1. A. Both are Olympic gold medal winners
   B. Both are brothers
2. C. Both are from New York
   D. A & B

Dave and his brother Mark Schultz, also a wrestler, were noted for both winning gold at the same Olympics (1984). The Schultz brothers won more NCAA, U.S. Open, World, and Olympic titles than any American brother combination in history. They are not from New York, they were born in Palo Alto, California.

1. A. Mark Ruffalo
   B. Channing Tatum
2. C. Steve Carell
   D. None of the above

Mark Ruffalo portrays Dave, the older brother. Besides starring in 13 Going on 30, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Zodiac, What Doesn't Kill You, Shutter Island, and The Kids Are All Right, Ruffalo gained international attention portraying the Hulk in the Avengers movies. He has received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and numerous nominations throughout his career, including for his role in the drama, Spotlight.

1. Mark Ruffalo
   Channing Tatum
2. Steve Carell
   None of the above

Channing Tatum portrays Mike, who feels he is living in the shadow of his older brother, Dave. Channing Tatum is an actor and dancer who became noticed in Step Up, and then portrayed Duke in the G.I Joe action film and sequel. Tatum is also known for his leading role in Magic Mike and its sequel, which he produced. He also starred in 21 Jump Street and its sequel, Dear John, The Vow, She's the Man, The Dilemma, White House Down, The Hateful Eight, and Hail, Caesar!

1. Mark Ruffalo
   Channing Tatum
2. Steve Carell
   None of the above

Steve Carell portrays John E. du Pont, a multimillionaire philanthropist and wrestling enthusiast. Steve Carell is an actor, comedian, director, producer, and writer. After five-years on the Daily Show, Carell starred on The Office, on which he also worked as an occasional writer and director. He has also starred in lead roles in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Evan Almighty, Get Smart, Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The Way, Way Back, Little Miss Sunshine, and The Big Short. He is also a voice actor in Over the Hedge, Horton Hears a Who!, Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, and Minions.

1. A. Du Pont wants to go to the racetrack with Mark
   B. Du Pont invites Mark to join his wrestling team, to train for the World Championship
2. C. Du Pont wants Mark to enlist Dave to coach the team
   D. B & C

Mark is contacted by philanthropist and wrestling enthusiast John E. du Pont, an heir to the E.I. du Pont family fortune. Du Pont wants Mark to fly to his estate in Pennsylvania, where he has built a private wrestling training facility. Du Pont invites Mark to join his wrestling team, Team Foxcatcher. He tells Mark he will be paid to train for the World Championship. Mark accepts the offer, with du Pont urging him to enlist Dave as well.

1. The guest house, also called The Chalet
   Off the estate but close by, in a one-bedroom apartment
2. In Pittsburgh, an hour’s drive from the estate
   None of the above

In the movie, Mark stayed in the guest house, known as The Chalet. The real Mark Schultz didn't actually move onto Foxcatcher Farm until after John du Pont fired him from his assistant coaching position at Villanova (the original job he had signed on for with the Foxcatcher team). Mark had thrown a party at his apartment where alcohol and underage wrestlers were present. Du Pont told Mark that he could remain a part of Foxcatcher if he moved onto the farm to train.

1. Dave’s wife and two children are settled where they live
   Dave gets the willies just looking at du Pont
2. Du Pont doesn’t offer Dave the title he wants:, Head Coach
   None of the above

Dave declines for the sake of his wife and two children, who are settled where they live, so Mark moves to Pennsylvania alone. Mark Ruffalo said the cast and crew were so afraid of Steve Carell as du Pont that they tried to avoid interacting with him. Ruffalo said, "Everyone sort of stayed away from him. John du Pont was repellent, so the way they designed Steve's look, it made him repellent and you didn't know what to say to him or how to act around him. You never felt comfortable."

1. In a helicopter
   In a car
2. In a train
   In an airplane

In the movie, John du Pont (Steve Carell) convinces Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) to try cocaine while they are on a helicopter ride to a banquet where Schultz is to give a speech that praises du Pont. In real life, Mark Schultz claims that John du Pont initially had asked him where he could buy some cocaine. Schultz admits that they did do cocaine together on two or three occasions. Did you know that Steve Carell and Channing Tatum ad-libbed their dialogue in the helicopter scene?

1. Mark gets lazy
   Mark gets hooked on cocaine and alcohol
2. Mark wins a Gold Medal at the 1987 World Wrestling Championships
   Mark leaves the team

Through training with his new teammates and du Pont's financial support, Mark excels with Foxcatcher, winning a Gold Medal at the 1987 World Wrestling Championships. Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo would film all day, and then go to intense wrestling practice. By the end of the shoot, they were so exhausted that, according to Tatum, both he and Ruffalo cried after their final practice.

1. She likes it as a sport
   She feels wrestling is a "low sport"
2. She is neutral about it
   None of the above

Jean du Pont, portrayed by Vanessa Redgrave, tells her son that she believes wrestling is a "low sport" and she does not like seeing him "being low". Vanessa Redgrave is an English actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a political activist. She is a 2003 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee, and she received the 2010 BAFTA Fellowship.

1. A. It hurts his already low self-esteem
   B. He doesn’t like his brother anymore
2. C. It isn’t hurtful - Mark has been longing to see his brother
   D. None of the above

Du Pont and Mark had gotten close, Du Pont understood that Mark had been living in Dave’s shadow and Mark had finally stood (and won) on his own with the Foxcatcher team. When Dave decides to move with his family to Pennsylvania so he can join Foxcatcher, Mark’s already low self-esteem dives lower due to the betrayal of his friend, Du Pont, and Dave now taking the spotlight away from him.

1. Hits himself in the face after losing
   Pig out after having starved himself to make weight
2. Spit in the opponent’s face
   None of the above

Mark Schultz would hit himself in the face after losing, to associate the bad wrestling match with pain and thus motivate himself not to make the same mistakes again. In the mirror-bashing scene Channing Tatum actually broke the mirror, which was not in the script. He got so into his role that it led him to act with such intensity. The cut to his forehead was genuine.

1. He loses his first match
   He goes on an eating binge
2. He wins his second match and makes the Olympic team
   All of the above

At the 1988 Olympic Trials in Pensacola, Florida, Mark loses his first match. Angered by his failure, Mark destroys his room and goes on an eating binge. Dave manages to break into his room and is alarmed at his condition. They work feverishly so Mark can make his weight class and win his second match. Did you know Mark Ruffalo gained 30lbs for his role in this film to look similar to the man he was portraying?

1. Nancy Schultz
   Dave Schultz
2. Mark Schultz
   The Documentary Director

Although Mark seems so excited about the prospect of working with du Pont, Dave is less naïve than his brother and wants to know what du Pont gets out of this set-up. In real life, perhaps neither was as innocent and naïve as the film portrays. In the 1984 Olympics, Dave and Mark Schultz were accused of "excessive brutality" in their matches and a special official was assigned to monitor the rest of their bouts. Two of their opponents went straight to the hospital after their matches.

1. Du Pont's assistant
   Mark Schultz
2. John du Pont
   None of the above

Du Pont’s assistant tells Mark this while showing him around the guest house. This shows Mark that he has his a lower place in the pecking order for du Pont’s attention. Did you know that Steve Carell accepted the role specifically so he could work with director Bennett Miller? Their collaboration helped make the film great.

1. Dave Schultz
   John du Pont
2. The Bodyguard
   None of the above

John du Pont wanted to be idolized by all around him. Showing how unstable he was in real life, Mark Schultz said that after du Pont went to prison, du Pont sent a private eye over to Schultz's house. The private eye asked on behalf of du Pont that Schultz get him out of prison. Schultz filmed it, then promptly slammed the door and sent the footage over to prosecution.

1. Du Pont's assistant
   Dave Schultz
2. John du Pont
   The Documentary Director

John du Pont says this, relishing the power a coach has over these young men on the Foxcatcher’s team. Did you know Steve Carell claimed that according to director Bennett Miller's wishes there was no joking between takes, and he did not socialize with the co-stars after work.

1. A. They take off training to watch MMA on TV
   B. They trash the Chalet
2. C. They take off training to have a swimming party
   D. All the above

Mark and his teammates in Foxcatcher take the morning off from training to watch mixed martial arts (MMA) on TV. This angers du Pont and he yells at Mark and tells him that he will get his brother to join Team Foxcatcher since he has failed do it.

1. Dave Schultz
   John du Pont
2. The Documentary Director
   None of the above

Du Pont is trying to convince Mark of his plans for the training camp and for the Olympic team he is going to train. Steve Carell wore various prosthetic noses with camera and lighting tests. His makeup took two hours to put on, including hairstyling and makeup to change his skin tone.

1. Vanessa Redgrave
   Sienna Miller
2. Amy Adams
   Isla Fisher

Nancy Schultz is portrayed by Sienna Miller, who is a British-American actress, model, and fashion designer. She was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award for her role in The Girl. Her film roles include Layer Cake, Alfie, Factory Girl, The Edge of Love, G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra, and American Sniper.

1. Nancy Schultz
   Dave Schultz
2. Mark Schultz
   John Du Pont

Du Pont notices that the team isn’t training and he confronts Mark, who had given the team the morning off to watch MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). He then yells at Mark and slaps his face, calling him an ungrateful ape. Before filming a particularly dark scene, Bennett Miller made Steve Carell write on a piece of paper the thing that he hates the most about himself and then put it in his pocket. Miller told Carell, "Just have it right there and know that it's in a place where, if I was a dick, I could just grab it." According to Miller, the result is the favorite thing that he has put on film.

1. The Bodyguard
   Dave Schultz
2. Mark Schultz
   The Documentary Director

In a prepared speech written by du Pont, Mark says this to the audience. Both Mark and Dave are from a broken home. Mark and Dave Schultz' father and mother divorced when Mark was three and Dave was four, but raised the brothers through junior high and high school.

1. Nancy Schultz
   Mark Schultz
2. The Documentary Director
   None of the above

When John du Pont decides he wants Dave as the coach of team Foxcatcher, Mark tells du Pont that he can’t buy Dave. Unfortunately for Mark’s ego, John du Pont is correct, he can buy Dave, offering him a home on the estate and a high salary. Did you know that David "Doc" Bennett, who shot documentaries for John du Pont, actually plays himself in the movie?

1. Dave Schultz
   John du Pont
2. Mark Schultz
   None of the above

Dave says this to Mark when Mark goes on an eating binge and needs to drop weight immediately. Although this made it more interesting for the movie, the real Mark Schultz left Foxcatcher Farm in 1988 and his brother Dave didn't arrive until 1989. The movie overlaps their stays to condense the story into a period of time from 1984 to 1988.

1. A. That du Pont gets rid of Mark
   B. That Team Foxcatcher disbands
2. C. That du Pont continues to support Mark financially
   D. None of the above

After Mark loses his matches in Seoul, he leaves Team Foxcatcher, although Dave continues to live at du Pont's estate and coach the team. As a condition for Dave remaining with the team, he negotiates an arrangement with du Pont to continue to support Mark financially. Although the actors portraying Dave and Mark Schultz are over thirteen years apart in age, the real Dave and Mark Schultz were only 16 months and 20 days apart in age.

1. Nancy Schultz
   John du Pont
2. The Bodyguard
   The Documentary Director

John du Pont said this to Mark when he was trying to urge him to start living his own life, away from his brother. Speaking of Mark’s brother, did you know Nancy Schultz, who is David Schultz's widow, gave Mark Ruffalo her husband's glasses? The glasses Ruffalo wears in the film are David's actual glasses.

1. A. Du Pont’s philanthropy in many organizations
   B. Du Pont’s coaching and leadership in creating Team Foxcatcher
2. C. Du Pont’s book on ornithology
   D. None of the above

A documentary funded by du Pont is about du Pont's exploits with Team Foxcatcher. During the video Dave is asked to praise him as coach and mentor, but Dave is visually uncomfortable doing so. Du Pont was an interesting character to cast. Director Bennett Miller noted that when he was casting the lead, he didn't want to hire an actor who you might presuppose was capable of murder. He continued "... one thing that was repeated among many, many people who were there, was that nobody believed du Pont was capable of doing what he did."

1. He snorts cocaine
   He has his driver go to Dave’s house
2. He cries and strokes his trophies
   None of the above

Towards the end of the movie we see du Pont sitting alone in his mansion's trophy room, watching the documentary about Team Foxcatcher with Mark complimenting du Pont at a ceremony depicted earlier. Du Pont calls his bodyguard and drives to Dave's home.

1. A. Du Pont gets out of the car and embraces Dave
   B. Du Pont rolls down his window and shoots Dave
2. C. Du Pont asks if he can come into their house
   D. None of the above

Dave is in the driveway, working on his car radio. As Schultz approaches du Pont's car to greet him, du Pont rolls down his window and says, "Do you have a problem with me?" and shoots him three times at close range, killing him. In real life, Du Pont’s former wife, Gale Wenk du Pont, filed a civil suit in 1985, claiming that he had threatened her with both a knife and a gun and tried to push her out of a moving car. Du Pont was more dangerous than most people realized.

1. Du Pont sped away
   Du Pont pointed his gun at her
2. The bodyguard came in between Nancy and du Pont’s gun
   None of the above

Nancy ran to the door and saw the third shot and David crawling toward the porch area of the house. Then du Pont leveled his handgun at Nancy before driving away. The 911 call that Miller places in the movie was taken verbatim from Nancy's real-life 911 call (music was later layered over the scene, which shows an inaudible Miller screaming into the phone). Nancy's children were also present during their father's murder.

1. He is arrested outside his home
   He is arrested driving away from the crime scene
2. He is arrested in his trophy room
   He is arrested as he works out in his gym

Although in the movie it wasn’t long after he shot Dave that he was arrested at his home, in reality, du Pont had a two-day standoff with the police. He hid out at his mansion (filled with many guns), as the police surrounded the building outside. After he was arrested, du Pont did not give any clear reason for committing the crime.

1. Dave Schultz was posthumously inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. He is survived by his wife and two children
   Mark Schultz retired from competitive wrestling after the 1988 Olympics. He now lives in Oregon, where he offers wrestling clinics
2. John du Pont died in prison on December 9, 2010
   All of the above

All three of these are end cards to the movie. After John du Pont died in 2010, according to his will, he was buried wearing his Foxcatcher singlet in a coffin that contained his wrestling medals from the events like the ones depicted in the movie.

1. They liked it
   They loved it
2. They hated it
   None of the above

The film received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator, Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 222 reviews, and an average rating of 8.1/10, with the consensus: "A chilling true crime drama, Foxcatcher offers Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum a chance to shine—and all three rise to the challenge."

1. So so
   They loved it
2. They hated it
   None of the above

The audience was not as much in love with this film as were the critics. On a budget of $24 million it only earned a little more than half of that, at $13.6 million. According to Bennett Miller's comments at a screening, a rough cut of the film was more than four hours long.

1. 2
   3
2. 4
   5

The movie received five nominations, including the prestigious Best Director, Best Actor (Steve Carnell), Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Although the film did not win any awards from the Academy, it won in other Award Ceremonies.