Foxcatcher

Foxcatcher is a 2014 American biographical sports and true crime drama film produced and directed by Bennett Miller. Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, the film stars Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo. The films plot is loosely based on the events surrounding multimillionaire E.I. du Pont family heir and wrestling enthusiast John E. du Ponts 1986 recruitment of 1984 U.S. Olympic gold medalist wrestlers Mark Schultz and his older brother Dave to help coach U.S. wrestlers for participation in national, world, and Olympic competition, and the subsequent murder of Dave by du Pont in January 1996. Although the films action is largely set at du Ponts nowbrokenup 800acre suburban Philadelphia estate Foxcatcher Farm, the majority of the movie was filmed in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

Olympic wrestling champion Mark Schultz Channing Tatum speaks at an elementary school in place of his older brother, Dave Mark Ruffalo. N Both are Olympic gold medal winners, but Mark feels overshadowed by Dave. Mark is contacted by philanthropist and wrestling enthusiast John E. du Pont Steve Carell, an heir to the E.I. du Pont family fortune, who arranges to fly Mark to his estate in Pennsylvania where du Pont has built a private wrestling training facility. Du Pont invites Mark to join his wrestling team, Team Foxcatcher, to be paid to train for the World Championship. Mark accepts the offer, with du Pont urging him to enlist Dave as well. Dave declines for the sake of his wife and two children, who are settled where they live, so Mark moves to Pennsylvania alone. NMark stays in a homey guest house The Chalet and is greeted there later in the night by du Pont. N Through training with his new teammates and du Ponts financial support, Mark excels with Foxcatcher, winning a Gold Medal at the 1987 World Wrestling Championships. Du Pont praises him, and they develop a friendship. Du Pont introduces Mark to cocaine, which he starts to use regularly. He confides in Mark, whom he now calls a true friend, telling him how his mother, Jean du Pont Vanessa Redgrave, paid a boy to act as his friend. Jean tells her son that she believes wrestling is a low sport and does not like seeing him being low. One day, Mark and his teammates in Foxcatcher take the morning off from training to watch mixed martial arts MMA on TV. Angered by this as well as Marks insistence that his brother will not join Team Foxcatcher, du Pont verbally and physically rebuffs him, saying that he will enlist Dave by any means necessary. ........

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