| Actor |
Crew |
| Lance Armstrong |
Himself
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| Reed Albergotti |
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| Betsy Andreu |
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| Frankie Andreu |
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| Johan Bruyneel |
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| Daniel Coyle |
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| Michele Ferrari |
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| George Hincapie |
|
| Phil Liggett |
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| Steve Madden |
|
| Bill Strickland |
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| Jonathan Vaughters |
|
| Emile Vrijman |
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| David Walsh |
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Oprah Winfrey
|
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| Director |
Alex Gibney
|
| Producer |
Alex Gibney |
| Writer |
Alex Gibney |
| Cinematography |
Ben Bloodwell |
|
| Plot |
| In 2008 Academy Award(R) winning filmmaker Alex Gibney set out to make a documentary about Lance Armstrongs comeback to the world of competitive cycling. Widely regarded as one of the most prominent figures in the history of sports Armstrong had brought global attention to cycling as the man who had triumphed over cancer and went on to win bicyclings greatest race the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times. Charting Armstrongs life-story (and given unprecedented access to both the Tour and the man) Gibney began filming what he initially envisioned as the ultimate comeback story - Armstrongs return from his 2005 retirement and his attempt to win his eighth Tour. Indeed more than just an athlete Armstrong through his inspiring personal narrative and charitable works had come to embody nothing short of the possibilities of the human spirit itself. An unprecedented scandal however would rewrite both the Armstrong legend and Gibneys film. By early 2013 Lance Armstrong had admitted to using performance enhancing drugs following a federal criminal investigation and an investigation by the US Anti- Doping Agency (in 2012 the USADA in conjunction with the International Cycling Union effectively stripped Armstrong of all seven of his previous titles and banned him from all sport for life). Setting out to chronicle a comeback Alex Gibneys The ARMSTRONG Lie instead emerges as a riveting insiders view chronicling the collapse of one of the greatest legends of our time. As Lance Armstrong tells Gibneys camera: I didnt live a lot of lies but I lived one big one... |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Documentary |
| Studio |
|
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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| Movie Release Date |
2013 |
| Country |
 USA
|
|
| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
124 |
| Color |
Color |
|
| Features |
Features |
Scene Access
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| Edition Details |
| Screen Ratio |
 1.78 |
| Format |
Blu-ray Disc |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| Barcode |
043396433830 |
| Release Date |
2/11/2014 |
| Packaging |
HD Slim |
| Audio Tracks |
English DTS-HD Master Audio |
| No. of Discs/Tapes |
1 |
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| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
1787 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
6/13/2014 |
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