The strategist : the baseball revolution
Six years later Truman Capote (2005), directed by Bennett Miller The strategist (2011) according to the book Moneyball: the art of winning an unfair game (2003) by Michael Lewis. Le Film tells the story the true story of Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team, who in the early 2000s tried to build a competitive team with few resources. A mission all the more complicated as the team had just lost several stars.
But to get back on track, Billy Beane decided to rely on Peter Brand, a recent economics graduate from Yale University, who used statistics to find the best possible players. An approach called sabermetrics which aims to be as objective as possible, but which has obvious limitations. This will still allow the Athletics to accumulate victories, without winning the World Series. And it will then be used by other baseball teams.
Worn by Brad Pitt and Jonathan Hill, The strategist aims to be extremely accurate in its depiction of baseball and behind the scenes, despite some inaccuracies. Thanks in particular to the presence ofAaron Sorkin as co-writer, the film manages to make a rather niche topic exciting. However, the outcome could have been very different since thenoriginally Steven Soderbergh he was to direct the film from a screenplay by Stan Chervi. The latter would have had too original an approach for Sony Pictures, who decided to part ways with the duo before asking Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian to rework the script.
A success that didn’t work in France
The topic is not necessarily the most attractive for the French public. With us, in fact baseball is not popular at all. In the common imagination he remains far from American football or basketball. So, if for example a film like Sunday hell has acquired the status of a cult film by presenting the world of US soccer in a very beautiful way, The strategist it drew no crowds. In France, the feature film did not accumulate more than 110,000 registrations. A very low score which did not prevent its success. Proof of baseball’s popularity in America, the feature film collected $75 million over there. And thanks to worldwide revenues it reached 110 million dollars.
Even better, The strategist it was very well received by the press and public. ON Rotten tomatoesthe film got 94% positive reviews and 86% positive opinions from viewers. This then translated at the 2012 Oscars, where the film could have won numerous awards. Nominated in six categories, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Brad Pitt and Best Supporting Actor for Jonah Hill. The strategist nevertheless left empty-handed from the 84th ceremony, which he had attended The artist win the biggest prizes.
Finally, note that after The strategist (2015), directed by Bennett Miller Foxcatcherthis time about the world of wrestling, which was a financial failure despite rave reviews and a best director award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Source: Cine Serie
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