The film was nominated for five Oscars at the 2015 Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Carell, Best Supporting Actor for Ruffalo and Best Director for Miller. The film had three Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for Carell, and Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Ruffalo. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where Miller won the Best Director Award.

wrestlers for participation in national, world, and Olympic competition, and the subsequent murder of David Schultz by du Pont in January 1996.įoxcatcher received critical acclaim for the three lead actors' performances, Miller's direction, and the film's visual style and tone. Olympic gold medalist wrestlers, Mark Schultz and his older brother David, to help coach U.S. du Pont family heir and wrestling enthusiast John du Pont's 1986 recruitment of two 1984 U.S.

The film's plot is loosely based on the events surrounding multimillionaire E.I. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, the film stars Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo. Foxcatcher is a 2014 American biographical psychological sports film

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