The Armstrong Lie
“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
14 people
Lance Armstrong
Self
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Betsy Andreu
Self
Frankie Andreu
Self
Reed Albergotti
Self
Johan Bruyneel
Self
Daniel Coyle
Self
Michele Ferrari
Self
Michael Bloomberg
Self (archive footage)
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Anderson Cooper
Self (archive footage)
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Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
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Oprah Winfrey
Self (archive footage)
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Alex Gibney
Self - Narrator
Alex Gibney Director · David Kahne Composer Maryse Alberti Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $383K · United States release October 12, 2013 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$383,294
Production
Jigsaw Productions
Production
Matt Tolmach Productions
Production
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
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Sony Pictures Classics
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 8, 2013
Theatrical
United States · October 12, 2013
Theatrical
Germany
July 3, 2014 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 31, 2014 · Digital
Japan
May 25, 2016 · Digital
Poland
October 25, 2013 · Digital
Sweden
September 8, 2013 · Limited theatrical
Switzerland
September 29, 2013 · Digital
United Kingdom
January 31, 2014 · Theatrical
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