Icarus (2017)

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... See full summary »

Director:

Bryan Fogel

Writers:

Jon Bertain, Bryan Fogel

Stars:

Thomas Bach, Sebastian Coe, Bryan Fogel

Won 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Thomas Bach	...	Himself - President, International Olympic Committee
Sebastian Coe	...	Himself
Bryan Fogel	...	Himself
Nikita Kamaev	...	Himself (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin	...	Himself
Grigory Rodchenkov	...	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:

The Documentary That Took Down an Empire

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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

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: 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 .