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New trailer for Brad Pitt baseball drama 'Moneyball' hits a home run!

By Anthony Pearson Jun 16, 2011, 21:17 GMT

“Moneyball” is based on the bestselling Michael Lewis book about Billy Beane, the former baseball player who resurfaced as the Oakland A’s general manager and found success fielding competitive teams for low cost. ...more

The first trailer for Columbia Pictures baseball drama "Moneyball" is now online. The film, based on a true story, features Brad Pitt as Oakland Athletic general manager Billy Beane during a successful period of the clubs history.

Directed by Bennett Miller, the film also stars Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Kathryn Morris, Stephen Bishop and Chris Pratt.

Watch the trailer below in various resolutions;



"Moneyball" is released across the US from September 23rd and the UK from November 7th.

Based on a true story, "Moneyball" is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball's conventional wisdom is wrong. Forced to reinvent his team on a tight budget, Beane will have to outsmart the richer clubs. The onetime jock teams with Ivy League grad Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) in an unlikely partnership, recruiting bargain players that the scouts call flawed, but all of whom have an ability to get on base, score runs, and win games. It's more than baseball, it's a revolution – one that challenges old school traditions and puts Beane in the crosshairs of those who say he's tearing out the heart and soul of the game.