Foxcatcher Page #5

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INT. MARK’S APARTMENT - EVENING

Mark presses PLAY on his answering machine. Hang-ups and DIAL

TONES.

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INT. MARK’S APARTMENT/BATHROOM - MOMENTS LATER

Mark examines his bruised face in the mirror, wiping away

blood - some of it his, some his brother’s.

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INT. MARK’S APARTMENT - LATER

Mark’s at the refrigerator, cracking ice cube trays into a

plastic 7-11 shopping bag. The PHONE RINGS. He picks up -

MARK (ON PHONE)

Yah.

A man’s voice is heard. It sounds like long distance.

MAN (OVER PHONE)

May I please speak with Mr. Mark

Schultz?

MARK (ON PHONE)

It’s Mark.

MAN (OVER PHONE)

I’m sorry to call you at night, but

Mr. du Pont was anxious that I get

in touch with you.

MARK (ON PHONE)

Okay...

MAN (ON PHONE)

He asked that you please consider

taking a day off from your training

to come out to Foxcatcher Farms so

you men can meet face to face.

MARK (ON PHONE)

Who do you work for again?

13.

MAN (ON PHONE)

John E. du Pont of the du Pont

family of Newtown Square,

Pennsylvania.

(beat)

You may also know of him in

connection with his support of the

Villanova wrestling program.

MARK (ON PHONE)

(he doesn’t)

What does he want to talk about?

MAN (ON PHONE)

Mr. du Pont requested that I

contact you to set up a meeting.

He’d like to bring you out to

Pennsylvania.

MARK (ON PHONE)

Uh-huh.

MAN (ON PHONE)

If I may I’d like to make travel

arrangements for you, Mr. Schultz.

Mark’s holding the ice cube tray, alone in his dingy kitchen.

MAN (ON PHONE) (CONT’D)

Mr. Schultz?

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INT. PHL AIRPORT/ARRIVAL GATE - DAY

BRANDON (20s, post-prep school, jacket/tie) waits for Mark.

BRANDON:

Mr. Schultz, I’m Brandon. Welcome

to Philadelphia.

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INT. HELICOPTER (AIRBORNE) - DAY

Mark watches out the clear Plexi as the Pennsylvania

countryside spreads out below him. He and Brandon and the

pilot (LARRY - 50s, aviator glasses, Air Cavalry patch on his

jacket) all wear RADIO MIC HEADSETS.

14.

BRANDON (ON RADIO MIC)

Mr. du Pont would have flown you

himself, but he was asked at the

last minute for tactical assistance

by the Newtown Square Police

Department.

Mark has no idea what that means, but nods his head.

BRANDON (ON RADIO MIC) (CONT’D)

He should be back at the estate by

the time we get there.

Larry BANKS the plane steeply on Mark’s side so Mark has an

unobstructed view of the ground.

LARRY (ON RADIO MIC)

Valley Forge below you.

They speed over the historic site - wide fields, the memorial

arch, wood fences, the old stone house.

BRANDON (ON RADIO MIC)

The du Pont family’s supplied

American armed forces with

gunpowder since the beginning.

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