I Read It at the Movies – Books as basis for Academy Award films
February 8, 2012 – 9:48 pm - Amy WattsMoneyball: the art of winning an unfair game, Michael Lewis (Non-fiction)
GV880 .L49 2003, Main and MLC
Nominations for Moneyball: Picture, Actor (Brad Pitt), Supporting Actor (Jonah Hill), Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Sound Mixing.
Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s general manager, is leading a revolution. Reinventing his team on a budget, he needs
to outsmart the richer teams. He signs undervalued players whom the scouts consider flawed but who have a knack for getting on base, scoring runs, and winning games. Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball and a tale of the search for new baseball knowledge—insights that will give the little guy who is willing to discard old wisdom the edge over big money.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer
PS3606 .O38 E97 2005
Nominations received: Picture, Supporting Actor (Max von Sydow)
Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts on an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing journey.
