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Foxcatcher

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Foxcatcher  (2014) A Review by Grant Kanigan Directed by:  Bennett Miller Written by:  E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman Starring: Channing Tatum, Steve Carell               Mark Ruffalo Rating: PG Channing Tatum, Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher © Fair Hill, LLC. All Rights Reserved        Musician and author David Byrne once remarked on the fleeting nature of art, music and life; "As music becomes less of a thing--a cylinder, a cassette, a disc--and more ephemeral, perhaps we will begin to assign an increasing value to live performances again." Miller's Foxcatcher , is one of the first films in a long time to capture this ephemeral nature of life, showcasing the story of John Du Pont and the Schultz brothers as less of a series of events and more of a collection of moments, ebbing and flowing with tension until finally the wave breaks, and crashes back into the ocean.       Foxcatcher follows Mark Schultz, (Channing Tatum), an olympic gold