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9/22/2011
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When:
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Thursday, September 22 7:00pm
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Where:
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AMC Empire 25 234 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 United States
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Online registration is closed.
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You & Guests Are Invited to a PGA East Screening + Q&A
Columbia Pictures
Presents
MONEYBALL
Thursday, September 22 at 7:00pm Click to visit official site Immediately following the film will be a brief Q&A with Michael De Luca and Rachael Horovitz
AMC Empire 25 234 West 42nd St. Btwn 7th & 8th Ave.
Produced by Michael De Luca*, Rachael Horovitz, and Brad Pitt Executive Produced by Scott Rudin*, Andrew Karsch, Sidney Kimmel, and Mark Bakshi Directed by Bennett Miller Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin Based on the book by Michael Lewis Starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman *PGA Members
Columbia Pictures’ Moneyball is based on the true story of Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) – once a would-be baseball superstar who, stung by the failure to live up to expectations on the field, turned his fiercely competitive nature to management. Heading into the 2002 season, Billy faces a dismal situation: his small-market Oakland A’s have lost their star players (again) to big market clubs (and their enormous salaries) and is left to rebuild his team and compete with a third of their payroll. Driven to win, Billy takes on the system by challenging the fundamental tenants of the game. He looks outside of baseball, to the dismissed theories of Bill James, and hires Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), a brainy, number-crunching, Yale-educated economist. Together they take on conventional wisdom with a willingness to reexamine everything and armed with computer driven statistical analysis long ignored by the baseball establishment. They reach imagination-defying conclusions and go after players overlooked and dismissed by the rest of baseball for being too odd, too old, too injured or too much trouble, but who all have key skills that are universally undervalued. As Billy and Peter forge forward, their new methods and roster of misfits rile the old guard, the media, the fans, and their own field manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who refuses to cooperate. Ultimately this experiment will lead not only to a change in the way the game is played, but to an outcome that would leave Billy with a new understanding that transcends the game and delivers him to a new place.
Release Date: September 23, 2011 Running Time: 133 minutes Rated PG-13 for some strong language
As a courtesy to the panelists, please do not register if you are unable to stay for the Q&ATo cancel or change your
reservation, please email: pga-ny@producersguild.org. Cancellations must be
received at least 24 hours prior to the event.
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