Moneyball (2011) Movie poster and book cover compared.

Moneyball

Bennett Miller, 2011

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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Michael Lewis, 2003

Moneyball is a movie directed by Bennett Miller in 2011 and based on the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis, first published in 2003. The movie features Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt, Stephen Bishop, and others.

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“The movie is better than the book”

But the book is worth reading.

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RATING

7.6

/ 10

Movie Poster: Moneyball (Bennett Miller, 2011)

8.5

/ 10

Book Cover: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (Michael Lewis, 2003)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, the 2003 book by Michael Lewis.

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

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Storyline

Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland Athletics, is hurt by the team’s loss to the New York Yankees in the 2001 American League Division Series. During a scouting visit to the Cleveland Indians, Beane meets Peter Brand, a young Yale economics graduate with radical ideas about how to assess player value.

Movie vs Book

Poster of Moneyball, the 2011 movie by Bennett Miller

Year

2011

Minutes

133

Movie Rate

7.60

Source: IMDb

Movie

Moneyball

Country: USA

Year: 2011

Length: 2h13m

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Cover of Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, the 2003 book by Michael Lewis

Year

2003

Pages

317

Book Rate

8.50

S: Goodreads

Book

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

Country: USA

First published in: 2003

Length: 317 pages

Genre: Biography

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Cover of Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, the 2003 book by Michael Lewis

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IS IT WORTH WATCHING?

Poster of Moneyball, the 2011 movie by Bennett Miller

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21% No

11 votes

3 votes

book

IS IT WORTH READING?

Cover of Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, the 2003 book by Michael Lewis

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38% No

8 votes

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