''Team Foxcatcher'' is a 2016
documentary
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
film directed by Jon Greenhalgh telling the story of billionaire
John du Pont
John Eleuthère du Pont (November 22, 1938 – December 9, 2010) was an American multimillionaire philanthropist and convicted murderer. Heir to the du Pont family fortune, he was a published ornithologist, philatelist, conchologist, and sports e ...
's involvement in the shaping of the US Olympic Wrestling Team by building expensive training facilities on his home property, called 'Foxcatcher'. For
Dave Schultz, the United States' most successful wrestler at the time, loyalty to John du Pont would eventually cost him his life.
Cast
* Dan Chaid
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John du Pont
John Eleuthère du Pont (November 22, 1938 – December 9, 2010) was an American multimillionaire philanthropist and convicted murderer. Heir to the du Pont family fortune, he was a published ornithologist, philatelist, conchologist, and sports e ...
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Dave Schultz
* Nancy Schultz
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Valentin Yordanov
Valentin Dimitrov Yordanov (; born January 26, 1960), also transliterated Jordanov, is a retired Bulgarian freestyle wrestler who competed in the up to 52 kg weight class. He is an Olympic gold medalist, seven-time World Champion, seven-ti ...
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2016 documentary films
2016 films
Netflix original documentary films
2010s English-language films
English-language documentary films
Sport wrestling films
Documentary films about sports
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