whoa. brad pitt to play billy beane?
by daveh33 on Feb 6, 2009 1:41 AM EST
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found this on imdb:
Has there ever been a movie where a baseball GM was the protagonist? [Especially starring someone of Pitt's celebrity] I can't think of one, though my baseball movie history isn't the best. And this makes me wonder when "A Ray of Light: The Andrew Friedman Story" starring Clive Owen will get picked up. ?? I'd work for free to make that a reality.
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Huh?
Correct me if I am wrong, I have never read Moneyball, but is it really a story? I thought it was more about the adaptations they made in their thinking and where they placed importance. I mean, are they going to make Phil Gordon’s “Little Green Book” into a movie next?
I’d still likely watch it though. Just didn’t think that was the type of book that was ripe for movie adaptation. Damn, Hollywood really doesn’t have any original ideas at all.
"My mom always taught me it's better to laugh at yourself than to laugh at others. She was so wrong. ;)" -Pedrophile
Sure
There’s a story in there with an underdog protagonist trying to succeed against the odds vs. the bigger-budgeted teams and the naysayers. The challenge will be injecting tension throughout the story and structuring it since the book jumps around from Beane’s playing days to his days as a GM. Cosnter was a much better fit for Beane than Pitt.
OT: I’m not a Pitt fan at all but he’s amazing in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (highly recommend this movie).
I’ll bet Moneyball never gets made but I do like the casting of Hayden Christiansen as Theo Epstein.
Kidding.
FADE IN:
EPSTEIN, 28, learns of the Hanley Ramirez trade to Florida, leans back and raises his arms out.
EPSTEIN
Nooooooooooooo!!!!
Pitt is getting a lot of good/weird projects greenlighted (greenlit?)
and yes, TAOJJBTCRF is a really good film.
the movie may already have a director (imdb is not totally reliable), but check the page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210166/
this may not be such a longshot after all.
IMDB is correct here
This has been in the trades for months. Frankel, Zaillian, and Pitt are all officially attached.
But as Michael Lewis is the first to point out, his books aren’t movie-friendly, so you never know for sure until they actually start shooting.
Michael Lewis
I would think Liar’s Poker would be an interesting movie.
I must confess, Liar’s Poker and Moneyball are the only Lewis books I’ve read.
by El Duq of Hurl on Feb 6, 2009 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
He's a really good writer
He reminds me a little of David Halberstam, in the sense that he is a clear writer with an understanding for what is interesting, and has a terrific instinct for good topics (i.e. things that interest me)
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by OldProspects on Feb 6, 2009 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
The Blind spot
if that ia not a movie of the week, i don’t know what is.
The Michael Lewis quote was pre-Blind Spot
When he said his books weren’t movie friendly, he was discussing Moneyball and how Liar’s Poker had been put in development a number of times without anything coming of it, I think he’s a great writer, and certainly there are cinematic moments in both Liar’s Poker and Moneyball, but it won’t be an easy adaptation.
Costner as Beane????
Costner is like 55 years old. Pitt isn’t too much younger but he is like 10 years younger.
If they wanted to go with a lookalike to Beane, they should have gotten Bill Campbell.
Costner
I was referring to Costner as he was supposed to do this a few years ago. He’s a better choice than Pitt to play the part of a GM. Sorry, I will never believe Brad Pitt in the role as a GM.
i love
when someone says, “I have never read” and then tries to explain what he or she thinks it is about.
by richieabernathy on Feb 6, 2009 9:47 AM EST up reply actions
Read again, dipshit.
I never said what I thought about the book. In fact, I asked if there was a story to it.
"My mom always taught me it's better to laugh at yourself than to laugh at others. She was so wrong. ;)" -Pedrophile
"Has there ever been a movie where a baseball GM was the protagonist?"
Little Big League
but never one who got his small-market team past the Mariners and into the playoffs before……
Correction
The Heywood kid in Little Big League was the owner of the Twins, not the GM. The GM was played by Kevin Dunn.
This movie is an affront against God
God will come into existence to smite people over this. Where is Pat Robertson and Hezbollah when you need them?
Though I would of course watch it.
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How Will It End?
Which disappointing first round exit will they end the movie with? Personally, I would end the movie with game 3 of the 2003 division series.
Here’s how I picture it. The final scene would start off with Eric Byrnes getting blocked at home plate by Jason Varitek, rolling around on the ground and then failing to come back and touch home plate. Then you would cut to a crowd shot of everyone going crazy.
Then another cut to Billy Beane just sitting in his box taking it all in. Cool. Showing no emotion. Sipping a latte.
Cut to a side shot. He would turn to speak to one of his assistants over his shoulder and say “Take a note. Get smarter players”.
Then it would switch to a straight on shot of Beane just sitting there. Contemplative. Then cut to a crane shot that would pull back out over Fenway and just keep going up and up.
Then maybe some words about how the best finish the A’s ever had with Beane was getting swept by the Tigers in the 2006 ALCS. Then some disappointing finishes, some big trades, hope for the future. Blah Blah Blah.
Fade to black. Credits. The end.
Same guy, new name.
Cool Runnings
was a Disney movie that they advertised as being based on a true story. The only part of the story that wasn’t made up is that there actually was a Jamaican bobsled team in the Olympics that year. All the results, etc. were purely fictional.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
Norm MacDonald
He’s Beane’s clone
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