Dollamur Sports Surfaces provided mats used in the wrestling scenes throughout the movies, which tells the story of Olympic wrestling’s Schultz brothers. From the director of Moneyball and Capote,“Foxcatcher” stars Steve Carell, Sienna Miller, Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum.
FORT WORTH, May 14, 2014– Dollamur Sports Surfaces, the nation’s largest supplier of competitive sports mats, is making a big-screen appearance in the upcoming blockbuster movie “Foxcatcher.” The Fort Worth-based company’s wrestling mats were used in competition and training scenes in the Sony Pictures Classics’ movie, which is premiering at Cannes Film Festival this week and is widely considered a contender for next year’s Academy Award. It stars Steve Carell, Sienna Miller, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo.
“We were very excited to hear that Sony was developing a film with an A-list cast about some of wrestling’s top champions, and we were even more excited to have had the opportunity to provide ‘Foxcatcher’ with Dollamur wrestling mats, which have been used in numerous USA Wrestling and world-class matches for many years,” said Dollamur President and CEO Don Ochsenreiter.
Based on Olympic wrestling gold medalist Mark Schultz’s autobiography, “Foxcatcher”tells the story about Olympic wrestling’s Schultz brothers. The drama was directed by Bennett Miller, who also directed Moneyball and Capote, and was written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman.
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About Dollamur
Based in Fort Worth, Texas and established in 1996, Dollamur Sport Surfaces is the largest global manufacturer and distributor of high-performance competitive sports flooring for wrestling, martial arts, mixed martial arts, Cross-Fit®, gymnastics and cheerleading. Dollamur mats are the preferred choice in hundreds of top-level sporting competitions each year throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, South America, Asia and the Middle East, including many national championships and Olympic-qualifying tournaments. To learn more visit www.dollamur.com.
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