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The Armstrong Lie
Documentary · 2013
In 2009, Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong's comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong's confession. The Armstrong Lie picks up in 2013 and presents a riveting, insider's view of the unraveling of one of the most extraordinary stories in the history of sports. As Lance Armstrong says himself, "I didn't live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one."
The sides of The Armstrong Lie
- A comeback film that became a confession
- Lance Armstrong and the Tour de France
- Years of doping and denial
The Armstrong Lie is good for you if…
- you want the inside story of a lie told to the whole world.
- you like cycling and the Tour de France from inside the team.
- you want to spend two hours with a champion you can't quite root for.
The Armstrong Lie is bad for you if…
- two hours of interviews and archive footage is too much for you.
- you'd rather skip the lawyers, sponsors and cycling officials who kept the lie going.
About: lies · ambition · fame
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