Thanks to the heated news and awards attention it has received in recent weeks, it's unlikely that anyone will find themselves watching Foxcatcher without a working knowledge of its headline-grabbing background. Yet when I Thanks to the heated news and awards attention it has received in recent weeks, it's unlikely that anyone will find themselves … Read more
The whole ambitious operation, despite his scowling mother's disapproval, would be named after his family estate, Foxcatcher Farms. As anyone familiar with his story will know, the metaphorical fox that DuPont was chasing through his wrestling endeavor Foxcatcher has opened in cinemas to a rapture of critical acclaim. The story is centred around John DuPont … Read more
Together Mr. Frye and Mr. Futterman earned an Oscar nod for their screenplay for “Foxcatcher,” the director Bennett Miller's account of the twisted relationship between the chemical heir John E. du Pont (Steve Carell) and the Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo both earned nominations this week for their roles in Foxcatcher. It's based on the … Read more
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Together Mr. Frye and Mr. Futterman earned an Oscar nod for their screenplay for “Foxcatcher,” the director Bennett Miller's account of the twisted relationship between the chemical heir John E. du Pont (Steve Carell) and the Nancy Schultz tells Elizabeth Day the extraordinary story of the brutal murder of her husband, now the subject of … Read more
Thanks to the heated news and awards attention it has received in recent weeks, it's unlikely that anyone will find themselves watching Foxcatcher without a working knowledge of its headline-grabbing background. Yet when I Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo give career-best performances in the horribly magnificent true story of the billionaire who mentored … Read more
The prosthetic nose that Steve Carell wears to portray multimillionaire John du Pont in the biographical true-crime drama “Foxcatcher” is both realistic and symbolic. It reproduces, with somewhat exaggerated accuracy, the impressive patrician proboscis Bennett Miller's "Foxcatcher" (opening Friday locally), in which du Pont tragically befriends Olympic wrestler brothers Mark (Channing Tatum) and Dave (Ruffalo) … Read more
Nancy Schultz tells Elizabeth Day the extraordinary story of the brutal murder of her husband, now the subject of the film Foxcatcher, starring Steve Carell. Executive producer Michael Coleman says he once pitched Foxcatcher to Brian Grazer in the bathroom of a Brazilian resort, where Grazer was on an all-guy vacation in 2003 with such … Read more
Thanks to the heated news and awards attention it has received in recent weeks, it's unlikely that anyone will find themselves watching Foxcatcher without a working knowledge of its headline-grabbing background. Yet when I 2ND UPDATE: Last night, Deadline broke news that a Tweet generated under the Warner Bros Digital banner slammed rival Oscar pic … Read more
Yet despite this terrific acting (or because of it), “Foxcatcher” is a squirm-worthy experience. We know going in that it will end badly, but Carell and writer/director Bennett Miller (“Capote,” “Moneyball”) up the ante by creating a mood of queasy Thanks to the heated news and awards attention it has received in recent weeks, it's … Read more