Foxcatcher (2014)
Steve Carell: John du Pont
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Quotes
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John du Pont : [from trailer] Coach is the father. Coach is a mentor. Coach has great power on athlete's life.
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John du Pont : [from trailer] You're going to do great things, Mark.
Mark Schultz : I'm gonna give you everything I have.
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John du Pont : I consider you a friend. And my friends call me Eagle. Or Golden Eagle. Either of those would work. Or John. Or Coach.
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[John du Pont and Mark sit out on the backyard porch of the du Pont residents, a little drunk and drugged]
Mark Schultz : You all right? Huh?
John du Pont : You are a good friend, Mark.
Mark Schultz : Thank you, John.
John du Pont : I only had one real friend growing up. Hugh Cherry. Hughby. He was the son of my mother's chauffeur.
Mark Schultz : Uh-huh.
John du Pont : When I was 16, I found out that my mother had been paying him to be my friend.
Mark Schultz : Dave was my only friend growing up. Yeah.
[John du Pont chuckles at Mark]
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John du Pont : [coaching Mark to deliver a speech filled with difficult terms] Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.
Mark Schultz : Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.
John du Pont : Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.
Mark Schultz : Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.
John du Pont : [intensively] Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.
Mark Schultz : Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.
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John du Pont : Mark, we as a nation have failed to honor you. I want to see this country soar again.
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John du Pont : I don't care about trains, Mother. I am leading men!
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John du Pont : [slaps Mark Schultz in the face and whispers] You ungrateful ape.
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John du Pont : Did you catch the fox today, Mother?
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[John du Pont walks into the Foxcatcher gym with a pistol, where all of the wrestlers are stretching for practice]
John du Pont : Mark.
[John signals for Mark]
John du Pont : After practice, I want you to shower, and come talk to me. All right?
Mark Schultz : Yeah. All right.
[John du Pont then fires a round from his pistol into the ceiling of the gym]
John du Pont : Three hundred eighty-seven days to Seoul, gentlemen. Let's have a good practice, shall we?
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John du Pont : I'm getting Dave. And I don't care how much it costs.
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John du Pont : I do not share my mother's affection for horseflesh, I'll have you know.
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John du Pont : Horses are stupid. Horses eat and shit. That's all they do. It's very silly. It's all very silly.
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[Mark's first meeting with John du Pont]
John du Pont : You look good. You look strong. Fit.
Mark Schultz : Thank you, sir.
John du Pont : Feeling confident?
[Mark nods yes]
John du Pont : 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 - go to a match knowing you're going to win that match, odds are you're going to win that match. You're training with your brother Dave?
Mark Schultz : Yes, sir.
John du Pont : Great Dave Schultz?
Mark Schultz : Yeah.
John du Pont : And I'm talking to the great Mark Schultz. Do you have any idea why I asked you to come here?
Mark Schultz : No.
John du Pont : No. Well, Mark, do you - do you have any idea who I am?
Mark Schultz : No. No.
John du Pont : Some rich guy calls you on the phone. I want the great 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?
Mark Schultz : Well, I wanna be the best in the world. I wanna go to the Worlds and win gold. I wanna go to the '88 Olympics and win gold.
John du Pont : Good. I'm proud of you. Are you getting the support that you need?
Mark Schultz : What do you mean, sir?
John du Pont : Well, you know how the soviets support their wrestlers.
Mark Schultz : I do.
John du Pont : Mark, we as a nation have failed to honor you. And that's a problem. Not just for you, but for our society. When we fail to honor that which should be honored, it's a problem. It's a canary in a coal mine. Do you bird-watch?
Mark Schultz : Uh, no.
John du Pont : 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.
Mark Schultz : I want that too.
John du Pont : I can see that.
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David Schultz : Hey, John. What's happening?
[notices that John has a gun]
David Schultz : Whoa.
John du Pont : You have a problem with me?
Fred Cole : No, John, don't!
David Schultz : John, I don't have a problem. Hey, John...
[John fires at him]
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[John du Pont drives up to see Dave Schultz, makes a stop, backs up his car, drives forward and parks up beside Dave]
David Schultz : Hey John, What's happening? Hey Whoa!
Wayne Kendall : [from Wayne in the passenger of Mr. du Pont's vehicle] No.
John du Pont : You got a problem with me?
Wayne Kendall : John. Don't, John!
David Schultz : No, John, I don't have a problem. Hey... John -
[gunshot from du Pont]
David Schultz : Argh!
Wayne Kendall : [Wayne leaps out of du Pont's vehicle] John, No! Stop, John. Stop!
[Dave tries crawling away on the ground, grunting]
Nancy Schultz : [Nancy Schultz runs out the front door and screams] John, no!
[another gunshot is fired at Dave Schultz]
Nancy Schultz : [Nancy runs back into the house when she see's Mr. du Pont aim the gun up towards her]
[Dave grunts continuing to try and crawl away]
Nancy Schultz : [final gunshot to Dave Schultz ending with a final scream, Mr. du Pont calmly drives away as Nancy holds onto her dead husband laying in the snow]
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[Mark and John du Pont stare out at the morning forest of Valley Forge]
John du Pont : Three thousand 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.
Mark Schultz : Yes, sir.
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John du Pont : Mark, we as a nation have failed to honor you. And that's a problem. Not just for you, but for our society. When we fail to honor that which should be honored, it's a problem. It's a canary in a coal mine.
