
Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Brad Pitt Jonah Hill & Philip Seymour Hoffman star in this baseball drama co-written by & The Social Network& (2010) screenwriter Aaron Sorkin Based on real events in 2002 the film follows the unconventional tactics employed by Billy Beane (Pitt) general manager of the cash-strapped Oakland Athletics baseball team to rebuild his club after losing a few key players to the Major League Beane enlists the services of Yale economics graduate Peter Brand (Hill) to devise an unorthodox player selection system based on a sophisticated statistical analysis of each player&s skills As Billy & Peter start to build their team based on computer-generated data rather than the traditional scouting methods they meet with resistance from old hands such as team manager Art Howe (Hoffman) But when the club begins a winning streak with its roster of inexpensive &wild card& players the naysayers are forced to admit that the scheme appears to be working