Foxcatcher - Inspired by Dave Schultz, Mark Shultz, and John du Pont

Inspired By A True Story

January 26, 1996. An Olympian wrestler is gunned down in his own driveway located on Foxcatcher Farm, in front of his wife, for seemingly no reason at all. The perpetrator turns out to be someone of wealth and privilege.

In 2014, Steve Carrell gives a career altering performance as the man who pulled the trigger, starring alongside Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo.

Be careful who you work for, because Foxcatcher was inspired by a true story.

Welcome to Inspired By A True Story, a podcast where every two weeks, our award-winning hosts and film critics discuss the genuine details that have inspired some of the most memorable true crime movies around. Each episode will break down the crime or crimes that inspired a specific film, and then discuss how factual that film is, versus how much is simply Hollywood magic.

Foxcatcher revolves around U.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz as they join Team Foxcatcher, led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, training for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. It should be a time of excitement and glory, yet John's self-destructive behavior threatens to eventually consume them all.

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