David O. Russell's 2013 film American Hustle, featured a stellar cast of Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale. The film received ten nominations at the 86th Academy Awards.
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The black comedy tells the unfolding drama beneath the Abscam operation of 1978. The FBI operation set out to shed light on corrupt politicians by using small-time con artists.
The stranger-than-fiction tall tale was noted for its costume design, velour tuxes and split to the navel dresses were worn by the glamorous cast ensemble.
Coinciding with the American Hustle auction, costumes from the 2014 biographical film Foxcatcher will also be online at Prop Store. The film is based on the murder of David Schultz by John Du Pont, the millionaire who recruited two 1984 U.S. Olympic gold medalist wrestlers, Mark Schultz and his older brother David to train Olympic hopefuls in his private sports centre, Foxcatcher Farm, which he set up on his estate in Pennsylvania.
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The film, which was nominated for five Oscars at the 2015 Academy Awards, bills Steve Carell as John du Pont, Channing Tatum as Mark Schultz and Mark Ruffalo as his brother David.
It is the tragic tale of the beta male, as younger brother Mark is a far more successful sportsman than his brother Dave. Although in the film Mark worships his older brother Dave, the two also resent one another. Du Pont at first acts as a father figure to the men, however, he later murders David by shooting him. He was convicted as guilty but mentally ill.