Apparently, his off-the-cuff speech has boosted interest in his new Warner Bros. movie, Trouble With The Curve.

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Like the hitter in Trouble with the Curve, the company had shortcomings that needed correcting before it could be a true first-round pick.

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In the film Trouble With the Curve, Clint Eastwood plays a long-time baseball scout for the Atlanta Braves who discovers a high-school hitting sensation.

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Trouble with the Curve highlights the problem of overconfidence in decision making, which comes from believing you have more accurate and complete information than you actually do.

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Although it's directed by a proxy (Robert Lorenz was assistant director on "Million Dollar Baby, " "Mystic River" and "Space Cowboys" among others), "Trouble With the Curve" has all the hallmarks of an Eastwood movie in his folksiest mood.

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Clint Eastwood is back doing what he's supposed to be doing in "Trouble With the Curve, " a sentimental baseball saga that is the inverse of "Moneyball" in almost every respect and shows the star's still got what it takes to carry a movie home.

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