Team Foxcatcher (2016)

Directed by

Jon Greenhalgh

Genre

documentary film, biographical film, crime film, sport film, historical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 150 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about billionaire John du Pont who built a state-of-the-art wrestling training facility on his estate. It focuses on his relationship with top wrestler Dave Schultz, which ends in Schultz's murder.

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What happens

Team Foxcatcher is a 2016 documentary film directed by Jon Greenhalgh, telling the story of billionaire John du Pont's involvement in the shaping of the US Olympic Wrestling Team by building expensive training facilities on his home property called 'Foxcatcher'. For Dave Schultz, the United States' most successful wrestler at the time, loyalty to John du Pont would eventually cost him his life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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