The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Sean and Amanda return to continue their yearlong project of listing the 25 best movies of the 21st century so far. Today they discuss one of the greatest sports movies of all time: Bennett Miller's ‘Moneyball’—starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. They explore the film’s very curious production history with director Steven Soderbergh, share why they think this was the best performance of Pitt’s career, and examine what the movie’s legacy is considering Miller’s lack of work following its release. Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Producer: Jack Sanders THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY THE STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY. ORDER NOW | STARBUCKS.COM/MENU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of The Big Picture is presented by Starbucks. We are big Starbucks Frapecino fans over here.
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0:41.5	I'm Sean Fennessee.
0:42.4	I'm Amanda Dobbins. And this is 25 for 25, a big picture special conversation show about moneyball.
0:48.3	And how can you not be romantic about baseball?
0:58.6	Thank you. romantic about baseball. We are here live at the music box theater.
1:01.1	We've just watched this wonderful movie.
1:04.1	And let's talk about it briefly.
1:05.8	I'll give some details for the audience,
1:07.3	even though they've just sat here and watched the movie and watched the credits.
1:09.5	And they know everything I'm about to say,
1:10.9	hang with me. Direct directed by Bennett Miller,
1:13.4	written by Stephen Zalian and Aaron Sorkin,
1:16.2	originally to be directed by Amanda's beloved Stephen Soderberg.
1:20.4	We will get into that.
1:21.9	Starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill.
1:24.5	Who else is in this movie?
1:25.3	Chris Pratt, Robin Wright, Spike Jones.
1:29.8	PSH.
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