Ep. 227: Sports Movie Hall of Fame: 'Moneyball'

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan to discuss 'Moneyball,' the second inductee into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. They cover everything from the state of Brad Pitt's career (0:45), the past 20 years of sports movies (2:34), the making of 'Moneyball' (9:25), their favorite moments from the film (14:20), and the future of sports movies (51:54). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Bill Simmons.
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0:32.1	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:40.1	Alright, it's the Sports Movie Hall of Fame.
0:42.7	I am Bill Simmons.
0:43.8	That's Chris Ryan.
0:44.8	Hey.
0:45.8	We did Jeremy McGuire as the first one.
0:47.8	Today we're doing Money Ball.
0:49.8	It's the second installment and we're doing this for a couple of reasons.
0:54.3	One is we think it's the best sports movie of the decade.
0:58.4	I agree.
0:59.4	Two is Brad Pitt just came out with Allied and it's been traumatizing.
1:04.3	You have not seen it.
1:05.3	I refuse.
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