Rulon Gardner Won't Die (2021)

Rulon Gardner Won't Die

The astonishing true story of Rulon Gardner, a dairy farmer from Wyoming who shocked the world at the Sydney Olympics, overcoming 2000 to 1 odds by defeating a Russian wrestler who hadn't lost a single match in 13 years. Months after winning his gold medal, Rulon's toe was amputated from severe frostbite after a near-death wilderness stranding in sub-zero temperatures. Then with 9 toes - and after surviving a near-fatal motorcycle accident, Rulon won another medal at the next Olympics, only to survive a plane crash by swimming two miles in a freezing lake. Finally, after ballooning to 500 lbs., Rulon won America's heart competing on a season of The Biggest Loser only to lose his life savings and retreat into obscurity after getting swindled in a real estate deal that cost him his Olympic medals.

Rulon Gardner Won't Die

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Rulon Gardner
Rulon Gardner
as Himself
Bob Costas
Bob Costas
as
Katie Couric
Katie Couric
as
Alexander Karelin
Alexander Karelin
as
Matt Lauer
Matt Lauer
as
Jay Leno
Jay Leno
as
Brian Williams
Brian Williams
as

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Adam Irving
Adam Irving
Editor
Fred Koschmann
Fred Koschmann
Editor
Travis LaBella
Travis LaBella
Director of Photography
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza
Producer
Adam Irving
Adam Irving
Producer
Adam Irving
Adam Irving
Director
Adam Irving
Adam Irving
Writer

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