Who's the best-looking GM in the movies?
by nickolai on Feb 5, 2009 3:53 PM PST
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In an all-out effort to stroke Billy Beane's ego, the Hollywood gods are calling on Brad Pitt to play Billy in the movie version of Moneyball. According to the Daily Variety, he's teaming up with director Steven Soderbergh to make this happen.
Pitt has a pretty mug, and I liked him in Twelve Monkeys -- maybe he can bring some of that energy to this role. But Soderbergh is a legitimately great director, with Traffic and Out of Sight my favorites from his oeuvre. His involvement makes me excited despite being skeptical of a movie made from a non-fiction book. Did anyone even watch that Fast Food Nation flick?
One thing is certain: with Soderbergh involved, Luis Guzman is a lock to play Ricardo Rincon.
via www.tvguide.com
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Soderbergh is looking to make the picture his next directing assignment. He had been expected to next direct "Cleo," the musical about the fatal romance between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and Roman general Marc Antony.
I would be a lot more excited about the moneyball movie if it were going to be a musical.
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
moneyball - the musical
would just be amazing.
someone get soderbergh on the phone – i want a word. now!
Billy Beane loves soccerball, and so should you
by alea iacta est on Feb 5, 2009 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
But who gets to play "the flying chair"?
"God made Majnun love Layla so much that just her dog would cause confusion in him."
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ditto on Soderbergh
I loves me some Schizopolis. I can’t defend the man’s entire oeuvre (The Good German was simply awful), but on the whole: heroic.
And Pitt, when he’s let loose to go nuts, is awesome.
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I’m a huge fan ofThe Limey.
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
yep
Schizopolis, The Limey, Out of Sight (a perfect movie), Erin Brockovich, Ocean’s 11, Solaris (an improvement on the original)
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Most people didn't like Solaris, not sure why....
Erin Brockovich was well done, but Julia Roberts really grates on me…
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
Solaris is slooooooooooooooow (though nowhere NEAR as slow as the Tarkovsky)
… and “contemplative” is not a positive-association genre descriptor for scifi in general (again, except for misfits like Tarkovsky).
Strangest thing to me was that James Cameron exec-produced Solaris—he’d held the remake rights for years, apparently.
I share your dislike of JR—but man did SS coax a great perf out of her (and an even better one out of J-Lo).
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You don't like extended scenes of the main protagonist...
driving through a “futuristic” city?
Or maybe it was Tarkovsky’s spartan rebuttal to Kubrick’s long psychadelic light show in 2001: A Space Odyssey…?
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
no, no, no
I dug both versions of Solaris (and 2001, which is one of my faves) — but slow and contemplative is relatively easy to pull off in print scifi, it’s not so easy (or appreciated, b/c the audiences don’t overlap) on the screen.
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I loved Out of Sight
But what keeps it from perfection is Ving Rhames’ character. I just didn’t buy his relationship with his sister, and a key plot point hinges on that — it’ll always bug me I guess.
But all the other characters: Foley, Karen Sisco, Snoop, Studs, Kenneth, White Boy Bob, Richard Ripley, Chino…they are perfect.
I've never seen the movie,
but I automatically agree. J-Lo’s ass could make any movie (well, except maybe Dune).
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
i'm a huge fan of both schizopolis and the limey
solaris is good, but for some reason i really don’t like the actress.
i also hate julia roberts, she ruined oceans 11 for me, and i didn’t even see erin brockovich because she’s in it.
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But you should,
because she’s in it. She yanked it out in that film.
"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson
I wouldn't have guessed that you'd like Schizopolis
Not a Natasha McElhone fan, eh? Boy was she great in Ronin — an almost perfect movie (even Frankenheimer conceded that the bluescreen background when Reno and DeNiro are driving to get DeNiro stitched up is really clumsy … but that’s the only misstep in the whole film).
Oh, and what lynnzgal said — Roberts is really great in EB.
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schizopolis
is almost worth owning just for the box art
also, we have discussed it before.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
ahhh, I had forgotten that
While we’re on this particular tangent, what’s your opinion of “late” Cronenberg?
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i love most cronenberg up until existenz, i’m not sure why he has moved away from the body horror.
videodrome is great but my personal favorite is dead ringers, jeremy irons deserved at least a nomination for that.
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I think he's turned his body horror inside-out
He’s always been extremely “cool,” but his reveals now are done in a really interesting casual way. Existenz seems in some ways like the old Cronenberg (especially since it was basically a “softer” remake of Videodrome), but I think in retrospect it was the end of a process he started going through with M Butterfly and Naked Lunch. It’s kind of like he’s colonized genre pictures now.
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Naked Lunch was a challenging book to read.
Is the movie worthwhile?
I am Ray Fosse's infatuations with Clay Wood and high-definition television.
I love the movie
It’s not the book, though — it’s more like a fantasia on the writing of the book. Or, rather, the state of Bill’s mind before and in between actual writing episodes.
Plus, it stars another in my pantheon of heroes: Peter Weller (Robocop! Buckaroo Banzai!).
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i know you're a big de palma fan
dead ringers or sisters?
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
"Scanners" all the way here boys and girls.
Top shelf Cronenberg flick. Definitely my early fave!
"God made Majnun love Layla so much that just her dog would cause confusion in him."
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Richard Linklater directed Fast Food Nation
I think Moneyball would be very safe in Soderbergh’s hands.
Call it "Stats, Lies, and Medical Tape"
"There is a sense of tragic destiny associated with people who have large noses." --Bucky Wunderlick
Or, "Beany Todd....The Demon Cruncher of Stat Sheets".
"God made Majnun love Layla so much that just her dog would cause confusion in him."
The Many Wines-Rumi
by mrod on Feb 5, 2009 4:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Impressive. VERY impressive.
"I believe in spiritual rebirth, and I can't wait to experience that." --Barry Zito
by GreenNGoldGirl on Feb 5, 2009 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
Awesome.......I love Soderbergh!
He gets great performances out of his actors. Wow, the A’s and Billy getting all hollywood on us and sh*t….!
"God made Majnun love Layla so much that just her dog would cause confusion in him."
The Many Wines-Rumi
I still don't get the point of making a movie from this
But maybe I’m missing something.
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yeah, that was my thought
and even though I may soon know the book by heart, I’ll watch it since it’s about the A’s. And if Soderbergh is directing, even better.
$$$$$$
But also, how awesome is it that a movie is being made in which the A’s are the main focus?
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
I'd rather have it be about them winning a few more World Series, personally
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"Stinky Rinky". :0
"God made Majnun love Layla so much that just her dog would cause confusion in him."
The Many Wines-Rumi
I think Ben Affleck should play DePo
Maybe that Jason Biggs kid can play J.P.
Thoughts?
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didn’t somebody find a dead ringer for depo in one of the previous moneyball movie threads?
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
15 years ago, I'd have gone for Turturro
No, not Aida.
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I actually think he'd make a pretty damn good Beane himself
Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"
That I just can't see
There’s a certain tightness and energy to Turturro that seems all wrong for Beane — and the explosive chair-throwing anger would seem more creepy than surprising/funny/creating-more-depth-to-the-character.
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I remember an interview with Gore Vidal
in which he was asked who he would cast as Abraham Lincoln if his Lincoln novel were made into film. Vidal suggested Alda, which I think would be brilliant. (But probably easier to appreciate if you’re familiar with Vidal’s Lincoln persona, which is somewhat different from the traditional Sandburg persona.)
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
AIDA vs ALDA
Aida Turturro is John’s cousin.
I’d like to see Verne Troyer as Lincoln.
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As Rincon?
Luis Guzman—not Mexican enough. I guess that means he plays Chavvy …
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and if only Soderbergh was an AN lurker ...
… he’d totally do the Godardian move, and have Chavez be played by multiple not-Mexican-enough actors (Jeremy Irons, Quentin Crisp, Helen Mirren, Miley Cyrus)
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did bunuel do that in multiple films? the only one i remember is the female character from that obscure object of desire…
got me a stat sheet, i want you to know
slicing up labriums, i want you to know…
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
that extraneous "i" makes that second line *almost*, um, Ellisesque
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Miley'd be too busy playing Hannahan
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
given that this transpires back around 2001, wouldn't La Lohan be more apt?
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... annd I still say that if there was any justice in this world, Bruce Greenwood would play Beane
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if we're doing lookalikes it has to be billy campbell
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
good one
I have no idea who that is, but you’re right.
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Here are the key questions?
Who plays Kenny Williams?
Darryl Strawberry?
Steve Phillips’ secretary?
Grady Fuson?
Jeremy Brown?
Is Brad Pitt wearing jeans when he says “we’re not selling them”
The Freak Pitcher (I’ve forgotten his name) with the weird delivery?
Greek God of Walks??
Too bad Bernie Mac is gone— he’d have been a great Daddy Wash.
Pickin’ Machine??
and who plays the thrown chair
The nuts and bolts of gameplay are apocalyptic failures, but the awfulness doesn’t stop there. Managing games is utterly pointless. [Feb 2009, p.85]
Youkilis to be played by the guy who stole George Costanza's parking spot
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Bernie Mac was like 3 times the size of Wash, and looks nothing like him
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who cares?
He was in all of Soderbergh’s “Oceans” movies with Pitt; he was in a baseball movie; he could act.
Might as well cast Jeremy Brown as himself
it’s not like he’s playing baseball anymore.
Say something funny.
sean bean is tight
but I don’t know anyone on the A’s with a british accent
Cust is the new Jaha.
by johnjahafanclub on Feb 6, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
Fu%&*@g Hilarious!!!!!!
"God made Majnun love Layla so much that just her dog would cause confusion in him."
The Many Wines-Rumi
I assume the movie will center around Beane, right?
So how does it end? Seriously, I don’t want the last minutes of the movie to be someone playing Byrnes not touching home plate and shoving someone playing Jason Varitek and Beane throwing something.
I figure it starts with Beane as a kid, takes him through the ups and downs of being an athlete, being in the front office, the 2002 season (winning the division, losing in the playoffs), and ends with evil Boston being thisclose to prying him from Oakland only to have him back out at the last minute because he likes being the Little Engine That Could and wants to try, try again.
I need a happy ending.
"I almost landed in some lady's lap, which was kinda fun.'' -- Swish
hatte's hr
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
I'm thinking Hollywood can just change the team to the Red Sox
Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough
If it's Soderbergh, it's gonna have flashbacks
4-5 significant moments of Beane’s career (my guess: deciding to ditch college and sign with the Mets, watching Nails play in the minors, Beane STRICKOUT montage, sitting on the bench with the Twins/A’s, watching Nails play in the majors) will be woven into the narrative, but not presented as a “Beane grows up” story arc on their own.
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Nails would be a way better movie subject than Beane
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
nah, boring for an entire movie
He’s much more effective as a cameo/object lesson.
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jeremy brown falling over after hitting a home run in some meaningless minor league game isn’t a happy enough ending for you??
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
In the movie the A's will be an English football team.
by green star oakland on Feb 6, 2009 1:36 PM PST reply actions
How about Wilford Brimley as an evil scout who tries to kill depo's computer with a bat
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIABEETUS!!!
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
by JediLeroy on Feb 6, 2009 8:03 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
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