Moneyball

Moneyball

Release Date

2011

Director

  • Bennett Miller

Cast

  • Brad Pitt
  • Robin Wright
  • Jonah Hill
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • Chris Pratt

Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane attempts to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.

Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) is the general manager of the struggling Oakland A's. Faced with a tight budget, Beane must reinvent his team by outsmarting the richer ball clubs. Joining forces with Ivy League graduate Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), Beane recruits bargain-bin players whom the scouts have labeled as flawed, but have game-winning potential. It’s a strategy that challenges old-school traditions and puts him in the crosshairs of those who say he's tearing out the heart and soul of the game. Based on the book by Michael Lewis, this film received six Academy Award nominations.

Past Programs

2013

The physics of baseball

Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI

2015

The development of baseball analytics

Moxie Cinema, Springfield, MO

2016

2021

The economic roots of Moneyball

Roxy Theater, Missoula, MT