Tue, 14 July 2015
What's it like to have your life turned into a movie? The film FOXCATCHER is based on Mark Schultz’s life story and he says it's not exactly what he'd expected. Together with his brother Dave, Mark Shultz built an unprecedented wrestling record. The Schultz brothers won more NCAA, US Open, World, and Olympic titles than any American brother combination in wrestling history. In fact, Mark and Dave are the only two brothers ever to both win an Olympic and a World gold medal. FOXCATCHER was the name given to the wrestling compound that the paranoic, uber-wealthy John DuPont created to “coach” wrestlers although DuPont knew NOTHING about wrestling. Mark Schultz’s brother Dave was ultimately murdered by DuPont and the depiction of that murder in the film is eerily accurate. What else is true and what was altered for the film? Mark Schultz tells his story to Mark Thompson, Heather Ankeny and J. Elvis Weinstein on THE EDGE Here is a link to the website Mark Schultz talks about during the conversation.
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