grecoref Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Most of you are probably too young to remember Dave Schultz and that's shame. http://www.teamusa.org/Video/2014/03/12/Dave-Shultz--Great-Moments-In-Team-USA-History#.UyEZITvDpwA.twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfat119 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 i remember,,, Thank you for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNextDynasty Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Does anybody know when that movie "Foxcatcher" that is about the Dave Schultz situation will be released? Last I saw it was supposed to be released in Dec 2013 and postponed until sometime in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Does anybody know when that movie "Foxcatcher" that is about the Dave Schultz situation will be released? Last I saw it was supposed to be released in Dec 2013 and postponed until sometime in 2014. Last I heard it was coming out mid-2014, but no specific date. Some of the thought was to help set the film up for some 2014 Award buzz. FYI, the movie is actually set around the story of Dave's brother Mark. From what I'm hearing most of the movie is set around John DuPont feeling that he was the driving force behind Marks success and the rest of the Foxcatcher crew trying to tiptoe DuPont issues in order to help Mark succeed. Dave as Mark's brother/coach will come into play as someone DuPont feels threatened by as far as who gets to guide Mark and share in the success/glory. I'm not sure the story will be perfectly match real life, but I'm sure some of the underlying issues did exist none the less. Mark had made a few online comments eluding to being upset about how some of the footage turned out, so maybe some of the delay also gave him time to convince editors to rework a few scenes in order to portray certain aspects better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlittlejohn Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 This is a great read available through Amazon.com... Blood Money : The Du Pont Heir and the Murder of an Olympic Athlete by Carlton Smith Review from Amazon... This is a fairly interesting true crime book about the heir to the du Pont fortune, John du Pont. The book traces du Pont's family tree in France from simple watchmakers to their ascendancy to the nobility. After the French revolution, the family would find itself in America, where they would become purveyors of gunpowder and make a fortune, eventually becoming influential in the American landscape, just as they had in France. John du Pont would also leave his mark but in a way never anticipated by his family. John du Pont was to the manor born. Blessed with untold wealth, he grew more and more eccentric as he grew older. It is clear from the book that he was not wrapped too tight and that his wealth protected him from being proclaimed a danger to others. Who knew, however, that this seemingly eccentric man would turn out to be nothing more than a deranged killer? Desiring to distinguish himself in the world of competitive athletics as a pentathlete but found wanting, he finally decided to become a patron of competitive athletes. First, he supported the sport of swimming only to ultimately switch his support to that of amateur wrestling. Building a professional complex on his property where such athletes could train, his bizarre behavior and heavy drinking drew notice, but his patronage was too enticing. Consequently, his bizarre behavior, which was to grow more bizarre with time, was rationalized away. By the time serious concerns about the state of his mental health were afoot, it was simply too late. Du Pont's greatest hope for recognition of his patronage in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics was through 1984 Gold Medallist, Dave Shultz. Unfortunately, John du Pont snuffed out any chance for real recognition of his contribution to the world of wrestling, when he shot Dave Schultz to death in front of his wife. Du Pont did so while in the throes of a paranoiac delusion. The book only takes the reader through to John du Pont's capture and arrest. The trial is not a part of the book, which is its one shortcoming. John du Pont did stand trial in 1997 for the murder of Dave Schultz, and was convicted of third-degree murder, instead of the top count of first degree murder for which he was indicted. The jury also found him to be mentally ill. In 1999, du Pont settled a wrongful death suit, brought by Schultz's wife, for thirty five million dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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