Film · 2013

The Armstrong Lie

Name: The Armstrong Lie
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-09-08
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Cast: Lance Armstrong, Betsy Andreu, Frankie Andreu, Reed Albergotti, Johan Bruyneel

2h 4mRDirected by Alex Gibney

Documentary

The world wanted to believe him. So did the camera.

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."

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Cast

Lance ArmstrongSelf
Betsy AndreuSelf
Frankie AndreuSelf
Reed AlbergottiSelf
Johan BruyneelSelf
Daniel CoyleSelf
Michele FerrariSelf
Michael BloombergSelf (archive footage)
Anderson CooperSelf (archive footage)
Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)
Oprah WinfreySelf (archive footage)
Alex GibneySelf - Narrator

Details

Director: Alex Gibney
Writer: Alex Gibney
Music: David Kahne
Cinematography: Maryse Alberti
Editor: Andy Grieve, Tim Squyres, Lindy Jankura
Producer: Frank Marshall, Matt Tolmach, Alex Gibney
Release: September 8, 2013
Runtime: 2h 4m
Rated: R
Language: English
Studio: Jigsaw Productions, Matt Tolmach Productions, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
TMDB score: 7.0 / 10 from 142 votes