Murderball
The documentary film about physically-challenged athletes was released in 2005. It starred Keith Cavill, Andy Cohn, Scott Hogsett, and Christopher Igoe, among others. The film was about wheelchair rugby and the rivalry between the Canada and US teams in the build-up to the Paralympic Games in 2004. The film follows the lives of the paraplegic players who form the US rugby team.
Murderball (2005). Source: IMDB
The young men talk about how they found themselves in wheelchairs, and discuss various aspects of their lives. The documentary also features them playing competitive rugby games as they prepare for the Paralympic Games.
The film received universal acclaim on release, and the heaps of praise continue to come in. The unedited version was screened for the United Nations. In 2006, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. It also won the Best Feature and the Best Non-Fiction Film at the Indianapolis International Film Festival as well as the Best Documentary Feature at the Sundance Film Festival.