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Moneyball (2011) - Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), general manager of the Oakland A's, one day has an epiphany: Baseball's conventional wisdom is all wrong. Faced with a tight budget, Beane must reinvent his team by outsmarting the richer ball clubs. Joining forces with Ivy League graduate Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), Beane prepares to challenge old-school traditions. He recruits bargain-bin players whom the scouts have labeled as flawed, but have game-winning potential. Based on the book by Michael Lewis.

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COLUMBIA PICTURES-SONY PHOTOGRAPHS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Brad Pitt (above, left) portrays A's general manager Billy Beane, and Jonah Hill plays a sidekick fictional Yale grad in economics.