tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12201456.post-57621742402476963092009-07-05T10:07:00.000-04:002009-07-05T10:07:01.287-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dFwaKOYqt-A/Sk-5xszsNsI/AAAAAAAAINM/DKNHXusZbQQ/s1600-h/jennifer-aniston.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dFwaKOYqt-A/Sk-5xszsNsI/AAAAAAAAINM/DKNHXusZbQQ/s400/jennifer-aniston.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354702745459504834" border="0" /></a><br />So the he said/she said/he said saga behind why Moneyball:The Movie got scrubbed continues. This, from<a href="http://deadspin.com/5305316/soderberghs-moneyball-script-too-real-to-get-made"> Deadspin.<br /></a><br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The Sony Pictures executive who pulled the plug on <em>Moneyball</em> says that <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged STEVEN SODERBERGH" href="http://deadspin.com/tag/steven-soderbergh/">Steven Soderbergh</a> changed <a href="http://deadspin.com/5302144/billy-beane-is-a-golden-god-excerpts-from-the-scrapped-moneyball-script/gallery/">the original script</a> because he didn't want anything in the movie that didn't actually happen. So <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged BILLY BEANE" href="http://deadspin.com/tag/billy-beane/">Billy Beane</a> <em>isn't</em> a sweaty, foul-mouthed, Hooters waitress slayer? <p>Everyone loved Steven Zallian's version (he's an Oscar-winner, you know!), because it had jokes and snappy dialogue and actually made sabermetrics non-mind numbing. But Soderbergh wanted realism so much, he was determined to only film events that took place in real life. He also scrapped the conceit of having Bill James as the "Greek chorus", bookending the film with his anecdotes with and wise old man stories. The verdict:</p></blockquote><p></p>Part of the realism? Lenny Dykstra as himself. Seriously.<br /><br />But whatever the reason, I had this thought. The idea of this as a movie never made any sense. Stats geekery is boring. And it's debatable the A's ever accomplished much to begin with. We're not talking<span style="font-style: italic;"> Hoosiers</span> here. They basically finished first or second in the smallest division in baseball for a few years, never actually beating the Yankees or Red Sox at anything. Then the Angels, doing all that saber-heads disdain, got permanently good and the A's never win any more.<br /><br />The story about the making/not making Moneyball however is interesting. Make a movie about that. It's <span style="font-style: italic;">Entourage </span>without the sex. So just .......turn Brad Pitt into a Vinnie Chase sort of character. The guy has the whole Jen and Angelina thing going on, how tough a stretch is this?<br /><br />This sounds like a joke, but I'm totally serious. How different are the twists and turns of making <span style="font-style: italic;">Moneyball</span> from making <span style="font-style: italic;">Escobar</span>?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12201456-5762174240247696309?l=www.dailyoptionsreport.com'/></div>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212173199588282847noreply@blogger.com