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Watch: Icarus 2017 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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..
Plot: While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer despite shocking allegations that place Rodchenkov at the center of Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program.
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Ratings:

	7.9/10 Votes: 50,473
	92% | RottenTomatoes
	68/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 604 Popularity: 9.276 | TMDB

Reviews:

Dope
Icarus, much like its mythological namesake, starts out openly enough. Writer/director Bryan Fogel, obviously undergoing a mid-life crisis, seeks to rise above his competition and win an long-eluded amateur bike race by subscribing to a doping program ala Lance Armstrong and Tyler Hamilton. His gonzo-ish film about cheating the system then takes a serious turn as he flies extremely close to the sun by becoming involved with Russian doping superstar, Grigory Rodchenkov, just prior to the 2016 summer Olympics and Russian scandal – the doping scandal that is, taking into consideration another very serious scandal that occurred in the United States later that year in November, an event this film alludes to.

Fogel’s film presents a complete analysis of Russia’s athletic doping program and its pervasive influence on all of its athletes while providing a revealing look at how the conspiracy came to light leading to the eventual banning of 68 Russian athletes from Rio. The documentary is so compelling you cannot look away.

Rodchenkov, who comes across as a favorite crazy uncle, blasts away on camera with truths and proofs that lead to WADA and the IOC’s landmark decision. Rodchenkov equally has no problems with broadcasting his opinions concerning President Vladimir Putin’s fear-laden regime. If Putin and the KGB can easily evade the IOC, imagine what other high-level larceny exists that can be used to, ahem, trump other standards.

Icarus presents art dictating life, where one rather flaky story uncovers a very-real conspiracy that affects so many. This is not merely a sports documentary, rather a politically human one with real consequences, and needs to be viewed. Here’s hoping the Academy’s nomination committee is taking note, as Icarus has the potential to win gold of its own.

Superb documentary – enthralling, edifying and eye-opening
Filmmaker and avid amateur cyclist Bryan Fogel decides to make a documentary on how easy it is to get away with doping in sport. He sets out to take illegal performance-enhancing substances, improve his cycling performance and show that the substances are undetectable. His task leads him to Grigory Rodchenkov, the head of the Russian anti-doping laboratory. Little does Fogel realise at the time but he is about to be involved in, and a chronicler of, sport’s greatest ever doping scandal, as details are revealed of Russia’s systemic, widespread, government-sponsored doping program.

Superb documentary. ‘Documentary’ undersells this film – ‘thriller’ is more like it. Starts off with a rather simple (though never innocent) agenda with its focus on one issue and evolves into something huge on another (related) issue. There’s plot twists and danger, knock-on effects and jaw-dropping revelations. The pacing also feels like a good thriller – starts sedately and gets more and more intense as the film goes on.

Rivalling the revelations for shock value is the fact that film was never meant to be on the ultimate subject. It is pretty much an accidental documentary as the original project could easily have gone nowhere or, at best, would have been low-key. Incredible how candid and unplanned it all is – talk about being in the right place at the right time!

Won the 2018 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. This was well-deserved – an outstanding documentary.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr (120 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated TV-MA
Genre Documentary, Sport
Director Bryan Fogel
Writer Bryan Fogel, Mark Monroe, Jon Bertain
Actors Bryan Fogel, Dave Zabriskie, Don Catlin
Country United States
Awards Won 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 14 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format N/A
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Printed Film Format DCP