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. Because the team isn't in a financial position to spend as much as perennial favorites like the Yankees and the Red Sox, Beane realizes he needs to radically change how he evaluates what players can bring to the squad. After he meets Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), an Ivy League economics major working as an executive assistant for scouting on another team, Beane realizes he's found the man who understands how to subvert the system of assessing players that's been in place for nearly a century. However, as the duo begin to acquire players that seem too old, injured, or inept to play major-league baseball, they face stiff resistance from both the A's longtime scouts and the team's manager Art Howe (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who outright refuses to allow Beane's more-nontraditional acquisitions to play. Moneyball screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Genre: Comedy Drama
- Category Sports Drama
- Theme: Baseball Players, Underdogs
- Studio: Sony Pictures
- Run Time: 02 hr 13 min
- Language: French, English, Spanish
- Subtitle Language: Korean, Spanish, French, English
- Picture Format: widescreen
- Release Date: January 10, 2011
- Lead Actor: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt
- Supporting Actor: Demetri Martin, Madeleine G. Hall, Tim McCarver, Stephen Bishop, Reed Diamond, Brent Jennings, Ken Medlock, Tammy Blanchard, Jack McGee, Vyto Ruginis, Nick Searcy, Glenn Morshower, Casey Bond, Nick Porrazzo, Kerris Dorsey, Arliss Howard, Reed Thompson, James Shanklin, Diane Behrens, Takayo Fischer, Derrin Ebert, Miguel Mendoza, Adrian Bellani, Tom Gamboa, Barry Moss, Artie Harris, Bob Bishop, George Vranau, Phil Pote, Art Ortiz, Royce Clayton, Marvin Horn, Brent Dohling, Ken Rudulph, Lisa Guerrero, Christopher Dehau Lee, Joe Satriani, Simon James, Greg Papa, Bob Costas, Eddie Frierson, Glen Kuiper, Joe Provost, John Cole, Jake Wilson, Robert P. Macaluso, Keith Middlebrook, Damon Farmar, Michael Gillespie, Chad Kreuter, Blake Pike, Robert Ninfo, Gary Johnson, Corey Vanderhook, Melvin Perdue, Ari Zagaris, Jonathan Stein, Holly Pitrago, Ken Korach, Julie Wagner, Ken Colquitt, Eric Winzenreid, Richard Padilla, Ed Montague, Jack Knight, Patrick Riley, Phil Benson, Joyce Guy, George Thomas
- Director: Bennett Miller, Steven Soderbergh
awards
- Nominations: Academy Awards (6), Golden Globe Awards (3)
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, 2011, Jonah Hill
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards, Best Screenplay, 2011, Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Sound Mixing, 2011, Deb Adair, David Giammarco, Ed Novick, Ron Bochar
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Actor, 2011, Brad Pitt
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Picture, 2011, Michael De Luca, Brad Pitt, Rachel Horovitz
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actor, 2011, Jonah Hill
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Editing, 2011, Christopher Tellefsen
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards, Best Actor in a Drama, 2011, Brad Pitt
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Adapted Screenplay, 2011, Stan Chervin, Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
