Billy Beane

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Moneyball (2011).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Moneyball (2011), which they were tied to as real-life subject: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Moneyball (the host's read). The film points toward the next wave of dramas that happen to be about sports.
    “And Friday Night Lights is moving us toward this kind of next iteration of whatever that was, and it's leading to stuff like money ball and win-win and like dramas that also happen to be about sports.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:16:15 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

No claims join them to a film or another person.

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Billy Beane: He has not won a World Series, is no longer GM, and the A's no longer play in Oakland, yet the movie still has a sentimental hold.
    “Billy Bean still has not won a World Series.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:05:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)