Icarus (2017)

When Bryan sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller.

Director:

Bryan Fogel

Writers:

Jon Bertain, Bryan Fogel

Stars:

Thomas Bach, Scott Brandt, Don Catlin

Won 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Thomas Bach	...	Himself - President, International Olympic Committee
Scott Brandt	...	Himself
Don Catlin	...	Himself
Sebastian Coe	...	Himself
Bryan Fogel	...	Himself
Nikita Kamaev	...	Himself (archive footage)
Richard McLaren	...	Himself
Vladimir Putin	...	Himself
Grigory Rodchenkov	...	Himself
Ben Stone	...	Himself
Dave Zabriskie	...	Himself

Storyline

When Bryan Fogel sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller involving dirty urine, unexplained death and Olympic Gold-exposing the biggest scandal in sports history.

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Plot Keywords:

steroids | doping | scandal | conspiracy | cover up | 

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Taglines:

Truth is the new banned substance

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Genres:

Documentary | Sport | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

Russian English

Release Date:

4 August 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Icarus

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alex Productions, Chicago Media Project, Diamond Docs

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A hit at the Sundance Film Festival, there was some speculation that the reason the festival was hacked was because of this film's presence in the line-up and the Russian authorities' need to suppress the revelations contained in the film.

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Goofs

Whenever race results were displayed for the Haute Route, the country flags for the French riders are ALL backwards. Blue/white/red is correct; they're displayed as red/white/blue.

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Quotes

Grigory Rodchenkov: Even to understand the word 'doublethink' involves the use of doublethink. I was doing in parallel two things which cancelled out each other and being fully contradictory. Doping and anti-doping.

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Connections

Referenced in Sean Bradley's First Reaction: 90th Academy Awards - Nominations (2018)

User Reviews

Probably the best documentary i've watched

It has everything, spies, conspiracies, involvement of world leaders, following world events like wars. Seems like a movie or something that was scripted, its exciting, has suspense and drama and other traits that usually in documentaries its hard to truly get.

Amazing job and about a very passionate topic SPORTS .