Moneyball (2011)
Moneyball was the link movie connecting The Super Mario Bros. Movie and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
Linked through Chris Pratt and Jonah Hill.
Both Chris Pratt and Jonah Hill appeared in Moneyball.
About Moneyball
"What are you really worth?"
The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Directed by Bennett Miller
Written by Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, Stan Chervin
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The film received numerous accolades, including six Academy Award nominations, among them Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor (Brad Pitt) and Best Supporting Actor (Jonah Hill).
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Score by Mychael Danna
The score was composed by Mychael Danna, who incorporated the song The Mighty Rio Grande by This Will Destroy You throughout the film. Joe Satriani performs the Star‑Spangled Banner at the first game, Kerris Dorsey sings a cover of Lenka's 2008 song The Show, and Parliament's Give Up the Funk appears on the soundtrack.
Movie trivia
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Sony hired Steven Soderbergh to direct a semi‑documentary version featuring real players and interviews, but five days before the planned July 2009 start the studio put the film into turnaround after a last‑minute Soderbergh rewrite and he exited the project.
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Aaron Sorkin was brought in to rewrite the screenplay after Bennett Miller was hired; Paul DePodesta's real name was removed at his request and Jonah Hill was cast as the DePodesta‑like character Peter Brand.
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Brad Pitt agreed to a pay cut, which reduced the film's budget to $47 million and allowed principal photography to begin in July 2010.
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Cinematographer Adam Kimmel was initially set to work on the film but was replaced by Wally Pfister after Kimmel's April 2010 arrest for sexual assault.
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To save money, Dodger Stadium was dressed to stand in for several ballparks and production designer Jess Gonchor recreated the Oakland A's interior facilities on a Sony soundstage while exteriors were filmed at the Coliseum, often at night.
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Chris Pratt was told he was "too fat" at his first audition, lost 30 pounds in three months to win the role of Scott Hatteberg, and the production included real baseball players, scouts, umpires, executives and groundskeepers; Spike Jonze has a small uncredited role and Bobby Kotick appears as co‑owner Stephen Schott.
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