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:

Bryan Fogel, Mark Monroe

Stars:

Bryan Fogel, Dave Zabriskie, Don Catlin

Won 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bryan Fogel	...	Self
Dave Zabriskie	...	Self
Don Catlin	...	Self
Grigory Rodchenkov	...	Self
Scott Brandt	...	Self (as Scott A. Brandt)
Ben Stone	...	Self
Richard Pound	...	Self
Richard McLaren	...	Self
Nikita Kamaev	...	Self (archive footage)
Thomas Bach	...	Self (archive footage)
Sebastian Coe	...	Self (archive footage)
Vitaliy Mutko	...	Self (archive footage)
Dan Cogan	...	Self (voice)
David Howman	...	Self
Jacques Rogge	...	Self (archive footage)

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 | cover up | male nudity | 

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Taglines:

Truth is the new banned substance

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Genres:

Documentary | Sport

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was substantially edited after the premiere at Sundance Film Festival, where it was bought by Netflix. The new version debuted at Sundance London in June 2017 before being released on Netflix in August.

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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: He wrote book. It is dangerous to write book in Russia.

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Connections

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

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Soundtracks

Before the Beginning
Written by Graham de Wilde (as Graham De Wilde)
Courtesy of APM Music

User Reviews

If you love sports you may not want to watch this....

Watched this documentary and got so angry with the 'powers that be' in sports that allowed the crooked Russians to participate in the Olympics despite overwhelming evidence provided by a Russian official who risked his life doing so. Utterly sickening to see the IOC bowing to Russian pressure. I have always loved sports, watching in awe how Armstrong won 7 Tour de France for example. Seeing all these things just makes me sad. But if you want to know how this is done, how they get away with it, watch this. If you want to stay in the bubble, watch something else. I won't blame you.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian

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