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The Armstrong Lie

The Armstrong Lie

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 8, 2013

Runtime

2h 4m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

69%

Original Title

The Armstrong Lie

Production Companies

Jigsaw Productions, Matt Tolmach Productions, The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Director

Alex Gibney

Revenue

$383,294

Description

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.”