"Moneyball"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Our 2011 retrospective is back with Bennett Miller's true sports story "Moneyball," starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Robin Wight, Chris Pratt, Philip Seymour Hoffman & Kerris Dorsey. One of the most endearing films of the year, the film's reputation has only grown since its release and but what did we think of it all these years later? Tune in as Josh Parham,Lauren LaMagna, guest Ryan McQuade, and I discuss the performances, story, score, editing, sound, and awards season run for this film, along with so much more. Thank you for all your support, and enjoy! Also, be sure to check out our other 2011 retrospective reviews for "War Horse," "The Help," "The Iron Lady," "Midnight In Paris," "The Tree Of Life," & "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close." Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of Moneyball.
0:06.0	There are rich teams, and there are poor teams. Then there's 50 feet of crap, and then there's us.
0:12.7	That's a dollar, man. What? Welcome to Oakland. I need more money. We're not New York. Fine players are the money that we do have.
0:21.6	I like Paris.
0:23.6	Not an ugly girlfriend. Ugly girlfriend means no confidence.
0:26.6	You guys are talking the same old nonsense. Like we're looking for Fabio. We got to think differently.
0:31.6	Who's Fabio?
0:33.6	Your goal shouldn't be to buy players. Your goal should be to buy wins.
0:38.3	And in order to buy wins, you need to buy runs.
0:41.3	Who are you?
0:42.3	I'm Peter Brand.
0:43.3	First job in baseball?
0:44.3	It's my first job anywhere.
0:46.3	We're gonna shake things out.
0:48.3	Don't you walk me through the board?
0:50.3	I believe there's a championship team that we could afford
0:52.3	because everyone else undervalues them,
0:54.5	like an island of misfit toys. We want you at first base. I've only ever played catcher. It's not that hard, Scott. Tell him, watch. It's incredibly hard. They can't broke. But what can he do? You want me to speak? When I'm pointing out of you yet. He gets on base. We are card counters at the blackjack ticket.
1:13.5	We're going to turn the blackjack take.
1:13.4	We're going to turn the odds on the casino.
1:15.4	I'm heading in.
1:16.1	Text me to play by play.
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