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He did so as a tribute to his father, William du Pont, Jr., who had used the name Foxcatcher for his racing stable in the 1920s. "I took an assistant coaching job at Villanova" (Mark Schultz Facebook Page). All the actors did an incredible job, I thought." Watch a John du Pont interview to compare Steve Carell's performance to the real du Pont.

He wrote:

"Leaving the audience with a feeling that somehow there could have been a sexual relationship between du Pont and I is a sickening and insulting lie. Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo portray Olympic wrestlers and brothers Mark Schultz and David Schultz, who were recruited by du Pont to be part of his wrestling team.

After discovering that some critics were indeed interpreting the scene this way, the real Mark Schultz slammed the movie and its director. Dave Schultz's brother Mark, his father, and his wife Nancy Schultz reflect on the Olympic wrestling legend, calling him the man with "10,000 best friends." Photos and home movies of Dave are shown.

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In the late '80s, he set up a training facility on his 800-acre estate, which he called Foxcatcher Farm. For the exterior of the home seen in the movie, the filmmakers used Morven Park, an estate in Leesburg, Virginia. He, not Mark, was the closest thing John du Pont had to a friend. Mark Ruffalo (left) portrays Dave Schultz in the movie.

How did Mark Schultz learn that his brother Dave had been murdered by John du Pont?

"In 1996, I was the head coach at Brigham Young University," says Mark Schultz, "and I got a call from my dad.

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Eric Eisenberg is the Assistant Managing Editor at CinemaBlend. As a rather emotionally weak, fragile person in search of a father figure, Schultz finds himself in a largely subservient position with his coach; and John uses his relationship with wrestler so that he can feel some semblance of power after a lifetime of being dressed down by his cold, stoic mother.

His paternal grandfather, William du Pont, had a replica of James Madison's Virginia house, Montpelier, built for them. (NY Daily News). If you haven't seen the film and don't wish to be spoiled, please click over to another one of our wonderful articles.

Anyone who has seen Bennett Miller's spectacular drama Foxcatcher will agree that the relationship between Channing Tatum's Mark Schultz and Steve Carrell's John du Pont is...

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The mirror had been covered with a plastic sheath to protect Tatum, "But he punched that thing with his head three times and shattered it," says director Bennett Miller, "and put his head through it and through the frame behind the mirror and through the drywall that the mirror was hanging on and left a divot two inches deep.

"I watched it with my daughter Danielle, in the screening room . See video of Mark Schultz's UFC 9 fight. The journey ended on January 26, 1996 when John du Pont murdered David Schultz.

The real Dave and Mark Schultz celebrate their 1984 Olympic gold medal wins (left). The interior scenes were shot at Wilpen Hall in Sewickley, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh.

The real Foxcatcher Estate (top) pictured in 1996 following the murder, and Morven Park (bottom), the Leesburg, Virginia estate used for the exterior shots in the movie.

Does David Schultz's widow approve of the movie?

Yes.

Their relationship with du Pont ended in tragedy on January 26, 1996.