Rulon Gardner Won't Die

Rulon Gardner Won't Die (2021)

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.

Date of release
2021-04-02
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Adam Irving

Casting

Interesting facts

Rulon is a 2021 documentary film directed by Adam Irving about Rulon Gardner, an American retired Greco-Roman wrestler. It premiered on NBCSN on April 2, 2021.

Production

The film is narrated by Gardner, with interview subjects including Aleksandr Karelin, Katie Couric, Bob Costas, and Jim Lampley. Executive producers include Frank Marshall, Mike Tollin, and Jon Weinbach. Gardner said of the film that it is "an honest look at not only the success I have achieved but at the hardships that preceded and have followed my Olympic experience."

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