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Moneyball is a 2011 American biographical sports drama film that was directed by Bennett Miller with a script by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin from a story by Stan Chervin. The film is based on the 2003 nonfiction book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis. The book is an account of the Oakland Athletics baseball ...
Army vet Ken Williams, a basketball hero, is threatened to fix his school's games. Big Town Scandal. 1948. Drama. A newspaper editor agrees to coach a team made up of juvenile delinquents. The Basketball Fix. 1951. Drama. A college player in need of money agrees to shave points for a gambler.
A game behind bars brings Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart out of the pen. Fireman, Save My Child. 1932. Comedy. Joe E. Brown as a small-town fireman who is also the town's star ballplayer. Elmer, the Great. 1933. Drama. Joe E. Brown as an egotistical Chicago Cubs baseball star.
Small ball (basketball) In basketball, small ball is a style of play that sacrifices height, physical strength and low post offense/defense in favor of a lineup of smaller players for speed, agility and increased scoring (often from the three-point line). [1] It is closely tied to the concepts of pace and space, which pushes the speed of the ...
Hardball. (film) Hardball is a 2001 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Brian Robbins and starring Keanu Reeves in the main role, Diane Lane and D. B. Sweeney. The screenplay by John Gatins is based on the book Hardball: A Season in the Projects by Daniel Coyle. The original music score is composed by Mark Isham.
Rudy is a 1993 American biographical sports film directed by David Anspaugh. It is an account of the life of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, who harbored dreams of playing football at the University of Notre Dame despite significant obstacles. It was the first film that the Notre Dame administration allowed to be shot on campus since Knute Rockne, All ...
The Firemen's Ball (or Fireman's Ball; Czech: Hoří, Má Panenko - "Fire, My Lady") is a 1967 Czechoslovak New Wave satirical comedy directed by Miloš Forman. It is set at the annual ball of a small town's volunteer fire department, and the plot portrays a series of disasters that occur during the evening. The film uses few professional ...
A Small Ball Shot by a Midget. A Small Ball Shot by a Midget ( Korean : 난장이가 쏘아올린 작은 공; RR : Nanjeongiga soaolrin jakeun kong) is a 1981 South Korean film by Lee Won-se based on the same-titled novel by Cho Se-hui. It is about a dwarf and his poor, but loving, family who are forced out of their house by a real estate agent.