The acclaimed film “Moneyball” starring Brad Pitt as Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane, nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture, will be shown on the Lincoln screen one last time before the Oscars. The other nominations were for best actor (Pitt), best supporting actor (Jonah Hill), best adapted screenplay, best sound mixing and best film editing.
Based on a true story, Moneyball is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball's conventional wisdom is wrong. Forced to reinvent his team on a tight budget, Beane will have to outsmart the richer clubs. The onetime jock teams with Ivy League grad Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) in an unlikely partnership, recruiting bargain players that the scouts call flawed, but all of whom have an ability to get on base, score runs, and win games. It's more than baseball, it's a revolution - one that challenges old school traditions and puts Beane in the crosshairs of those who say he's tearing out the heart and soul of the game.
Director: Bennett Miller
Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Robin Wright, Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Reviews: (One of the best reviewed films of the year)
95% on the Tomatometer
'Director Bennett Miller, along with Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, take a niche subject and turn it into a sharp, funny, and touching portrait worthy of baseball lore.'
Washington Post
Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
'Like a cold beer under a bluebird sky; like a flawless line drive on a warm summer's day; like a long, languorous seventh-inning stretch - Moneyball satisfies'
David Denby
New Yorker
'One of the most soulful of baseball movies -- it confronts the anguish of a very tough game."
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
'Pitt, who has a producing credit, is not the sole reason this tremendous -- yet intimate -- sports tale soars over the fences. The bench is deep. And the script has a powerful but finessed swing.'
Tom Long
Detroit News
'Moneyball turns an unlikely subject interesting, making a professional sport the nexus where past and future collide.'
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
'Moneyball is exactly like moneyball -- infused with intelligence, amusing in its attacks on false gods, but way easier to admire than to love.'
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze
'A tender reminder that the heart sometimes still matters even if we now live in a technology-driven, Digital Age where machines lead and humans follow.'
Mark Sells
The Reel Deal
'With razor sharp wit and delivery, Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill are sensational together, hitting Moneyball clean and out of the park.'
Perry Seibert
TV Guide's Movie Guide
'Two features into his directing career, Bennett Miller has managed to refresh not only the traditional biopic, but the inspirational sports drama as well.'
James Plath
Movie Metropolis
'Jerry Maguire just got some overdue company with Moneyball, which features Pitt and Hill in perhaps their most likable roles.'
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views
'Keeps the economic talk in check and brings the human drama to the forefront.'
Fr. Chris Carpenter
Movie Dearest
'One of the ten best films of 2011.'
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
'You don't need to know the first thing about OBP or OPS to get caught up in the drama. This is a classic underdog story that just happens to have baseball as its backdrop.'
Linda Cook
KWQC-TV (Iowa)
'A highly detailed, fascinating slice of baseball history, 'Moneyball' will appeal to both sports aficionados and those (like yours truly) who are not. This is the true story of how a manager met the challenge of a small budget and beat the
odds.'
Alex Zane
Sun Online
'Fascinating, moving and very funny to boot, this will entertain both those who love the game and those who say: "It's just Rounders!" Brilliant.'
Philip French
Observer [UK]
'Consistently exciting and highly intelligent, as you might expect from a script by Steve Zaillian, who wrote Schindler's List, and Aaron Sorkin, who created The West Wing and won an Oscar for The Social Network.'
Jason Best
Movie Talk
'Pitt is terrific as the film's complex, driven protagonist, and he and a heavy-hitting supporting cast, including Philip Seymour Hoffman's stubborn coach, take Aaron Sorkin's smart script and knock the ball right out of the park.'
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher
'I had been reduced to a slobbering gushy mess by the end of this gloriously entertaining movie even though I'd spend the entirety of the running time before this marveling at how this is the least sentimental baseball movie ever.'
Graham Young
Birmingham Mail
'Thanks to the strange kind of alchemy that makes films as joyously unpredictable as any evenly-balanced sporting fixture, putting Pitt in a baseball movie pays off with remarkable results.'
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
'It's an engaging, almost exotic film.'
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Members: $7.00
Children 12 and under: $6.00
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General: $7.00
Members: $5:00
Children 12 and under: $4.00
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