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Kathryn’s Moneyball Scenes To Be Extras?

The Collider.com website has posted a video interview they did with Moneyball director Bennett Miller at the Toronto International Film Festival. Bennett is asked about the amount of footage he shot that didn’t make it into the film and whether those scenes would end up as part of the DVD release, either as “deleted scene” extras or a director’s cut restoring it to its original place. His response is that there is around 20 minutes of footage, including “whole storylines”, and that it will likely be used as an extra feature.

Miller doesn’t describe the exact content of these scenes so we don’t know at this stage whether we’ll finally get to see Kathryn in her role as Billy Beane’s second wife Tara. Fingers crossed.

You can see the interview on Collider.com.

Thanks to IcyWinter for the heads-up.

Update (26 Sept): Moneyball has been given a 12A certificate for its UK cinema release.

Sunday’s Mother Is Complete

Sunday Marks image It has been announced that the post-production work on Sunday’s Mother has finished. Film festival and distribution plans are now being formulated.

A sign of having reached this stage is that Sunday’s Mother has got itself a page on the font of all film knowledge: The Internet Movie Database (aka IMDb). It may seem to be a small thing, but it is far from insignificant as, apparently, IMDb will not list short films until they are completed.

Congratulations to the whole Sunday’s Mother team on this achievement.

You can see the film’s IMDb page here. It has been added to the menu on the right of this site.

Sunday’s Mother is a short film starring Kathryn, Chase Ellison, Brian Norris and Riley Smith.

The Ladies Of Moneyball

When it comes to baseball women don’t get much of a look in. When it comes to Moneyball it is all about Brad.

Nicole Sperling of the LA Times has done her homework and recognised that women were originally planned to be far more involved in the movie.

The character of Billy Beane’s daughter (played by Kerris Dorsey) figures extensively in the trailers, so much so that you might believe she has a large role. She doesn’t. Robin Wright, as Beane’s first wife, certainly filmed quite a few scenes and even got to appear on the official website after most cast descriptions only included Brad, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jonah Hill. Only one scene of hers has made it to the big screen.

And we all know what happened to Kathryn’s role. As Nicole puts it:

In fact, director Bennett Miller axed an entire role from the movie — that of Kathryn Morris (“Cold Case”) as Beane’s second ex-wife, Tara Beane.

You can read Nicole’s piece in full here.

Hopefully the good people at Sony Pictures will see fit to include an Extra on the DVD release of Moneyball with same title as this post to showcase the talents of the ladies of Moneyball.

Kathryn Misses The Cut – Update x2

This week a select few cinema goers in the United States have been treated to some early previews of Moneyball.

I have been in contact with a number of people lucky enough to get tickets to the special screenings. Some of them have very kindly helped to answer the question all of us here have: is Kathryn in it?

We reported previously on comments from people that saw a pair of test screenings in March. In the first the result seemed to be that Kathryn only had one scene, with Robin Wright (playing Billy Beane’s first wife) getting two. The second audience research showing reduced those numbers by one each, removing Kathryn completely.

With just three weeks to go until the US release these new preview screenings will likely be of the final version. There won’t be further revisions made.

So, what is the answer to our question? Reports in so far are that something like the 2nd test screening version is the one that is being used for the release. If that is the case it means that Kathryn is not in Moneyball.

That’s a great shame. I’m sure the movie would have benefited from a bit more female involvement.

Thanks, amongst others, to Stacey, Dustin and Clarence for their help.

Update (2 Sept): Sony Pictures have released the full credits for the film, just as they would appear at the end of the movie. Kathryn is not listed, which puts an end to all the speculation and doubt. Neither is Gregor Manns that Kathryn appeared to have filmed with. Also, Moneyball has received a PG-13 rating for the US.

Update (4 Sept): A page of the movie’s credits has been created, you can see it HERE.

Is This Kathryn In Moneyball?

Several TV trailer videos for Moneyball have been released in recent days. One, known as Defy The Odds, might very well contain the first evidence of Kathryn starring in the movie.

Just for a bit of fun I’ve added a simple Yes/No poll below to see if you think it is Kathryn.

The video, now in the Gallery, contains a very brief shot of Brad and a mysterious blonde in what appears to be a restaurant. Brad speaks but we hear nothing from the woman and there are no other shots from the scene in the video. An HD screenshot from the video is in the Gallery.

Based on previous images we’ve seen of Kathryn on set it seems reasonable to jump to the conclusion that it is her. Robin Wright (as Billy Beane’s first wife Sharon) has straight hair and Kerris Dorsey (as his daughter Casey) has a shorter, darker style. The white and black top the lady above is wearing is even in keeping with some of those photos.

Of course, just because a shot is used in a trailer does not mean it will be in the film. Hopefully we will get more concrete information very soon.

We are only two weeks away from the movie’s world première at TIFF and a month away from the general release in north America.
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