Film Club March 3 & 7

Join us for a free screening and discussion of one of this year's Academy Award nominees for Best Picture on Saturday, March 3, at 2 p.m. or Wednesday, March 7, at 6 p.m.

"The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players."

Starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Robin Wright.

Directed by Bennett Miller, 2011.

Rated PG-13 for some strong language.



Materials in the IFL Collection:

• Browse the nonfiction collection at Dewey Decimal number 796.357 for books on baseball.
• 796.357 LEW. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis ( the book upon which the film is based).
• 810.80355 BAS. Baseball: A Literary Anthology.
• 817.54 JOY. Joy in Mudville: The Big Book of Baseball Humor.
• 921 AARON. The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron by Howard Bryant.
• 921 CLEMENTE. Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss.
• 921 DIMAGGIO. Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life by Richard Ben Cramer.
• 921 KOUFAX. Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy by Jane Leavy.
• 921 MANTLE. The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood by Jane Leavy.
• 921 PRINCE. We Had 'Em All the Way: Bob Prince and His Pittsburgh Pirates by Jim O'Brien.
• 921 RUTH. The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth by Leigh Montville.
• 921 WILLIAMS. Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville.
• CD 796.357 HAL. The Teammates: A Portrait of a friendship by David Halberstam.
• DVD CIN BAD. The Bad News Bears.
• F KIN. Blockade Billy by Stephen King.
• F LUP. Wild Pitch by Mike Lupica.
• M PAR. Double Play by Robert B.Parker.