Icare

Original title: Icarus

2017
13
2h

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7.9/10

56K

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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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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.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.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.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

56K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Oscar
- 9 wins & 14 nominations total

Self
(as Scott A. Brandt)

Ben Stone

Self

Dick Pound

Self - IOC Member (Canada)

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)

Jim Walden

Self

Lance Armstrong

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Barry Bonds

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

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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.

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.

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.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 20 Best Documentary Films of the Last Decade (2019)

Soundtracks
Swan Lake: Op. 20, Act 1 No. 2: Valse
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Arranged by M. Infante
Performed by RSO Ljubljana
Courtesy of Forman Bros. Classics

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10/10

One of the best, if not the best, documentaries that I have ever watched.

One of the best, if not the best, documentaries that I have ever watched. It is an amazing story about a man who set out to prove one thing and ends up in the middle of one of the most dramatic moments in sports history, complete with shady characters, political giants, and assassinations. This documentary put the documentor in the right place at the right time. Wow, an eleven on a scale of one to ten!