Foxcatcher

Date
Hour
Place
05/08/2015
20:45
THE PGE CINEMA ELECTRIC


Foxcatcher
reż|dir Bennett Miller | US | 2014 | 129 min
prod|pro Bennett Miller scen|wr E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman zdj|ph Greig Fraser muz|mus Rob Simonsen mon|ed Conor O'Neill ob|cast Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller dys|dis UIP

DESCRIPTION

“Foxcatcher” isn't your regular sports flick. The genre is usually focused on male rivalry, blood, sweat, and tears, but in this case it's merely an excuse to outline the relations of the Schultz brothers – wrestlers and medallists of the Games in Los Angeles – and John du Pont, their megalomaniac, multimillionaire coach. In his film, Miller takes a close look at the fall of the American dream, at going mad because of the ruthless elite, and at the surprisingly up-to-date inequalities that are eating away at that society. Based on facts, the unorthodox story of the Schultz brothers leaves sports in the background. It poses relevant questions about the boundaries of healthy ambitions, about being reliant on someone else, and about the toll we must pay for our dreams.


AWARDS
2015 Oscars – Nominated for Best Actor (Steve Carell), Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo), Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard)
2015 Golden Globe Awards – nominated for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama (Steve Carell), and Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (Mark Ruffalo)
2014 IFF in Cannes – Best Director, Palme d'Or nomination

DIRECTOR
Bennett Miller (1966) Director and producer. Abandoned film studies at New York University. Instead, he started working as a director's assistant on set, he also made short films. Today he has only got three feature films in his résumé, but each of them has been very successful, receiving nominations in the main Academy Awards categories.

FILMOGRAPHY
2014 Foxcatcher
2011 Moneyball
2005 Capote
1998 The Cruise

© Festiwal Filmu i Sztuki Dwa Brzegi Kazimierz Dolny Janowiec nad Wisłą
Projekt i realizacja: Tomasz Żewłakow