Foxcatcher

This film contains some violent scenes.

SLOW CELLO DRONES

WISTFUL PIANO MELODY

HEAVY THUDS AND GRUNTS

HE PANTS

CHILDREN SHOUTING

PHONE RINGS

PHONE RINGS

Hello.

Thank you for...

giving me the opportunity to talk to you today.

My name is Mark Schultz.

I want to talk about America...

..and I want to tell you why I wrestle.

This is an Olympic gold medal.

I won this,

three years ago,

at the 23rd Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California.

This is more than just...

some piece of metal.

It's about what the metal represents.

The virtues it requires to attain it.

20 dollars...

and zero cents.

Is it Dave or David?

No, it's Mark.

Mark Schultz.

Um...

Yeah, Dave's my brother.

-Oh.

-He was originally scheduled.

PHONE RINGS

OK.

We both won golds.

Make it the works. Black coffee.

-For here?

-Yes.

Number two, number three...here.

DISTANT ROLL OF THUNDER

-MUFFLED:

-Please, come, coach.

-We don't want to put any pressure on you right now.

I know you gotta think it through and all that...

-I get it. I appreciate it.

-You know, get back to us.

-That's why I didn't wrestle him.

-I remember that. Didn't you miss that match?

-I missed that match.

INAUDIBLE

DOOR OPENS

Hey, Mark!

You know the guys from USA Wrestling.

-Mark...how's it goin'?

-Fred, Bruce, Greg.

Hey, Mark.

Well... All right. Just, uh, give us, give us a call.

-Appreciate it, Bruce.

-Great.

-Thanks for comin' all this way. Thank you.

-All right, man.

-See ya.

-OK.

-Hey...have a good workout.

-Thank you.

Hey, buddy.

You all right?

Hey, you been callin' my machine and hangin' up?

What?

Come on.

What do you mean?

-Somebody's leavin' hang-ups on my machine.

-Come on!

How you doin', buddy?

You all right?

OK.

Mark. Come on.

Put your hips in.

Keep your hips in, Mark.

DAVE GRUNTS

Same time tomorrow?

Yeah.

What'd the USA Wrestling guys want?

We're talkin' about me doing some coaching...

in Colorado.

Hey.

Gimme a hug.

CAR DOOR SHUTS

DOOR SHUTS

GAME BEEPS QUIETLY

PHONE RINGS

GAME BEEPS

Hello?

'Hello, may I speak with Mark Schultz?'

Speaking.

'Um...

'Mark Schultz the Olympic wrestler?'

Yeah. Who is this?

'I'm calling on behalf of Mr John E du Pont.

'Mr du Pont has been anxious to get in touch with you.'

Who?

'John E du Pont, of the du Pont family.

'Mr du Pont asks that you please consider taking a day off training

'to come out to Foxcatcher Farms,

'so you men can meet face-to-face.'

About what?

'He'd like to discuss it in person in Pennsylvania.

'If I may, I'd like to make travel arrangements for you, Mr Schultz.

'First class, of course.'

Uh, who did you say again?

'John E du Pont...

'..of the du Pont family.'

'Welcome to Philadelphia International Airport...'

Mark.

Mr du Pont wanted to fly you himself today.

At the last minute, he got called in

by the Newtown Square Police Department...

..for tactical support.

He should be back at the estate by the time we get there, though.

By the way, that's Valley Forge below you.

This is the library.

-Mr du Pont should be here with you in a few minutes.

-OK.

Mark!

John du Pont.

Thrilled. Thrilled that you're here.

Let's go downstairs.

We call this the trophy room...

for obvious reasons.

Have a seat.

How was your flight?

-Uh, it was good.

-Good.

-Thank you.

Can I get you something to eat or drink?

Uh, no. No, I'm good. Thank you.

I could have them...

whip you up something?

No, sir. I'm... I'm fine.

Good.

Well...I know how busy you must be.

I assume you're training for the Worlds?

-Yes, sir.

-Good.

It's a big one.

How is training?

It's good. Um...

it's intense.

We're in two-a-days.

Um...conditioning and weights in the morning.

And, uh, technique and...

we wrestle in the evenings.

Mm. That's good.

-Get yourself prepared.

-Mm-hm.

Work hard.

You look good. You look strong.

-Fit.

-Thank you, sir.

Feeling confident?

Mm-hm.

That's... That's one of the most important elements,

of entering a match, is feeling the confidence.

Knowing that you're going to win.

Feeling it inside.

If you get... If you go to a match

KNOWING that you're going to win that match,

odds are you're going to win...

that match.

And you're training with...

-your brother, Dave?

-Yes, sir.

-The great Dave Schultz?

-Yeah.

-And I'm talking to the great Mark Schultz.

Do you have any idea why I asked you to come here today?

-No.

-No.

Well, Mark...

..do you have...? Do you have any idea who I am?

No. No.

Some rich guy

calls you on the phone.

"I want Mark Schultz to come visit me."

Well, I'm a...

I'm a wrestling coach.

And I have a...

..deep love...

..of the sport of wrestling.

And I wanted to speak with you about your future.

About what you hope to achieve.

What DO you hope to achieve, Mark?

Um, well...

..I want to be the best in the world.

I want to go to Worlds and win gold.

I want to go to the...

..the '88 Olympics in Seoul...

and win gold.

Good.

I'm proud of you.

Are you getting the support that you need?

Wha...? What do you mean, sir?

Well, you know how the Soviets support THEIR wrestlers.

I do.

Mark, we as a nation have failed to honour you.

And that's a problem.

Not just for you, but...

for our society.

When we fail to honour that which should be honoured...

..it's a problem.

It's a canary in a coal mine.

Do you bird-watch?

-Uh, no.

-You can learn a lot from birds. I'm an ornithologist.

But more importantly, I am a patriot.

And I want to see this country soar again.

I want that, too.

I can see that.

MARK CHUCKLES

I'd like us to go to Seoul...

..stun the world.

What do you think?

3,000 men died here.

These patriots

were willing to give up everything...

..including their lives...

..for freedom.

I like to come here...

..to remind myself what really matters.

We're going to do great things, Mark.

Great things.

Yes, sir.

RADIO PLAYS FAINTLY

-Hey, Mark.

-Hey.

-Can I...

-Hey, Mark.

-..talk to you for a second?

-Yeah.

-Do you mind if he talks to me for a minute?

-No...no, I don't.

Here! Do somethin'.

The country is...lost, their morals and values, and the kids are lost

and they don't have any role models and heroes, and I agreed with him.

-Mm-hm.

-Everything he was saying, I...

I couldn't believe he was saying the stuff that I was,

it was in my head all the time.

Did you guys talk, did you talk money?

-Yeah, yeah.

-What's he talking?

-You ready?

-Mmm!

25,000 a year.

He said, "Name your price,"

-and I just said the highest price that was in my head.

-Mm.

And... And we get to hand-pick our team.

Who are you gonna train with?

No. No, we...

I meant "we", as in me and you,

together, picking a team.

Mr du Pont and I would love to have you.

CHILD SQUEALS

Mark, what's, uh...?

What's he get outta all this?

-Mr du Pont?

-Yeah.

America winning.

You winning. We talked about you.

Me winning.

-OK.

-What are you th...?

What are you thinking about, Dave?

This is it.

This is everything that we've...

that we've ever wanted.

Mark, I can't leave.

I... I'm settled here.

Nancy's happy.

Xander's doin' well at school.

They can come.

Mark.

I got a contract.

I got commitments.

That's great for you.

I should just pass this up to be your training partner?

Mark.

Mark.

This could be a real good thing for you.

I'm proud of you.

I think you can make somethin' real good for yourself here.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

I love you, Mark.

BIRDS CHIP, HORSES WHINNY

Hi.

Is, uh...Mr du Pont home?

Is Mr du Pont expecting you?

Yes, ma'am.

Not at this exact moment, but...

you know, this week sometime.

I'm Mark Schultz.

Have a seat here... for a moment.

I, um, need to...

Do you have a commode?

Or like a washroom, or something I could...?

-Just in there to the left.

-Thank you.

SPLASHING

Mr Beck will see you now.

I'm... I'm sorry. Who?

All right. How old are you, Mark?

27.

Education?

University of Oklahoma.

-Undergraduate?

-Mm-hm.

-And you graduated?

-Yes, sir.

-Do you own any property, Mark?

-No.

Are your parents still together?

No.

How old were you when they separated?

Two.

Who raised you?

Well, we moved around a lot.

But my brother...mainly.

OK.

-Mark, have you ever been accused of a crime?

-No, sir.

DOOR OPENS

I...

-Mr du Pont.

-Oh...you're here.

Yes, I drove straight down.

Tonight's speech.

OK.

So, they're putting him in the chalet?

-Yes, sir.

-Oh.

Excellent bed.

Good mattress. Firm.

-That's great.

-All right.

-Thank you.

-All right. Good.

BIRDS CHIRP

Utilities are paid for. Gas, electric, water.

Kitchen, dining room. Refrigerator's fully stocked.

Office.

There's a key for you.

Thank you.

The gym is close.

You can almost see it.

Couple hundred yards up to the right is the big house,

in case you ever get invited to dinner up there.

Otherwise, it is off-limits.

OK.

Also...

the horses that you saw on the way in?

They all belong to Mr du Pont's mother.

They're all world-class animals.

They're also off-limits.

Here's your history of the du Pont dynasty.

One more thing.

Just between you and me.

If you happen to see Mrs du Pont...

just give her privacy.

Yeah, of course.

Anything else I can get you?

No. No, no, I'm fine.

Well, I think that's it.

Have a good night.

You, too.

'Du Pont.

'A dynasty of wealth and power.

'America's need for ammunition

'enabled the family to amass a fortune

'and grow their company into what is,

'today, the largest chemical corporation in the world.'

MARCHING MUSIC PLAYS

EXPLOSIONS

FAINT KNOCKING

-Mr du Pont?

-Sh-sh-sh!

-HOOTING

-Do you hear that?

That's a barred owl.

I hope it's not too late.

-No. No...

-I just wanted to check in

and make sure that everything was all right with you.

That everything was fine.

Drop a few things off for you that I thought you might enjoy.

Here's some field glasses.

There's many varieties of birds right here on the property.

That'll give you a better vantage point.

OK.

And this is from ten years ago,

but I thought you might find it interesting.

-You wrote this?

-I did, yeah.

Wow. Thank you.

How long...

do we have till the Worlds?

Two months.

Well...a little less, actually.

Well, we'll get it done.

I promise you.

I'll give you everything I have.

I have great faith in you, Mark.

Thank you, sir.

You're welcome.

Night.

DELICATE PIANO CHORDS PLAY

Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt,

gave me something to...aspire to.

My father was a role model.

Guys, introduce yourselves.

BIRDS CHIRP

Mark!

Come in.

Have a seat.

May I get you a drink?

No. No, sir. I'm good.

Good.

Good man.

In training.

How's it looking with your brother, Dave?

Dave?

How do you mean?

Well, you said you were going to talk to him again.

I did.

When is he coming?

He's not.

He's just not...

He's just not willing to uproot his family.

Does he understand what we're doing here, Mark?

Mm-hm. I told him.

He just really doesn't want to move.

HE SIGHS

How much does he want?

Oh, no, it's...

It's not about that.

About what?

Well, you can't buy Dave.

Oh.

So, the World Championships are coming up soon?

Yes, sir.

I want you to win.

That's why you're here.

CONTEMPLATIVE PIANO PLAYS

INAUDIBLE

Everything OK, Mark?

Mm-hm. Yeah.

What is it?

What's wrong?

Nothing. I'm... I'm fine.

No, you're not.

I just...

I just don't want to let you down.

AUDIENCE SHOUTING

AUDIENCE GASPS

AUDIENCE CHEERS

APPLAUSE

OPPONENT'S COACH SHOUTS

Keep your elbows in!

Arm spin!

AUDIENCE SHOUT AND CHEER

WHISTLE BLOWS TWICE

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

'Quatre-vingt-deux kilo... Mark Schultz.'

CHEERING

'Des Etats-Unis, Mark Schultz,

'quatre-vingt-deux kilo.'

'Soixante-quatorze kilo...

'en rouge, David Schultz, des Etats-Unis,

'et Yoshi Nakamura du Japon.'

'En rouge, des Etats-Unis, Dave Schultz.'

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

WHISTLE BLOWS

WHISTLE BLOWS

CHEERING

APPLAUSE

-Hello, Mark.

-Hey, Xander.

-Hi.

-Where's your dad?

-Over there!

Hello!

Hey, Mark. Come on in, buddy.

Yay!

Oh! Oh, God, he's got me. I got me some little...

Dave, I wanted to... I want you to meet Mr du Pont.

CHILD GIGGLES

Ho-ho-ho-hold on a sec. We got a guest! I gotta get up.

How you doin'?

-Keep him...

-I'm gonna say hi.

-No!

-No, we're not letting you up.

I want to say hi to Mr du Pont. Hold on.

How you doin'?

-Dad, come on.

-Yeah!

-Nice to meet you. Dave Schultz.

-I told him how much you wanted to meet him.

-John du Pont.

That's my wife, Nancy.

-Hey.

-KIDS SCREAM

-Hello.

-And these are my beautiful, relaxed children.

This is Xander and this is Dani. KIDS: Hello! Hi!

They're eating me.

Hey, Dani?

Dani, come here.

Can I get you a drink or somethin'?

No. No, I should go.

Good luck tomorrow.

Mark, thank you.

-You sure you don't want to...?

-No, no.

No, Mark, stay.

I'm gonna get you! Come here.

Here. OK.

-It's bedtime now.

-No!

-Let's go.

Come on, buddy, come here!

-Come on!

-Get ready for bed.

Dave, I got that tape on Nanev.

Yeah, pop it in, buddy.

-Want you to check out his arm spin.

-We're gonna watch some wrestlin'.

-Sure, I'd love to watch TV.

Deedle-deedle-deedle-deedle-dee!

-There we go.

-Deedle-deedle-deedle-deedle-dee!

-Come on, buddy.

-Mummy, let me go!

I have to keep you here.

-No.

-Let me get these tights off.

-I can't move!

-Good princess.

OK, get...

Was it too much for you to come over and just say hi to him?

-Aren't they fun?

-Excuse me?

You know who that is? It's John du Pont.

I said hi, Mark.

It's John du Pont.

-He's the most...

-Mark.

-..generous man in America,

-and you can't treat him like he's just anyone.

-Mark, she said hi.

-Mark, I said hi, OK?

Yeah, she said hi.

You said hi? From over there?

-Buddy. Mark.

-Whee!

-She said hi, pal.

-Mark.

-You're in our room.

-Oh, I'm in your room?

-You're in our room.

-OK.

Right, cool, great. You know what, Nancy? You don't even know.

You don't even know what you don't know. You know that?

-Dave?

-Yeah!

-Mark!

Wait! Dad!

-No.

-Yes.

-Dad!

-Let me get these socks off, they're stinky.

-Buddy!

What's going on?

Buddy?

Come here.

OK.

Nanev can't set up his arm spin without setting up himself.

You just hit yours first. When you feel him drive,

hit it. Bam!

All right?

He's gonna drive and turn you and...

Great! APPLAUSE

That's it, drive him out!

Drive him out!

Drive him!

Drive, drive!

BUZZER SOUNDS

WHISTLE BLOWS

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

INAUDIBLE

CHEERING

Elbows deep, Mark!

Drive! Drive!

Five seconds, Mark!

Drive him!

That's it! drive him, drive him, drive him!

Pop him up!

CHEERING

Yeah! All right!

Whoo! That's it, buddy! Whoo!

Yeah! Yeah!

Whoo!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Oh, there we go.

Who needs a refill?

Let's all get very drunk.

Mark, can I take a look at your medal?

Yeah, yeah.

What a fantastic evening.

# Fame makes a man take things over

# Fame lets him loose

# Hard to swallow

# Fame puts you there where things are hollow

# Fame

# Fame

# It's not your brain, it's just the flame... #

All right. All right.

-HE BANGS THE TABLE

-Enough.

Enough!

Turn that off.

# Fame... #

Take that down.

-Where do you want me to put it?

-I don't care.

Throw it...away.

All of it.

Whole shelf.

Horses are stupid.

Horses eat and shit.

That's all they do.

HE LAUGHS

It's very silly.

It's all very silly.

I love my mother very much, but she...

..is... It's...

It's ridiculous.

Sitting on an animal was more dignified.

HE LAUGHS

But I wanted to do what you're doing.

Let's have those medals.

-Give me those.

-HE CLICKS HIS FINGERS

Give me those medals.

I do not...

share my mother's affection for horseflesh,

I'll have you know.

"Did your horse jump over the thing?"

-FORCEFULLY:

-"Did you catch the fox, Mother?"

Anyway...

..the proof is in the pudding.

We caught the fox...didn't we?

-Yeah.

-This is the fox!

-Yes, sir.

I am going to put these in there.

Gentlemen, I give you...

Mark Schultz!

Foxcatcher world champion.

-THEY CLAP

-Yes! Good!

-THEY CONGRATULATE HIM

-Oh! Ooh.

-Whoa, whoa. Coach!

-You all right?

-Give him a hand up.

-Get him up! Get him up!

-Come on.

-Get him up.

-Coach, you all right?

-I think he had too much to drink.

-Come on, come on.

-Come on.

-Oh!

-Yeah, Coach...

THEY CHEER AND SHOUT

-Come on, Coach!

-Come on, John.

Drive, drive! Get him on his side!

THEY SHOUT

-Come on, come on!

-The jig's up!

SHOUTING AND CHEERING

-All right, John!

-Yes!

ALL: Oh!

DU PONT GROWLS

-Don't let him drive you, Dan!

-He's got you, Dan!

THEY SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT

-Yes!

-Turn him! Turn him!

THEY SHOUT

TAP-TAP

THEY CHEER

-Yes!

-Yes!

-Yes!

CHANTING: John! John! John! John!

-CHEERING

-Yeah!

DISTANT GUNFIRE

GEESE HONK

-Whoo!

-Yeah, Johnny D!

-Yeah!

-Yeah!

-Whoo!

-Yeah!

-Whoo!

GUNFIRE CONTINUES

Mark!

-QUIETLY:

-After practice, I want you to shower and come talk to me, all right?

-Yeah. All right.

FIRES GUN

387 days to Seoul, gentlemen.

Let's have a good practice, shall we?

-Mr du Pont, you don't have to do this.

-You earned it.

Like, you've given me enough.

-This is not necessary.

-Mark.

Mark. You earned that.

HE SIGHS

Thank you.

You're welcome, Mark.

You're more than Dave Schultz's little brother, Mark.

OK.

Dave Schultz is a wonderful wrestler.

He, I'm sure, has been an inspiration to you.

A mentor to you.

But he will always be your older brother.

He will never let you...

..be everything that you can be.

Mark, you have been living in your brother's shadow your entire life.

It's time.

It's your time...now.

I know what you mean.

Do you?

Cos everything that I've done...

I feel like...

..has somehow been

credited...to Dave.

And, you know, I feel that...

..it's time for me to...

..distance myself from him.

You know, become my own person.

Without your brother...

..you can do anything that you choose to set your mind to.

Mr du Pont, I need you to know that I'm...

so grateful for what...

you've done for me.

Well, first of all...

I don't want you to call me "Mr du Pont" or "sir" any more.

I consider us friends.

And most of my friends will call me "Eagle" or "Golden Eagle".

So either of those...

will work.

OK.

Or "John".

Or "Coach".

All right.

That's not a problem.

Good.

Good afternoon, sir.

-M113, sir. APC...

-I know what it is.

Where's the gun?

Uh, what gun, sir?

.50-calibre machinegun.

Sir, there wasn't a .50-calibre machinegun ordered.

It's supposed to be mounted right there.

-METALLIC RUMBLING

-There's no gun on the order, sir.

Sir, I just need a signature to complete the order.

Get my gun.

Reed, McClaren. Let's off-load.

It's supposed to come with a .50-calibre machinegun.

We'll get it.

REFLECTIVE PIANO MELODY

You hungry?

Yeah.

Let's get something to eat!

You snap him down.

He's gonna posture up...

VOICES FADE AWAY

Excellent!

One more.

Great!

The oil looks really good on you.

Bow your arms a little bit.

Here we go.

Excellent!

Very good. And... All right! Very good, Mark.

DRONE OF ROTORS

Your speeches...

and your kit.

Do we know if my mother has already arrived?

She is en route, sir.

The blazer looks good.

Thank you, sir.

Wrote down a few things for you to say.

Don't be nervous, you're gonna be great.

Read it. Read it out loud.

Right now?

Get some practice.

Uh, yes, sir.

"Highly respected...

"ornithologist,

"author,

"world explorer..."

FAINT TAPPING

-"..phil... phila..., ph..."

-Philatelist.

-Philatelist.

-Stamps.

S... Sta...

Can we say "stamps"?

No, "philatelist".

-Philatelist.

-Don't...don't be intimidated

by these people.

How many people are gonna be there?

About 400.

HE SNORTS

HE COUGHS

Go ahead.

What is it?

It's cocaine.

Uh...

I'm not so sure that's such a good idea.

Mark, it's just cocaine. It's not going to kill you.

What do I...? Are you supposed to just...?

Take the vial.

Tap some on the mirror.

Take the straw.

Just inhale it through your nose.

"Highly respected ornithologist, author, world explorer,

"philatelist, and former pentathlete..."

-All of it?

-All of it. Straight down.

"Mr du Pont will be making his return to competitive sports,

"in the over-fifty category of the masters..."

MARK SNORTS

Did you hear how I was doing it?

It's just all one thought, Mark.

MARK COUGHS

You got it.

Give that to me.

OK.

"Highly respected ornithologist,

"author,

"world explorer,

"phila-te-list..."

Philatelist.

Philanthropist.

Philanthropi... Shit. Which one?

Ornithologist.

Which one do you want to come first?

-Ornithologist...

-OK.

..philatelist, philanthropist.

OK. Ornilo...

Ornithologist, philatelist...

JOHN SNORTS

..philanthropist.

Ornithologist, philatelist, philanthropist.

Ornilo...Ornithologist, philatelist, phila...

Ornithologist, philatelist, philanthropist.

Ornilo...Ornithogelist...

Ornithologist, philatelist, philanthropist.

-Ornithologist, philatelist...

-Ornithologist, philatelist, philanthropist. Look at me.

-BOTH: Ornithologist, philatelist, philanthropist.

-Again.

-BOTH: Ornithologist, philatelist, philanthropist.

-Again.

-BOTH: Ornithologist, philatelist, philanthropist!

-Good!

CHATTERING AND HUBBUB

-Do I know you?

-Yes, John. How are you?

Good to see you again.

-This is Mark Schultz.

-Mark.

-Hi.

Have you ever met an Olympic gold medallist before?

Mark won the Olympic gold medal for wrestling in 1984.

You ever seen an Olympic gold medallist before?

-Uh, no, I don't think I have.

-Good.

-I really don't.

Mark! Mark.

This is, uh, Congressman Daniel.

-Nice to meet you.

-Bob.

-Congressman Daniel, sir. Uh, Bob or Daniel?

-Bob, yes, yes.

-Bob.

-Bob.

-Nice...nice to meet you.

-This is Mark Schultz.

-Mark...

-Mark.

-..won an Olympic gold medal in the 1984 Olympics.

-That's impressive.

-Isn't it impressive?

-Congratulations.

-Thank you. We're gonna try to do it again.

-Quite a young man.

-Great. Very nice meeting you.

-We're very, very proud of him.

-Yes.

MURMURING OF CROWD FADES AWAY

-NERVOUSLY:

-I'm so...

proud to introduce my mentor.

He has the ability to look at me, and see where I am in life.

I feel his love for me as an athlete, and as a human being.

My mother and father were divorced when I was two years old,

and I spent a lifetime looking for a father...

and I found one in the Golden Eagle of America,

John du Pont.

APPLAUSE

Mark Schultz. Thank you, son.

Hello, Mother.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I would like to read something.

"The liberties of our country...

"..and the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending...

"at all hazards.

"And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks."

FAINT DRONE OF HELICOPTER

DIALLING TONES

HE SIGHS

-'Oh, hey. Hey, what's up?'

-I miss you!

-MARK CHUCKLES

-'Yeah.'

What you up to?

-'Huh?'

-What you up to?

'Um...nothing. Nothing.'

You workin' out?

Gettin' ready?

'Uh, yeah.

'I mean, well, I'm takin' a li... a little bit of a break right now.

'Um... Just, like, restin' up the body.

'I'm gonna ramp it up, you know, when it gets closer to World... Um.

'..Trials.'

All right, how close?

'Hey, hold on. Hold on one second.'

What?

'What's happening?' PHONE BEEPS

FAINT FOOTSTEPS, WIND BLOWS

CAR HORN HONKS INSISTENTLY

HE SNIFFS

-Hey!

-KNOCKING

Mark! Gear up!

Practice in the gallery!

PANTING AND RUBBER SQUEAKING

JOHN GRUNTS

HE GROANS

Hey.

MUSIC: This Land Is My Land by Bob Dylan

# As I went walking

# A ribbon of highway... #

TRIMMER BUZZES

# I saw above me

# An endless skyway

# I saw below me

# A golden valley

# This land was made for you and me

# This land is your land

# And this land is my land... #

TRIMMER BANGS # From California

# To the New York Island

# From the redwood forest

# To the Gulf Stream waters... #

HE SNORTS

# This land was made for you and me. #

HE COUGHS

You all right?

Huh?

GEESE HONK IN DISTANCE

You are a good friend, Mark.

Thank you, John.

I only had one real friend, growing up.

Hugh Cherry. Hughby.

He was the son of my mother's chauffeur.

Mm-hm?

When I was 16, I found out

that my mother had been...

paying him to be my friend.

Dave was...

my only friend growin' up.

HE SNIFFS

Yeah.

HE CHORTLES

CHEERING AND SHOUTING

SLOW SYNTH DRONE DROWNS EVERYTHING OUT

WHISTLE BLOWS

DIM WHOOSHING

I thought we could put it in the Rosemont case.

It says John "Eagle" du Pont.

That's right.

First place?

Yes.

You funded this...

..presumably?

You can put it in the trophy room.

Thank you, Mother.

What are we going to do about your train set?

My train set?

Well... Mr Beck spoke to you about this.

No.

Oh, I know he did. I know he did.

Well, I know you've never wanted to give it away before, but...

I don't care about my train set, Mother.

I don't care.

Well, I think we'll...

..we'll give it to the Children's Museum, if they have room.

Do you agree?

I don't care what you do with the train set.

I don't care about...

trains.

Mother, I am leading men.

I am training them.

I am teaching them.

I am giving them...

..a dream.

And I am giving America...

..hope.

Hope?

It doesn't matter.

I'm glad you have your trophy.

It can go in the trophy room.

Not in the Rosemont case.

I don't like...

..the sport of wrestling, as you know.

It's...a low sport.

And I don't like to see you being low.

DOOR SQUEAKS

-TV BLARES

-Oh, shit.

'And quickly, Herrera shoots the leg.'

'And Herrera's a very good grappler here.'

-'Ohh!

-Oh, my, elbows!

'In number, by Goodridge, and that is it!'

Albert wrestled with this guy at Pitt. I think it's sad.

-'Goodrich just pounding Herrera's head with those elbows.'

-He was legit.

He's probably gettin' paid a lot.

-'Boy, that was fast. Wow.'

-Look at his face.

-'That was short and sweet.'

-It's destroyed.

SHARP KNOCK AT DOOR 'That was one quick round.'

-It's John, man.

-It's John, yeah.

-Hey, Coach.

-Is Mark in there?

-Yeah.

Right here, Coach.

What's up?

Why is there nobody in the gym?

-What do you mean?

-It's almost noon. There's nobody in there.

Yeah, no, I gave the... I gave the boys the morning off.

We're gonna do a double later on tonight.

Who's making these decisions?

I...I am.

I want your brother Dave...here.

Oh, wha... What are you talkin' about? I...

I want your brother Dave to come.

Um, that's...that's not gonna happen.

We've...we've talked about that.

Are you OK?

You ungrateful ape.

I made such a mistake bringing you here.

I'm getting Dave.

I don't care how much it costs!

DOOR SLAMS

Shit.

TRIMMER BUZZES

ROTORS HUM

XANDER SQUEALS

KNOCKS ON DOOR

Hey.

Hey.

How you doin'?

Good.

I'm good.

What's up?

I just...

just came in. All the wrestlers were there to meet me, and you weren't there, and...

you know, I just...thought I'd come up, make sure everything's OK.

No, I'm good.

Just...concentrating.

You know? We got trials coming up.

You OK, Mark?

-SLIGHT LAUGH

-Yeah.

I'm good! What's up?

Well, you got my messages.

Mm-hm.

-Nancy and the kids are here.

-Yeah?

How are they?

-They're good. Why don't you come down and say hi?

-OK.

I will. See you.

Boom! Down low.

This hand comes here,

this hand catches the ankle.

Lay your back into the guy, scoop with this leg,

catch both knees, put your arm through.

There's your cross ankle.

All right? Nice and tight.

LEG PRESS RASPS

Do it again.

All right?

So you're here, you're wrestlin'.

All right, now if you get here and you're loose like this,

to make it nice and tight...

MACHINE RASPING

..what you want to do is drive

the knees together with your hip and your elbow, and drop your arm down.

Or drop your chest, I should say.

That'll make it nice and snug for you.

MACHINE RASPS, MARK GRUNTS

Now, you wanna keep your outside leg away from him.

Keep your leg away from him,

come up to your knee, turn your toe to the ceiling,

step him up.

Let's say he does reel over with that outside ankle.

That's pretty much game over.

MACHINE RASPS, MARK GRUNTS I have a chance to make him.

So, game over.

So, from here...

push close up and just drive in.

Outside shoulder to the mat.

And he goes back.

MARK GRUNTS

Use your stomach.

Use your stomach.

HEAVY THUD

PLATES CLANG, REVERBERATING

Good.

Good set.

All right, pair up.

Let's go, guys.

SHOES SQUEAK

NET DOOR CREAKS

MARK SIGHS

What's goin' on, Mark?

There's that knee pick. He likes to hit from a fake shot.

-Cross trip...

-Dave, I don't need your help.

I'm doing this on my own. OK?

-You don't want my help?

-DAVE, WHAT DID I JUST SAY?

Wanna tell me what's goin' on with you and du Pont?

OK.

Handstands!

Tuck and roll forward, boys.

Army crawl on this side!

Good!

WHISTLE BLOWS

Bring it in!

HEAVY BREATHING

-SOFTLY:

-Move.

Right there, make some room.

All the way over.

In three days,

several of you will be travelling with me to Pensacola...

..to participate in the Olympic trials.

When you leave

the hallowed grounds of this training facility...

..you'll be in competition.

You will be representing Foxcatcher.

You will be representing the United States.

As a coach...

..I want you to be...

..champions in sport...

..and winners in life.

And also...

..to be good citizens...

..for America.

Garcia.

Couple basics.

This is one that generally works for me, quite well.

Arm drag.

Right to left. Left to right.

Rip it across.

And as I do that, you see this portion...

..and I can move right in.

Again.

Right to left. Left to right.

Rip it across...and then in.

-Got it?

-Yeah.

-Do we have that?

-ALL: Yes.

JOHN CLAPS

All right, par terre.

Down. No, actually, I'll go down.

You do it.

-OK.

-Do it on me.

So, get underneath my rib.

Down.

JOHN GRUNTS

The basic physics is keep yourself wide at the bottom.

He puts...

his knee under my hip,

and you see an opening here.

So you shoot...

Let's pair up!

-Basics.

-All right!

All right, let's pair up...

and work on arm drags.

Arm drags and gut wrenches.

All right, let's do it, guys.

Three days, three days!

-Step forward.

-All right.

-Name? Weight?

-He's good.

I think you got about a...

-looks like about a half a kilo to go.

-Yeah.

-Next.

-Step forward.

-Take a seat. You did well.

-Name, weight?

-He's good.

-190.

-Next.

-Step forward.

-Name? Weight?

Let's see, you got, uh...

about a half kilo to go.

-You're good.

-Next.

He's good.

-Step forward.

-Name? Weight?

He's good. Next. The bastard's good.

-Weight?

-Next.

You're two kilos over.

-Butler's good.

-You're good.

-Next.

-Step forward.

A SINGLE COUGH ECHOES

-TANNOY:

-Next match - Mark Schultz versus Rico Chiapparelli.

APPLAUSE

WHISTLE BLOWS

One, blue!

MARK GRUNTS WHISTLE BLOWS

HE GRUNTS

WHISTLE BLOWS

BUZZER SOUNDS WHISTLE BLOWS

APPLAUSE

Best of three, Mark. You'll get it back.

HE SOBS

GLASS CLATTERS

HE SOBS

HE CRIES

COVERS CLANG

CLANG

PHONE RINGS

PHONE RINGS

LOUD CRASH AND GROAN

SPLINTERING WOOD

Mark.

MARK GROANS

MARK MOANS SLIGHTLY

You're not in this alone, man.

I'm your brother and I love you.

MARK SOBS

But I am not gonna let you go down like this.

HE COUGHS VIOLENTLY

(That's it.)

HE VOMITS

There's more in there, huh?

HE COUGHS REPEATEDLY

That's it, keep goin', Mark.

HE COUGHS AGAIN

WEIGHT RATTLES GENTLY

12lbs over.

How much time we got?

-90 minutes.

-90 minutes, OK.

Come on...there you go.

MACHINE HUMS

That's it, drive it.

Harder, Mark.

That's it. Time!

OK. All right.

Five...four...three...two...one...

Time!

Three...two...one.

SILENCE

LOW SYNTH DRONE

MACHINE WHIRS FAINTLY

SLOW TENSE DRUM BEGINS

DOOR SHUTS

All right, buddy...go.

WHIR OF MACHINE GROWS FASTER

WHISTLE BLOWS

Circle!

Hold your position, Mark.

Ten seconds.

Hold your position!

BUZZER SOUNDS, WHISTLE BLOWS All right. All right, Mark!

Sit down.

You're wrestling real good.

Sheets can't be on the Olympic team

Mark Schultz is on the Olympic team.

OK, centre red, centre blue.

WHISTLE BLOWS

OPPONENT GRUNTS

Yeah!

Two-thirty, Mark!

APPLAUSE

WHISTLE BLOWS

CHEERING

CHEERING AND WHISTLING

-Hey, Henry.

-Dave.

What can I do for you?

Henry, John and I kinda had a uncomfortable moment earlier

and, you know, I didn't see him at the finals.

Was he even there?

No.

Mr du Pont flew home earlier today.

OK.

Mr du Pont's mother died.

Oh. Whoa.

Oh, that's really bad news.

Uh...excuse me, Dave.

All right, thank you, Henry.

HOOVES CLIP-CLOP

HORSES NEIGH

Would you like us to mount the weapon?

-Yes.

-Gentlemen.

FOOTSTEPS GROW DISTANT

CLATTERING OF MACHINEGUN BEING MOUNTED

You and me, buddy.

-How you doin'? You sore?

-Mm.

There you go.

Open that stretch there, Mark. Mm.

Oh, look, there's John.

Hey, John.

Really sorry about your mother.

-Oh, no, no. No. No.

-Really?

-It's fine. It's fine.

-Are you OK?

-Yes.

-You sure?

-David...

We have a lot of work to do...

-Mm-hm.

-..in the next couple of months.

And you're an integral part of that.

You understand?

-I understand.

-I'm going to need you.

And, uh...

-I will be relying on you...

-All right.

-..to a great extent.

I want, more than anything...

to win a gold medal.

And we have someone...

-who could do that for us.

-Oh, we're gonna win a gold medal, John.

-How, how...how are you feeling about it?

-I feel very good about it.

I'm a little concerned...

that there are some psychological...

issues...

-..that we need to take care of.

-I think he's gonna be in real good shape.

Well, I think you're doing a great job.

-Thank you, John.

-And I...

CAMERA CLICKS

-..think that with...you and I...

-Mm.

..working in tandem,

-if we can't get him there, no-one can.

-Mm.

All right.

-Get back.

-OK.

Mark?

Mark?

-(You OK?)

-Mark?

He's OK.

Come on now, Mark.

Good.

HIS SHOES SQUEAK

CAMERA CLICKS

CAMERA CLICKS

CAMERA CLICKS

MARK GRUNTS AND PANTS

CAMERA CLICKS

'Coach du Pont has a vision.'

He would like Foxcatcher to be designated and recognised

as the official training site for USA Wrestling, and the Olympic team.

Now, this means that the national team