The Big Picture · Discussion
July 28, 2025/ 36 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
A live 25-for-25 conversation from the Music Box Theatre on No. 14: Bennett Miller's 'Moneyball,' the Michael Lewis adaptation Aaron Sorkin rewrote after Steven Soderbergh's version fell apart, and why a movie about spreadsheets works as a story about a father and his daughter.
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No. 14 — 'Moneyball'The 25 for 25 series, live at the Music Box Theatre
The list's sports pick and a passion project the hosts had pushed to screen for years. Directed by Bennett Miller, written by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, and starring Brad Pitt as A's GM Billy Beane. Six Oscar nominations, no wins. Sean reads it as Pitt's best performance and, under the sabermetrics, a movie about a father and a daughter.
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