Where are the missing seven years in 'Foxcatcher'? - USA TODAY
Editor’s Note : While the film Foxcatcher is based on a widely publicized true story, anyone unfamiliar with the subject matter who hopes to remain that way prior to seeing the film may want to refrain from reading further. It was one of the strangest sports stories of the mid 1990s. U. S. gold medal winning wrestler and coach Dave Schultz was shot point blank on the grounds of a massive suburban Philadelphia estate in January 1996 by John E. du Pont, the... It’s a story that has been the subject of at least three books, the most recent coming from former gold medalist Mark Schultz, who was the first wrestler to train at the estate, known as Foxcatcher Farm, and predated his older brother’s arrival... In that film, which focuses largely on the time period between Mark Schultz’s first meeting with du Pont and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Steve Carell gives an impressively dark performance as du Pont, while Channing Tatum portrays Mark Schultz and... Source: ftw.usatoday.com
