Release Date
September 23, 2011
DVD Release Date
January 10, 2012 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Bennett Miller
Writer
Aaron Sorkin, Steve Zaillian, Stan Chervin
Cast
Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Stephen Bishop, Kathyrn Morris, Chris Pratt
Studio
Running Time
126 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG-13 for some strong language
What is Moneyball about?
Based on Michael Lewis' nonfiction bestseller "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game," the book's subject is Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, who assembled a contending baseball club on a shoestring budget by employing a sophisticated computer-based analysis to draft players.... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
It's an all but given that most professional baseball teams take advantage of sabermetrics to some degree or another these days, which makes it easy to overlook the fact that only a decade ago, the use of advanced quantitative analytics to rank players was in its infancy, if not wholly ignored. The adoption of sabermetrics by so many teams is largely credited to Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, and the 2003 book "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game." Full movie review »
