Foxcatcher -- D: Bennett Miller S: Tatum, Carrell, Ruffalo -- 11/14/14
03-02-13, 11:51 AM
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Foxcatcher -- D: Bennett Miller S: Tatum, Carrell, Ruffalo -- 11/14/14
Director: Bennett Miller (Capote, Moneyball)
Writer: Dan Futterman & Max E Fyre
Cast:
Channing Tatum
Steve Carell
Mark Ruffalo
Sienna Miller
Anthony Michael Hall
Plot: The story of John du Pont, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and killed Olympic wrestler David Schultz.
Writer: Dan Futterman & Max E Fyre
Cast:
Channing Tatum
Steve Carell
Mark Ruffalo
Sienna Miller
Anthony Michael Hall
Plot: The story of John du Pont, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and killed Olympic wrestler David Schultz.
08-01-13, 01:55 AM
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Can't wait for this movie. Bennett Miller. 
Love this...
Love this...
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08-01-13, 09:44 AM
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Re: Foxcatcher -- D: Bennett Miller S: Tatum, Carrell, Ruffalo -- 2013
Mark Ruffalo is alot shorter than I thought. Tatum is like 6 ft, 6'1" maybe. Ruffalo must be 5'5"
08-01-13, 02:53 PM
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I remember seeing this story on the news several years ago. Just another example of romanticizing white criminals.
08-15-13, 10:03 PM
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Release date 12/20/13 by Sony Pictures Classics.
08-20-13, 08:04 PM
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09-04-13, 07:42 PM
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FOXCATCHER, a psychological drama directed by Academy Award® nominee Bennett Miller (MONEYBALL) and starring Golden Globe® winner Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Academy Award®nominee Mark Ruffalo, Academy Award® winner Vanessa Redgrave and Sienna Miller, will have its World Premiere on Friday, November 8 as the Opening Weekend Gala. The film was written by E. Max Frye and Academy Award® nominee Dan Futterman. FOXCATCHER tells the story of Olympic Gold Medal-winning wrestler Mark Schultz (Tatum), who sees a way out from the shadow of his more celebrated wrestling brother Dave (Ruffalo) and a life of poverty when he is summoned by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont (Carell) to move onto his estate and train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Desperate to gain the respect of his disapproving mother, du Pont begins “coaching” a world-class athletic team and, in the process, lures Mark into dangerous habits, breaks his confidence and drives him into a self-destructive spiral. Based on actual events, FOXCATCHER is a gripping and profoundly American story of fragile men who pinned their hopes for love and redemption on a desperate obsession for greatness that was to end in tragedy.
09-05-13, 07:17 AM
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Sounds great and a great cast. Im in.
09-05-13, 10:53 AM
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Re: Foxcatcher -- D: Bennett Miller S: Tatum, Carrell, Ruffalo -- 2013
Who's that guy next to Tatum in that 2nd pic? That's not Carrell is it? If it is, he's got some prosthetics there.
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Re: Foxcatcher -- D: Bennett Miller S: Tatum, Carrell, Ruffalo -- 2013
That fucking nose looks so weird to me. Damn. The film does sound interesting though. Sooooo anyone know much about what really happened for this story? I was 2 and probably watching WWF or Transformers...so I know nothing about this story.
05-19-14, 01:27 PM
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Re: Foxcatcher -- D: Bennett Miller S: Tatum, Carrell, Ruffalo -- 2013
Could a Mod edit the title to include the release date? 11/14/14
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07-02-14, 02:35 PM
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07-03-14, 12:59 PM
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Re: Foxcatcher -- D: Bennett Miller S: Tatum, Carrell, Ruffalo -- 2014
He's a good actor. I just think he's an actor who very much needs a director to direct him. Like he may need to be explained to about how to bring about the inner workings of what needs to be accomplished.
07-03-14, 01:13 PM
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Re: Foxcatcher -- D: Bennett Miller S: Tatum, Carrell, Ruffalo -- 2014
Very good point. Not to mention... he's just been involved in a lot of "fun" movies at the start of his career that didn't really show any range...
10-16-14, 09:42 AM
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Looks really good - and creepy.
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11-15-14, 04:08 PM
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Re: Foxcatcher -- D: Bennett Miller S: Tatum, Carrell, Ruffalo -- 2014
I was super excited for Foxcatcher and this wound up being my most disappointing movie of the year. Video thoughts here:
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Overall I felt the story lacked a lot of substance and interesting plot points. Sure a few noteworthy events occur, but nothing to base an entire movie around. The film drags on with a lot of characters, themes, and scenes which do little to nothing to advance the story. A solid 20-30 minutes could have easily been cut. The acting is good, but nothing all that extraordinary. Was nice to see Steve Carell do something a little different. Overall, if you're really into dark indies and/or wresting movies, give this a shot. For most casual moviewatchers though, I think they're not going to enjoy. 5.0 / 10
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Overall I felt the story lacked a lot of substance and interesting plot points. Sure a few noteworthy events occur, but nothing to base an entire movie around. The film drags on with a lot of characters, themes, and scenes which do little to nothing to advance the story. A solid 20-30 minutes could have easily been cut. The acting is good, but nothing all that extraordinary. Was nice to see Steve Carell do something a little different. Overall, if you're really into dark indies and/or wresting movies, give this a shot. For most casual moviewatchers though, I think they're not going to enjoy. 5.0 / 10
11-15-14, 04:16 PM
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Sounds like it's slow burn clinical, like Capote and Moneyball.
11-15-14, 04:29 PM
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Re: Foxcatcher -- D: Bennett Miller S: Tatum, Carrell, Ruffalo -- 2014
maybe I don't remember Moneyball too well but... I don't remember it being "clinical" of a film.
11-16-14, 08:12 AM
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Re: Foxcatcher -- D: Bennett Miller S: Tatum, Carrell, Ruffalo -- 2014
saw this last weekend - Steve Carell will definitely be nominated - he gives such an eerie nuanced acting job