Moneyball (film)
- Brad Pitt: Billy Beane
- Jonah Hill: Peter Brand
- Philip Seymour Hoffman: Art Howe
- Ken Medlock Grady Fuson
- Robin Wright: Sharon
- Chris Pratt Scott Hatteberg
- Stephen Bishop David Justice
- Casey Bond Chad Bradford
- Jack McGee John Poloni
- Vyto Ruginis: Pitarro
- Brent Jennings Ron Washington
- Kerris Dorsey: Casey Beane
The art of winning - Moneyball is an American sports drama directed by Bennett Miller from 2011 The film is based on the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning on Unfair Game by Michael Lewis.. Real background are the so-called Moneyball Years.
Action
The Oakland Athletics have failed early in the playoffs after a season in Major League Baseball, the few top players of the club move to the affluent competition. The ambitious team manager Billy Beane, who tried in vain to move the club owners and financiers to transfer more latitude, noted that the club is stuck in a dead end. Against fierce opposition from the club's scouts under word leadership of the experienced Grady Fuson and coach Art Howe begins Beane, with the help of a young Yale graduates, the computer nerd and baseball fan Peter Brand, the team on the basis of the then mocked in the baseball scene Sabermetrics, a computer-based statistical methods to re- occupy. They undertake players who fall by the classical selection through the grate and are therefore to have favorable.
At the start of the new season, it feels as though not on the plan. Oakland loses one after the other game, the media pounce on Beane and the simplifying internal critics seem to be right. Coach Howe also ignores the envisaged lineups Beanes, because he fears for his reputation, and instead it uses the remaining, long-established players. Beane and Brand, meanwhile plagued by self-doubt adamantly hold on their strategy firm, and eventually sold Beane even some regulars to force Howe to a change in the lineup. And actually start the Athletics their games to win now. A successful series culminates even in a new historical league record of 20 consecutive victories. But as in the previous season fails Oakland at the crucial knockout game.
Frustrated Beane mentioned his idea as a failure, but his achievements have not gone unnoticed. The President of the prestigious Boston Red Sox, who is enthusiastic about Beanes work, offering him the post of general manager and an astronomical salary. After a period of reflection Beane rejects, however, and decides to continue to work for Oakland.
Background
The long process of creating the film, which began with the acquisition of rights by Columbia Pictures and a first draft of the script by Stan Chervin in 2004 was marked by numerous cast changes before and behind the camera. When director David Frankel was initially intended, but this was later replaced by Steven Soderbergh. He designed with screenwriter Steven Zaillian a new concept, which envisaged an unconventional production such as recordings of interviews with real personalities. A few days before the scheduled start of filming in 2009, the producers decided to, and Soderbergh was replaced by Bennett Miller, who in turn asked Aaron Sorkin to rewrite the script a second time. Also, the plan to have former players like Hatteberg and Justice to play itself, was discarded. In a small role as a friend of Beane 's ex-wife Sharon Spike Jonze is seen. Moneyball finally celebrated on September 9, 2011 in Toronto premiere. In Germany, he was released on February 2, 2012. The 50-million -US-dollar production played in theaters worldwide 110 million U.S. dollars.
Deviations from the real events
While the Moneyball -Years are reproduced authentically, on the whole, it is suggested in the film, Beane had come only as a GM with the Sabermetrics in contact. But in fact, his predecessor in the position, Sandy Alderson, under the Beane worked as an assistant, interested in the new statistical methods and had, albeit to a lesser degree than later Beane started, players analyze the basis of the data thus obtained. As Paul DePodesta, the real Wizard of Billy Beane, the representation of his person appeared in fictional Sorkin's new version of the script, he did forbid to use his name, so that the character was given the fictitious name of Peter Brand. The role for which Demetri Martin was cast first, was awarded to Jonah Hill. Art Howe was disappointed by the representation of his person both in the original book Lewis' as well as in the script. The conflict between him and Beane was shown in favor of Beanes perspective and its lack of appreciation towards him. However, it did not object to the mention of his name.
Awards
The production received six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, as well as for the male lead ( Brad Pitt) and supporting actor ( Jonah Hill ). The American Film Institute has named the film one of the Movie of the Year. Various Awards received the adapted screenplay by Zaillian and Sorkin, including the Prize of the National Society of Film Critics, the BFCA Award, the New York, Toronto and Chicago Film Critics Award.
Reviews
On Rotten Tomatoes almost exclusively positive reviews are listed ( 94%). The German film magazine movie starts awarded 4.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, Moneyball was a " rousing and insightful masterpiece ." Although the action takes place almost exclusively off the field, he was " one of the best sports movies ever. " In the mirror it was said that even moviegoers who have no idea about baseball would be absorbed by Moneyball. This was up to a " virtuoso writer " and a " brilliant Brad Pitt in the role of the laconic Baseball reformer. "