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Foxcatcher

Year:
Duration:
129 min
Genres:
Biography | Drama | Sport
IMDB rate:
7.2
Director:
Bennett Miller
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 40 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2015-01-16
Filming Locations: Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania, USA
Earnings
Gross: $12,000,000 (USA) (22 February 2015)
Cast
Actor
Character
Steve Carell
John du Pont
Channing Tatum
Mark Schultz
Mark Ruffalo
David Schultz
Sienna Miller
Nancy Schultz
Vanessa Redgrave
Jean du Pont
Anthony Michael Hall
Jack
Guy Boyd
Henry Beck
Brett Rice
Fred Cole
Jackson Frazer
Alexander Schultz
Samara Lee
Danielle Schultz
Francis J. Murphy III
Wayne Kendall
Jane Mowder
Rosie
David Bennett
Documentary Director
Lee Perkins
Corporal Daly
Robert Haramia
Banquet Guest
Daniel Hilt
Roberto Garcia
Bryan Cook
Ben Langer
David Zabriskie
Dan Bane
Zach Rey
Foxcatcher Wrestler #1
Reece Humphrey
Foxcatcher Wrestler #2
J.D. Bergman
Foxcatcher Wrestler #3
Corey Jantzen
Foxcatcher Wrestler #4
Frederick Feeney
Seoul Referee
Mark Schultz
Weigh-in Official #1
Lee Kemp
Weigh-in Official #2
Jake Herbert
Mark's Opponent at Trials
Donald Modrick
Front Gate Guard
Gabrielle Burton
School Secretary
Kevin Cooke
Photographer
Richard E. Chapla Jr.
Broiler Hut Cashier
Bill Ehrin
Broiler Hut Patron
Roger Callard
Helicopter Pilot
Dan Anders
General
Barry Vlanich
D.C. Partygoer
Sam Brehm
Hank Church
Stan Dziedzic
USA Wrestling Rep #1
David Miller
USA Wrestling Rep #2
Bruce Baumgartner
USA Wrestling Rep #3
Joe Russo
Olympic Trials Referee
Ken Williams
Coach Ken
Gene Mills
Worlds Referee
John C. Baxter
Worlds Announcer
Rick Steigerwald
Wexler Trainer
Mark Snider
MMA Referee
Jazz Securo
MMA Announcer
Corey Walker
MMA Backstage Official
Alan Oppenheimer
Du Pont Dynasty Narrator
Eberley Adams
Spectator (uncredited)
Nicholas Augusta
Wrestler (uncredited)
Apollo Bacala
Group A Olympic Fan (uncredited)
Jason Baker
Spectator (uncredited)
Gabriel Fiorindo Bellotti
Russian Wrestler (uncredited)
Greg Black
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Matt Black
Spectator (uncredited)
Todd Bobenrieth
World Security / Trainer / American Fan (uncredited)
Troy Bogdan
Airport / Fan / Usher (uncredited)
Kim Bordwine
Fight Fan (uncredited)
Robert Braund
Ballroom extra (uncredited)
Brian Briggs
World Wrestling Organization / event staff (uncredited)
Jake Brinskele
Wrestler (uncredited)
Rick Burk
Helicopter officer (uncredited)
Mitch Cleaver
Spectator (uncredited)
Patrick Conner
Banquet Patron / Olympics Judge (uncredited)
Lou Charles Consolo
Fight manager (uncredited)
John Dannug
Ringside MMA Match Spectator (uncredited)
Mark Falvo
Olympic Judge / USA National Wrestling VIP / International Wrestling Judge / MMA Spectator (uncredited)
Susan Feldbusch
Gala Guest (uncredited)
Joe Fishel
UFC / MMA Trainer (uncredited)
Jim Fitzgerald
Gala Guest / U.S. Wrestling Judge (uncredited)
Eric Frank
Fight Fan (uncredited)
Patty Fromm
Gala Guest (uncredited)
Stephanie Garvin
Gala Guest (uncredited)
Mark Gazica
Wrestling Fan (uncredited)
Vito Grassi
Trainer (uncredited)
Brian Green
Referee (uncredited)
Richard Guesman
Gala guest / wrestling official / cage match photographer (uncredited)
Ryan Gunnarson
USA wrestler (uncredited)
Wade Guthrie
Foxcatcher Wrestler (uncredited)
B.J. Halsall
Spectator (uncredited)
Shannon M. Hart
Dignitary (uncredited)
James Howard
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Linda Marie Howell
Spectator (uncredited)
Tracy Dee Howell
Doctor (uncredited)
Sherry Hudak
Wrestling Spectator (uncredited)
John W. Iwanonkiw
Russian Fighter Manager (uncredited)
Chris Jameson
Olympic Wrestler / Journalist (uncredited)
Jesse Jantzen
Jesse (uncredited)
Sam Juergens
Wrestling Coach (uncredited)
Christopher Kaczmarek
Gala Guest / Fan (uncredited)
William Kania
Wealthy Conservative Donor (uncredited)
Danny G. Kelly
Wrestling Referee (uncredited)
Bill Kennedy
Olympic Referee & MMA fan (uncredited)
Sharyn Kmieciak
Fundraiser Guest & Seoul Olympics Fan (uncredited)
Casey LaRocco
MMA Ring Doctor (uncredited)
Kris Leiter
Olympic Dignitary (uncredited)
Wayne Leya
Gala Guest (uncredited)
Jay Lindsay
Wrestling Fan (uncredited)
James Lloyd
Wrestling Fan (uncredited)
Scott Lockhart
WWO Official / Gala Guest (uncredited)
Christine Magda
Seoul Olympics Spectator (uncredited)
Laurie Mann
Party Goer #3 (uncredited)
Barbie Marie
Spectator (uncredited)
Jojo Marko
Diner (uncredited)
Frank McAleavey
Olympic Mat Offical / Referee (uncredited)
Chris McCail
Fundraiser (uncredited)
David Dale McCue
Newtown Township Police Officer (uncredited)
Tiffany Sander McKenzie
Gala Guest (uncredited)
F. Robert McMurray
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Terri Middleton
Diner (uncredited)
Ernie Minera
Wrestling / Airport Passenger (uncredited)
Susan Moran
Fundraiser Guest (uncredited)
Paul Nandzik
Olympic Wrestling Judge (uncredited)
Phil Nardozzi
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Jeffrey Neil
Reporter (uncredited)
Melinda Neyman
Olympic wrestling spectator (uncredited)
Don Nowacki
Olympic Judge (uncredited)
Jackson Nunn
Spectator (uncredited)
Michael Paradise
Usa Wrestler (uncredited)
Edward Pfeifer
Wrestling VIP / Spectator (uncredited)
Eliot Preschutti
Journalist (uncredited)
Gabe Proietti
Spectator (uncredited)
Brent Reichert
Channel 3 News Reporter / Gala Guest (uncredited)
John D. Reilly
Event Staff (uncredited)
Donald Ribarchak
Russian fighter manager #2 (uncredited)
George W Richardson
Olympic Wrestling Official (uncredited)
Chris Roark
USA Wrestler (uncredited)
Earl Rorer
Coach Team Canada (uncredited)
Lynda Santa
Spectator (uncredited)
Robert B. Schneider IV
Waiter / Spectator (uncredited)
Christina Shaffer
Fundraiser Gala Guest (uncredited)
Zoe Simek
MMA Cage Fighting Fan (uncredited)
Daniela Simms
Waitress (uncredited)
Julie Simon
Spectator (uncredited)
Douglas Slygh
Gala guest (uncredited)
Josh Tippey
Bulgarian Wrestler (uncredited)
Jovanna Valladares
Wrestling Spectator (uncredited)
Debbie Vogel
Gala Guest (uncredited)
Mike Walker
World Press photographer (Dan Fullerton) (uncredited)
Bradley Walkowiak
Young Coach (uncredited)
Laura Welsh
Wrestling Fan (uncredited)
James Werley
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Frank Wilson
Limo / Olympic Official / Gala Guest (uncredited)
Lisa Y. Wong
Airport / Event Staff (uncredited)
Abigail Wylie
Fight Fan (uncredited)
Theresa Wylie
Gala Guest / Fan (uncredited)
Eric Yeckley
Ballot Runner (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Mark Ruffalo gained 30lbs for his role in this film.
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According to Channing Tatum, he and Mark Ruffalo spent an intensive five to six months training for wrestling, which had taken its toll on the actors. During one particularly physical take, Channing insisted to Ruffalo "to just slap the shit out of me and get it over with", which resulted in Channing's eardrum accidentally getting popped. The take is in the film.
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This is the third consecutive Bennett Miller film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role after Phillip Seymour Hoffman's win for Capote and Brad Pitt's nomination for Moneyball.
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Goofs
The helicopter used in a number of scenes (having taken place in 1988) was a Bell 407 which was not in production until 1995.
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When the wrestling team is watching the Ultimate Fighting Championship in his house it is 1987. The Ultimate Fighting Championship didn't air until 1993 and that specific fight didn't air until 1996.
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When John du Pont enters the darkened gym there's a ceiling tile lifted/out of place. After the camera returns from a cut to him, back to the gym, the ceiling tile is in place.
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Quotes
Mark Schultz: I just don't wanna let you down.
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David Schultz: You are not alone in this. I am your brother and I love you.
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John du Pont: Mark, we as a nation have failed to honor you. I want to see this country soar again.
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Faq
Q
Why did John DuPont kill Dave Schultz?
A
The answer, in reality, is difficult to define because DuPont himself never gave a motive other than insanity. Given his erratic nature in the months leading up to the shooting, it was likely alcoholism and paranoia from cocaine psychosis that drove him to shoot Dave.In the film, however, much of the plot is spent building motives. When DuPont starts the wrestling program, he is clearly a dilettante, using his considerable resources to cultivate wrestlers out of misguided patriotism, self-indulgence, and self-glorification. In Mark, he sees a kindred spirit: Mark was largely raised by his brother Dave, trained by him, and apparently incapable of escaping his shadow. DuPont was also without a father at an early age, and is unable to escape the shadow of his family's cultural identity. Their conversation in the first third of the film points to Mark seeking a surrogate father, and DuPont, having realized his only childhood friend was as a result of his mother paying the groundskeeper for his obedience, desperately wants to be important to someone.When Mark first introduces DuPont to Dave in his hotel room, DuPont sees the he has a wife and children who love him, and he is happy. It is clear in this interaction that DuPont is uncomfortable, and it can be supposed that DuPont's inability to understand Dave's happiness is both irksome and confusing for him. This is examined further when DuPont visits Dave's family at his house on Foxcatcher in an attempt to integrate himself in Dave's life. Being politely rebuffed by Dave reflects DuPont's mother's cold indifference to him; he is lonely, unloved, and incapable of buying or sustaining a family life.When DuPont leaves the hotel room, Mark takes up for him in his absence, driving a wedge between Mark and Dave. Later, DuPont's mother intimates that wrestling is beneath him, leaving him deeply wounded. Having felt that the wrestling team would impress her enough to validate or escape the shadow of his heritage, he takes out his frustration by exploding on Mark, hiring Dave 'no matter the cost', thus indicating that his brother is a better man. If DuPont, who can be just as cold as his mother, can't escape his shadow, he feels Mark shouldn't escape his either. Later, DuPont attempts to impress his mother by showing off with the wrestlers, but she sees through this simple facade and blatantly dismisses him, further destroying any hope of DuPont validating his indulgence.When Dave arrives at Foxcatcher, DuPont realizes that he destroyed his relationship with Mark, and throughout the rest of the film, he clearly wishes to repair that bond; this is understood when DuPont attempts to observe and encourage Mark's workouts, join in with his radical weight loss following his eating binge, and insist on being in Mark's corner during the 1988 Olympics. During this time, DuPont sees Mark and Dave drawing closer together and cannot understand how their familial bond was so easily repaired. When Dave insists that Mark cannot stay at Foxcatcher, DuPont is crushed to see that Mark hates him, and that he may have incidentally encouraged Mark's reconciliation with Dave. He can't even look at either of them when Dave negotiates for Mark to leave.Finally, DuPont views the fluff documentary he commissioned to ensure him that his self-glorification was validated, and towards the documentary's conclusion, Mark embraces DuPont after 1987 World Championship victory, giving DuPont the closest thing to validation he's ever felt. Reflecting on their friendship, his coldness toward Mark, Mark's repaired bond with Dave, and the fact that he pushed Mark away by inviting Dave to Foxcatcher, he decides that he has only one course of action: kill Dave. This decision could either be predicated on destroying Mark and Dave's bond, eliminating Dave so that Mark can be his own man, or both. Either way, DuPont sees removing Dave as paramount to repairing his bond with Mark.When DuPont drives up to Dave's estate and asks if Dave has 'a problem' with him, he refers to the fact that Dave never let him into his family, echoing the same betrayal he felt when he found Mark goofing off, and when he saw Dave and Mark shutting him out. In much the same way he exploded on Mark, he shoots Dave and drives away, perhaps oblivious to the repercussions of his actions; his wealth has given him a lifetime of isolation and indulgence, forever trapping him in the illusion that his excesses, no matter what the end, were beyond reproach.
Q
Is "Foxcatcher" a 'true story' ?
A
Bennett Miller's "Foxcatcher" (2014) claims to be based on true events, but characters and relationships were either changed, merged or made up while other important people involved in the real-life events were deliberately omitted.The film begins with this claim written on the screen:"The following is based on a true story."At the end there is a longer text hidden in the credits that limits the film's accuracy claims:"This motion picture is based on true events. However, some of the characters, names, businesses and certain locations and events have been fictionalized for dramatization purposes, and any similarity to any person living today is purely coincidental and unintentional."Mark Schultz, the 1984 Olympic gold medal winner and 2-time World champion (1985, 1987) in freestyle wrestling, is the main subject of the film and a living person today whose name was not changed for the film, therefore similarities to him are not coincidental and clearly intentional.Mark Schultz publicly disapproved of the film, especially Bennett Miller's direction, but complimented the actors. Schultz strongly objects to many misrepresentations in the film especially concerning the fictitious character portraits and the fictitious relationships.Schultz later apologized for the criticism, claiming on his personal Twitter:"I apologize to you before the world, Bennett," Schultz tweeted, adding he felt "terrible" for how he had treated him. "Bennett Miller is the greatest director ever. 3rd time's the charm. He's due an Oscar." Miller has previously been nominated for directing Capote and Moneyball.Schultz wrote that the film is a "miracle" and that he regretted saying he hated it. "I think the problem I had was the context of the movie," Schultz continued. "It's what happened was so hard. My brother's murder. My career ruined."A comparison (with pictures) between the reported facts and the film's different representation is available here.
Q
What was director Bennett Miller's intention ?
A
According to an interview with 'Vulture' from Aug. 25th 2014, it was director Bennett Miller's intention to create a "cult narrative" by shaping (and fictionalizing) the real-life source material:"[Bennett] Miller saw the closed-off universe of wrestling, repressed homoeroticism, dynastic wealth, and drug abuse as, among other things, a narrative of a cult. Youve got all the essential ingredientsa disaffected community in these wrestlers who are unrecognized and unrewarded. A charismatic leader who belongs to another sect that speaks to them. A utopian vision. A geographical separation from the outer world, literally, by a gate in which their own order is permitted to be honored. And an underbelly of violence, because the natural course of a cult narrative is to end in flames."You can read the full article here.
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