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Commentary by Jeff Commings<\/i><\/p>\n

TUCSON \u2013 Most scripts that are nominated for the Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards each year are largely about people and situations that are entirely fictional. A few others come from real-life events, qualifying for this category because the writers don\u2019t have previously published work on which to base their screenplays.<\/p>\n

The latter instance is the case for the film \u201cFoxcatcher,\u201d but it could be argued that most of the film was created entirely in the screenwriters\u2019 minds. Though based on people and events that actually happened in the late 1980s, Oscar-nominated screenwriters E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman took so many liberties with the chronology and omitted other crucial elements that it was very difficult for me to appreciate the film. The most glaring fallacy in the film comes in the disregard for the major role elite swimming played during the events that transpired on screen.<\/p>\n

\u201cFoxcatcher\u201d portrays the growing bond between the mysterious billionaire John Du Pont and wrestling champion Mark Schultz, as the connection between Mark and his older brother, Dave, weakens. Du Pont takes Mark Schultz under his wing, fully financing his training for the 1988 Olympics. The film fully ignores the equal involvement Du Pont had in the successful Foxcatcher swim team at the time, also fully funding that program which saw Dave Wharton\u2019s and Trina Radke\u2019s selection to the Olympic swimming team. The screenwriters went so far out of their way to eliminate swimming from the story that they claimed Du Pont was at the USA wrestling trials, when he was actually at the Olympic swimming<\/i> trials.<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t aware of Du Pont\u2019s involvement with elite swimming until about an hour before I saw the film. I happened to come across a piece by Bruce Wigo, the executive director of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, before heading to the movie theater, and perhaps it was no coincidence that the subject of Wigo\u2019s article was John Du Pont. I was moved by the comments many coaches made about Du Pont in the article. Richard Shoulberg, the head coach of Foxcatcher at the time, was quoted as saying \u201cI loved the man!\u201d John Leonard, the executive director of the American Swim Coaches Association, said Du Pont was \u201ca national treasure.\u201d Those weren\u2019t the words I expected to read, based on the character I had seen in the two-minute trailer for the film.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: ISHOF (Johnny “Tarzan” Weissmueller, Buck Dawson, John Du Pont)<\/p><\/div>\n

Wigo\u2019s article didn\u2019t shy from discussing Du Pont\u2019s mental state, but always stayed true to the fact that he was always supportive of the sport, even donating to various swimming causes. Knowing this information before watching the film did change my perspective. I kept hoping that, at the very least, the film would mention Foxcatcher swimming, to further show Du Pont\u2019s generosity and willingness to help athletes achieve their dreams. Nothing. I hoped that after Mark Schultz made the 1988 Olympic team that I would also hear a passing reference to the two Foxcatcher swimmers also going to Seoul. Not a peep.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: ISHOF (Dupont Starting ISHOF Triathlon in 1984)<\/p><\/div>\n

And that switcheroo in the movie that put Du Pont at the Olympic Trials for wrestling instead of swimming? The film takes it a step further, saying that Du Pont left the wrestling meet when his mother died. But Shoulberg talks vividly in the Wigo article about being told personally by Du Pont about his mother\u2019s passing at the Olympic swimming trials.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m fully behind the other nominations the film received, especially for Steve Carell\u2019s performance as Du Pont. It\u2019s a departure for Carell, and he does very well with the material he\u2019s given. If I were in the room on February 22 when the Original Screenplay nominees are read at the Academy Awards show, I wouldn\u2019t clap for \u201cFoxcatcher.\u201d It strays so far from the truth that I wonder how much is really fact and how much is really fiction. Even Mark Schultz has publicly blasted the film for taking a detour from reality.<\/p>\n

Every film based on actual events takes dramatic license in order to make the action interesting. I can\u2019t accept that John Du Pont\u2019s involvement with swimming was completely disregarded in \u201cFoxcatcher\u201d for what turned out to be just a run-of-the-mill wrestling movie.<\/p>\n

“Foxcatcher” was also nominated for Oscars<\/a> in Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo), Directing (Bennett Miller) and Makeup. The film is currently playing in theaters nationwide in the United States.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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