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Moneyball
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Sat Jan 28
7 pm,
9:45 pm
None Moneyball at Doc Films - Max Palevsky Cinema
The Hollywood machine loves to gobble up real-life stories and spit them out as toothless fluff. Though 2011’s Moneyball stays within that box, it gets ahead of crap like The Blind Side with an ace cast and snappy writing. Penned by Social Network Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin, the saga of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) reshaping how the MLB assembles a team manages to not come off as disingenuous or award-grubbing. Of course, though, this little movie that doesn’t pander has been racking up late-term awards and has become a frontrunner in the acting category. By being more the exception than the rule, Moneyball shows that “inspired by real events” sports dramas can be a bit more than Sandra Bullock and a Southern drawl.
Doc Films - Max Palevsky Cinema Ida Noyes Hall - University of Chicago, Chicago, IL -
Sun Jan 29
3 pm
None Moneyball at Doc Films - Max Palevsky Cinema
The Hollywood machine loves to gobble up real-life stories and spit them out as toothless fluff. Though 2011’s Moneyball stays within that box, it gets ahead of crap like The Blind Side with an ace cast and snappy writing. Penned by Social Network Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin, the saga of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) reshaping how the MLB assembles a team manages to not come off as disingenuous or award-grubbing. Of course, though, this little movie that doesn’t pander has been racking up late-term awards and has become a frontrunner in the acting category. By being more the exception than the rule, Moneyball shows that “inspired by real events” sports dramas can be a bit more than Sandra Bullock and a Southern drawl.
Doc Films - Max Palevsky Cinema Ida Noyes Hall - University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Hollywood machine loves to gobble up real-life stories and spit them out as toothless fluff. Though 2011’s Moneyball stays within that box, it gets ahead of crap like The Blind Side with an ace cast and snappy writing. Penned by Social Network Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin, the saga of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) reshaping how the MLB assembles a team manages to not come off as disingenuous or award-grubbing. Of course, though, this little movie that doesn’t pander has been racking up late-term awards and has become a frontrunner in the acting category. By being more the exception than the rule, Moneyball shows that “inspired by real events” sports dramas can be a bit more than Sandra Bullock and a Southern drawl.
Updated 02/02/2012
