Saltzman Sees...The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was nominated for my Best Supporting Actress (Taraji P. Henson) in 2008.

Saltzman Sees...Se7en (1995)

Se7en was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director (David Fincher), Best Actor (Morgan Freeman), Best Supporting Actor (Brad Pitt), Best Supporting Actor (Kevin Spacey) and Best Screenplay (Andrew Kevin Walker) in 1995.

Saltzman Sees...2000 Oscars

2000 Nominees & Award Winners of My Oscars

 

2000 Nominees & Award Winners of My Oscars

• Best Picture

Meet The Parents
Price Of Glory
Remember The Titans
Snatch


• Best Director

Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream)
Guy Ritchie (Snatch)
Ridley Scott (Gladiator)
Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich)


• Best Family Picture

Chicken Run
The Kid
My Dog Skip
Return to Me


• Best Screenplay

Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich)
Gregory Allen Howard (Remember The Titans)
Guy Ritchie (Snatch)
Hubert Selby Jr. (Requeim for a Dream)


• Best Actor

Russell Crowe (Gladiator)
Robert De Niro (Meet The Parents)
Jimmy Smits (Price Of Glory)
Denzel Washington (Remember The Titans)


• Best Actress

Joan Allen (The Contender)
Minnie Driver (Return To Me)
Natalie Portman (Where The Heart Is)
Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich)


• Best Supporting Actor

Alan Ford (Snatch)
Djimon Hounsou (Gladiator)
Eugene Levy (Best in Show)
Brad Pitt (Snatch)


• Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Connelly (Requeim for a Dream)
Bonnie Hunt (Return To Me)
Ashley Judd (Where The Heart Is)
Catherine O'Hara (Best in Show)

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Saltzman Sees...1999 Oscars

1999 Nominees & Award Winners of My Oscars



• Best Picture
• Best Director
• Best Family Picture
• Best Screenplay
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress

The Boondock Saints
Dogma
Fight Club
Office Space


David Fincher (Fight Club)
Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich)
Mike Judge (Office Space)
Kevin Smith (Dogma)


Baby Geniuses
Muppets from Space
Music of the Heart
Toy Story 2


Mitch Albom (Tuesdays with Morrie)
Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich)
Kevin Smith (Dogma)
Jim Uhls (Fight Club)


Edward Norton (Fight Club)
Brad Pitt (Fight Club)
Kevin Spacey (American Beauty)
Denzel Washington (The Hurricane)


Helena Bonham Carter (Fight Club)
Cameron Diaz (Being John Malkovich)
Linda Fiorentino (Dogma)
Rene Russo (The Thomas Crown Affair)


Matt Damon (Dogma)
Jack Lemmon (Tuesdays with Morrie)
John Malkovich (Being John Malkovich)
Alan Rickman (Dogma)


Jennifer Aniston (Office Space)
Irma P. Hall (A Lesson Before Dying)
Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich)
Cicely Tyson (A Lesson Before Dying)

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Saltzman Sees...Snatch (2000)

Snatch was my Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay (Guy Ritchie), & 

Best Supporting Actor (Brad Pitt)

Saltzman Sees...Fight Club (1999)

Fight Club was my Best Picture, Best Actor (Brad Pitt), Best Actress (Helena Bonham Carter) 

and Best Screenplay (Jim Uhls)

Saltzman Sees...Moneyball (2011)

 [Nominated for 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay - Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Best Actor - Brad Pitt and Best Supporting Actor - Jonah Hill, as well as Film Editing and Sound Mixing by the Academy of Arts]


Saltzman Sees... Moneyball is the story of the have-nots and their struggle to compete.  It is the story of Billy Beane, who is trying to find a way to win a rigged game.  His ideas for how to adapt are met with resistance from everyone, including people in his organization.  Ultimately it is a story that says if you believe in something strong enough, it just might work.

Brad Pitt gives a strong performance as Beane, but it certainly is not along the lines of Tyler Durdin in Fight Club or Mickey in Snatch. Brad Pitt's best scene might be his most toned down moment.  When he explains to Jonah Hill's character "Peter Brand" why he decides to stay in Oakland rather than move to Boston, it explains all you ever need to know about Billy Beane.  Pitt's portrayal makes the movie, considering the movie's apex is a 20 game win streak they almost forget to mention.  Hill is also strong as the soft spoken and brilliant "Brand" who is deliberately loosely based on Paul DiPodesta.  This isn't the best baseball movie ever (Field of Dreams, Bull Durham or The Natural) or even the best true story about baseball (The Rookie, Bang the Drum Slowly, A League of Their Own or Eight Men Out) but it was captivating and it was true to the American Pastime.