At the heart of this film is a chamber as chilling as any horror film location. An exemplar of American achievement, the room displays sporting trophies in neutral toned grandeur. Yet it also has pretensions to be familiar: the armchairs and television suggest this is a regular domestic den, albeit in the house of a multimillionaire. For the trophy room lies within the Pennsylvania mansion of John Eleuthère du Pont, of the industrial dynasty that grew rich on gunpowder, polymers and politics. What happened when this privileged prince became involved in middle-age with the US wrestling team in their preparations for the 1988 Seoul Olympics provides one of the most compelling character dramas of recent years – one that subverts American institutions and values, calling into que