Team Foxcatcher
Exclusive footage reveals the inner workings of the Foxcatcher wrestling facility and founder John du Pont’s descent from philanthropist to murderer and recounts the paranoid downward spiral of John E. du Pont and the murder of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz.
5 June 1959, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
October 25, 1948 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA
13 October 1925, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, UK
6 June 1959, Palo Alto, California, USA
14 July 1913, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
5 May 1959, Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA
June 5, 1959 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
April 15, 2016
It's the absence of Dave's brother and athletic partner, Mark, that most glaringly sticks out in director Jon Greenhalgh's film. That incompleteness is a nagging issue throughout, though it shouldn't hinder this otherwise sterling documentary's appeal ...
May 09, 2016
Team Foxcatcher hold up by itself like a great documentary about John du Pont and the events that transpired on the Foxcatcher farm, but it also complements greatly what we saw in the movie Foxcatcher. [Full review in Spanish]
April 28, 2016
It's a straightforward documentary and a good one for those who haven't already spent enough time with this strange, unsettling story.
April 26, 2016
The tense, nerve-racking score and our own knowledge of the outcome gives the events a sense of doomed inevitability.
March 21, 2017
In his directorial debut, Jon Greenhalgh presents a focused account of the events leading up to Dave's death at the hands of millionaire John Du Pont, owner of the exclusive, titular Pennsylvania wrestling facility, Team Foxcatcher.
April 29, 2016
The fictionalized Foxcatcher film had an eagle-eyed focus on du Pont's relationship with Schultz's brother Mark. With that removed, Team Foxcatcher showcases the collective guilt and complicity of innocent people.
