Brad Pitt Wins Best Actor for Moneyball
The New York Film Ciritics Circle (NYFC) has just chosen Brad Pitt as this year's Best Actor for his soul-searching performance in Columbia Pictures' baseball drama, Moneyball . The award catapults Pitt as a veritable contender for more acting trophies come awards season this coming February. In his review of the film, critic Richard Corliss of Time Magazine, writes Brad Pitt does sensational work...he exudes pure movie-star authority...His performance is a canny portrait of leadership part genius, part crazy guts, part dumb luck and worthy of moving Pitt up to the playoff round of Oscar finalists for Best Actor. We'd put money on it . The NYFC also gave Best Screenplay honors to writers Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) and Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List) for their work on Moneyball which they adapted from the non-fiction book by Michael Lewis. Moneyball is based on the true story of Billy Beane (Pitt) once a would-be baseball superstar who, stung by the failur...