![]() ![]() Self-administered doping programme in order to introduce Rodchenkov, the Reworked the film, cutting much of the footage that focused on his In the months since Icarus premiered at Sundance, Fogel has Masterminded a state-sanctioned doping programme that helped RussianĪthletes earn 13 gold medals at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Imagined - during the course of filming, Fogel discovers that Rodchenkov Their pact delivers far more than the fledgling documentarian ever Rodchenkov is straight out of central casting - a chatty, oddlyĬharming, gifted scoundrel who agrees to help Fogel. Movie - Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me with daily injections ofĭrug cocktails replacing the sacramental Big Macs.įogel needed expert help to pass urine tests at the cycling races,Īnd through connections he found Grigory Rodchenkov, then head of the This led Fogel to wonder if he too could cheat, evade detectionĪnd, in his case, join the amateur cycling elite and that could be a Things went south only afterįormer teammate Floyd Landis blew the whistle on him. As Fogel tells it,Īrmstrong passed some 500 drug tests. Stripped of his seven Tour de France titles in 2012. ![]() Light of day had it not been for a chance introduction.Ī few years ago, Fogel found himself fascinated by the story ofĬyclist Lance Armstrong, who, after denying years of doping rumours, was Theatrical engagement in the US, probably wouldn't have seen the Icarus, streaming on Netflix now and playing in a limited Who oversaw - then blew the whistle on - Russia's far-reaching Into a sometimes stunning look at Fogel's friendship with the man Icarus, a happy-accident documentary that began as a lark and turned That latter distinction is one of the attractions of Fogel's Off-Broadway run and, quite possibly, the world's luckiest Gold medals at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympicsīryan Fogel is an LA-based writer and amateur competitiveīicyclist, co-author of a play about Jewish dating that enjoyed a long State-sanctioned doping programme that helped Russian athletes earn 13 Summary: Documentary looks at how one man masterminded a APA style: 'Icarus' film review: Doping and the depths of deception.'Icarus' film review: Doping and the depths of deception." Retrieved from MLA style: "'Icarus' film review: Doping and the depths of deception." The Free Library. ![]()
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