<p> Moneyball Extra Credit Film Review Your Name:______Director:______Film Title:___Moneyball__</p><p>Parent’s Permission______Parent’s Brief Note Stating that you watched the film:</p><p>Do the following as the film progresses Initial Reaction after viewing film: very favorable favorable unfavorable not certain</p><p>1. What is the dilemma facted by the A’s?</p><p>2. How does Billy Beane demonstrate the difficulties in thinking “outside the box”?</p><p>3. Described the difficulties in group functioning amongst the A’s staff? (What level are they on the group structure spectrum?)</p><p>4. How does Peter Brand demonstrate the practical application of Economics?</p><p>5. How do the Yankees, Red Sox, Giants, and Dodgers represent corporate Oligopolies?</p><p>6. Reflecting on the A’s initial experiences after the switch of strategies, if the A’s were a public company might the experiment I have taken a different term?</p><p>7. How does Ken Macha represent traditional management?</p><p>8. How has baseball’s anti-trust exemption hurt the Oakland A’s? On A Separate Piece of Paper, in paragraph form. Do the Following After the Film TWO THUMBS UP! OR DOWN? Directions: You have been asked to review Moneyball for a local newspaper. Answer the following questions within the text of your original film review. It should be in essay format and should consider the following questions: 1 What subject matter, issue, theme, or topic does this film consider? 2 What are the main story line and source of conflict? 3 What are the place setting and time period? 4 Are the characters believable? Sympathetic? Heroic? Anti-heroic? Villainous? Humorous? Explain. 5 How does the film portray or distort true history? Research the “History Versus Hollywood” aspects of the film and write down how the film “gets it right” and how it “gets it wrong.” Please spend a few paragraphs on this one. 6 Overall do you think that the film does justice to history? 7 Why is this film worth seeing?</p><p>8 What economic concepts does this film depict. How does it go about this and does it do so in an effective fashion? Explain. 9 How would you rate this film (out of 4 stars)? Why?</p>