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《Moneyball》 点球成金 逆境中成功的智慧

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No.045 《Moneyball》 点球成金 逆境中成功的智慧

英文导读

Moneyball is a 2011 biographical sports drama film directed by Bennett Miller from a screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. The film is based on Michael Lewis's 2003 book of the same name, an account of the Oakland Athletics baseball team's 2002 season and their general manager Billy Beane's attempts to assemble a competitive team.

Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) wakes up one morning to a harsh new reality: the team he carefully constructed is about to be gutted. His star reliever, best starter and offensive leader are fleeing to teams that offer more money. His best position player is going to the Yankees, who just beat the A's in the postseason. Beane scrambles to field a credible team, but his owner won't raise his budget and his scouting staff is stuck in the past.

During a meeting with the Cleveland Indians, Beane notices their GM paying careful attention to the opinions of one Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), a chubby young statistics nerd who's brilliant with computers and spreadsheets. Brand has developed a radical new system whereby players aren't evaluated in the traditional way, a system Beane enthusiastically adopts—a system they dub "moneyball".

Columbia Pictures bought the rights to Lewis's book in 2004. After a number of years in development, the film was featured at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and was released on September 23, 2011 to a box-office success and positive reviews.

Moneyball has received universal critical acclaim. As of July 7, 2012, the aggregate review website Rotten Tomatoes registered positive responses in 208 of 220 sampled reviews for a score of 95% and certified the film "Fresh". The critical consensus of the site states that "Director Bennett Miller, along with Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, take a niche subject and turn it into a sharp, funny, and touching portrait worthy of baseball lore".

The film was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Actor, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay.

获奖情况

2012年第84届奥斯卡:最佳影片提名、最佳男主角提名、最佳男配角提名、最佳改编剧本提名、最佳音响效果提名、最佳电影剪辑提名奖。

《Moneyball》 点球成金 逆境中成功的智慧

影片信息

导演:贝尼特·米勒

编剧:斯蒂文·泽里安、艾伦·索金

主演:布拉德·皮特、乔纳·希尔、菲利普·塞默·霍夫曼、罗宾·怀特

类型:剧情

制片国家(地区):美国

上映日期:2011-09-23(美国)

片长:133分钟

又名:《魔球》《钱与球》《金球》

剧情简介

比利·比恩(布拉德·皮特 饰)不仅是美国奥克兰运动家棒球队的总经理,他也是一个“特立独行”、“思维怪异”的家伙,他成功组建和塑造了一支具有强大战斗力的棒球队。但是,在美国职业棒球大联盟比赛中,比利所属的奥克兰运动家队败给了财大气粗的纽约扬基队,这让他深受打击。而且,3名主力纷纷被重金挖走,未来的赛季前途渺茫。

然而,凭借比利·比恩的“出其不意”和逆向思维的管理方式,在好友彼得·布兰德(乔纳·希尔饰)的帮助下,在召集和物色了一批表面上看去都满身缺点、性格偏癖,但骨子里却都拥有在棒球运动的某方面超强能力的队员。以打破常规、突破传统的经营模式,在一片批评与质疑声中,球队取得了骄人的比赛成绩,甚至达到了比肩实力雄厚的纽约扬基队的程度。终于,新的赛季开始了……

制作花絮

影片最开始是计划由《马利和我》的导演大卫·弗兰科尔执导,而在2009年,导演却易主为斯蒂文·索德伯格。

第二次确定的导演斯蒂文·索德伯格,后来也退出了这个影片的拍摄,按照索德伯格的解释,他之所以作出这个决定的原因是自己要拍摄《传染病》。

当索德伯格离开剧组的时候,他已经召集来了布拉德·皮特和迪米特利·马丁作为影片的主演,并且还拍摄了一些采访真实的棒球球员的镜头。

《Moneyball》 点球成金 逆境中成功的智慧

重点学习

The team he carefully constructed is about to be gutted

文中的be about to是英语中的一个常见固定搭配,它是“刚要,正要,就要,将要,马上”的意思,比如:Recent government signals suggest that may be about to change.(最近的政府信号表明,这种情况可能即将发生变化。)另外,be about to还用于美国俚语中,主要用于否定句中,表达“打定主意要,决定要,正打算,有意,愿意”的意思,比如:We are not about to stop now. (我们不打算现在就停下来。)

Beane notices their GM paying careful attention to the opinions of one Peter Brand (Jonah Hill)

英语中,opinion常常用作“意见,看法,主张”的意思,是很常用的一个单词。由其组成的短语很多,常见的有:in one's opinion(根据某人的看法;在……看来),in the opinion of(据…的见解)等等,比如:In my opinion, it's enough for a family to have one child .(在我看来,家里有一个孩子就足够了。)

单词时间

biographical[ˌbaiəuˈɡræfik] adj. 传记的,传记体的

harsh[hɑ:ʃ] adj. 严厉的;严酷的;刺耳的;粗糙的;刺目的

gut[ɡʌt] vt. 取出内脏;摧毁内部装置

offensive[əˈfensiv] adj. 攻击的;冒犯的;无礼的;讨厌的

scramble[ˈskræmbl] vi. 爬行,攀登;不规则地生长;仓促行动

chubby[ˈtʃʌbi] adj. 圆胖的,丰满的

nerd[nə:d] n. 呆子;讨厌的人

spreadsheet[ˈspredʃi:t] n. 电子制表软件;电子数据表;试算表

aggregate[ˈæɡriɡət] adj. 聚合的;集合的;合计的


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