve Charnow
Stan Chervin
Elizabeth Chodar
S Todd Christensen
George Clinton Jr.
Bootsy Collins
Ritchie Cordell
Hank Corwin
Kevin Crehan
Mychael Danna
Mychael Danna
Michael De Luca
Gary Deaton
Eric Dehaven
Richard Denson
Kristen Detwiler
Debra Dietrich
Robert Dingle
Nicholas Dodd
Teri E. Dorman
Rachel Drews
Mike Drury
Fred Ebb
Charles Ehrlinger
Richard Enders
Anders Ericson
Heidi Erl
Maureen Farley
Rod Farley
Miranda Fernando
Michael J Fisher
Beau Foster
Hasani Franke
Mike Frevert
Whitney Fromholtz
Jeremy Galindo
Johannes Gamble
Bertha Garcia
Ray Garcia
Bo Gentry
David Giammarco
Marty Gibbons
Carmine Goglia
Jess Gonchor
Kathrine Gordon
Melinda Sue Gordon
Mat Greenleaf
Lauren Grey
Jeff Gross
Christopher Grun
Brad Haehnel
Matthew Haggerty
Nancy Haigh
Edward T. Hanley
Mustafa Harris
Logan Hefflefinger
James Hegedus
Jessica Held
Mo Henry
Wendy Hoffmann
Michael J Hogan
Brad Holtzman
Greg Hooper
Rachel Horovitz
Angie Howard
Jeff Hubbard
Billy Idol
Yukiko Ishiwata
Robin Jaffe
Tommy James
Jimmy Jewell
Sharon Johnson
Tish Johnson
Kelsey Joseph
John Kander
Amy Kane
Andrew Karsch
David Kaufmann
Francis Scott Key
Nazia Khan
Sam Kim
Sidney Kimmel
Christopher Royal King
Gene Kozicki
Lenka Kripac
Ajay Ashok Kunikullaya
John Lacy
Mike Lamanna
Kim Larsen
Victoria Leskin
Michael Lewis
Dennis Liddiard
Michael Liv
Howard London
Sharon Lopez
Melissa Lytle
Kasia Walicka Maimone
Francine Maisler
Casey Mako
Divya Manasa
Charles B Maynes
Robert Mccann
Charles H Mcintyre
Joshua Mehr
Daniel Mejia
Thomas Milano
Andrew Miller
Cheree Miller
Jacob Motz
Nicole Mumey
Travis Nelson
Jon Nicholson
Blake Nickle
Gary Nolin
Ed Novick
Conor O'neill
Kyle "snappy" Oliver
Edwina Ooi
Promit Pattnaik
David Pearlberg
Desiree De La Peña
Francisco X Perez
Steve Perry
Mark A Peterson
Wally Pfister
Wally Pfister
Wally Pfister
Alissa Phillips
Blake Pike
Jaikumar Pillay
Brad Pitt
Joe Porciello
Kunal Prabhu
Rajesh Putta
Bart Rachmil
Bobby Ravanshenas
Jason Reeves
Garet Reilly
Sharron Reynolds
Brad Ricker
Matthew Riutta
Edwin Rivera
Chef Robert
Scott Andrew Robertson
David Robinson
Scott Rudin
Abhay Sagar
P Scott Sakamoto
Chingkhei Sapam
Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani
Steven M Saylor
Janine Schiro
Neal Schon
Solange Schwalbe
Elizabeth W Scott
Srinidhi Seshadri
Jamie Seyberth
Mike Shaheen
Phil Shanahan
Gloria Cohen Shomo
Rob Simonsen
John Stafford Smith
Mark Soraparu
Aaron Sorkin
Jonas Spaccarotelli
Steven Spaccarotelli
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Wide Release in United States Fall September 23, 2011
Re-released in United States Winter December 2, 2011
Released in United States on Video January 10, 2012
Based on the book "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" written by Michael Lewis and published by W.W. Norton & Company May 10, 2003.
Demetri Martin was previously attached for the role of Paul DePodesta (later changed to Peter Brand).
David Frankel was previously attached to direct.
Wide Release in United States Fall September 23, 2011
The character of Peter Brand, played by Jonah Hill, is based on former Oakland A's executive Paul DePodesta, who petitioned to have his name removed from the film.
Project was due to begin principal photography on June 22, 2009. Columbia Pictures placed the project on hold, citing problems with the most recent draft of the script. Steven Soderbergh is no longer involved with the project.
Re-released in United States Winter December 2, 2011 (1000+)
Released in United States on Video January 10, 2012
