The Armstrong Lie (2013) on Netflix
R20132h 4mBiographyDocumentarySport
A filmmaker starts a documentary about Lance Armstrong's 2009 comeback to cycling. Doping allegations shelve the project, and after Armstrong admits to doping, the work resumes.
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Plot summary
Lance Armstrong comes back to competitive cycling in 2009 after four years away, and a filmmaker begins a documentary about the return. Fresh doping allegations and the investigations that follow shelve the project. In 2012 Armstrong is barred from competition for life and loses his seven Tour de France titles. He admits to doping in a televised interview, and three hours later he gives the filmmaker a short interview, then sits with him again for a longer talk about his career. Alongside that testimony, the film draws on archive footage, among it Larry King Live, The Daily Show and a South Park episode, and on interviews with people from the sport.
Cast
- Reed Albergottias Self
- Johan Bruyneelas Self
- Daniel Coyleas Self
- Michele Ferrarias Self
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- Grace Elizabeth Armstrongas Self - Lance's Daughter
- Isabelle Rose Armstrongas Self - Lance's Daughter
- Bill Clinton Jr.as Self - Former US President
- Alberto Contadoras Self - Tour De France Teammate
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Armstrong Lie (2013)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Lance Armstrong sat for a brief interview with director Alex Gibney on January 14, 2013, three hours after publicly admitting to doping on Oprah, and later gave him a longer interview to set the record straight about his career.
- Alex Gibney began filming in 2009 under the title The Road Back, about Lance Armstrong's comeback after a four-year retirement, but the project was shelved when new doping allegations and investigations against Armstrong emerged.
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