Moneyball (2011) on Netflix
PG-1320112h 13mBiographyDramaSport
Oakland Athletics lose three stars to richer clubs, and general manager Billy Beane must build a contender on a fraction of their payroll. He hires Peter Brand, a Yale economics graduate.
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Plot summary
Billy Beane is the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, a club that cannot spend like its rivals. His team loses to the New York Yankees in the 2001 playoffs, and three of his best players sign with richer clubs, leaving him a $41 million budget. Beane doubts the scouting methods that made him a first-round draft pick, so he hires Peter Brand, a recent Yale graduate in economics who judges players by statistics. Together they seek bargains, such as catcher Scott Hatteberg, whose elbow injury stops him from throwing, and use them to get on base. The scouts and manager Art Howe resist the plan.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Moneyball (2011)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Steven Soderbergh's version of Moneyball was canceled by Sony five days before its July 8 filming start date, after a last-minute script rewrite that added "an abundance of baseball details" made executives fear audiences would feel alienated; the studio also judged it too "arty" for its $58 million budget.
- Chris Pratt was told at his first audition for the role of Hatteberg that he was "too fat"; he spent three months working out and shed 30 pounds, which won him the part.
- Art Howe, the real Oakland Athletics manager, publicly objected to his portrayal in an interview on SiriusXM, saying he gave seven years and his heart and soul to the organization, and that the producers of Bennett Miller's film never contacted him to consult on his portrayal.
- Production designer Jess Gonchor rebuilt the Oakland Athletics' locker room, weight room and video room interiors on a Sony soundstage, while Coliseum exteriors were shot at night; on the limited budget, Dodger Stadium was dressed to represent multiple ballparks the A's visited.
