Icarus (2017 film)

Icarus is a 2017 American documentary film by Bryan Fogel. It chronicles Fogel's exploration of the option of doping to win an amateur cycling race and happening upon a major international doping scandal when he asks for the help of Grigory Rodchenkov, the head of the Russian anti-doping laboratory. It premiered at Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2017, and was awarded the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award (Orwell Award). Netflix acquired the distribution rights and released Icarus globally on August 4, 2017. At the 90th Academy Awards, the film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Icarus
Film release poster
Directed byBryan Fogel
Written by
  • Bryan Fogel
  • Mark Monroe
Produced by
  • Dan Cogan
  • Bryan Fogel
  • David Fialkow
  • Jim Swartz
Cinematography
  • Jake Swantko
  • Timothy Rode
Edited byJon Bertain
Music byAdam Peters
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • January 20, 2017 (2017-01-20) (Sundance)
  • August 4, 2017 (2017-08-04) (United States)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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