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Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008)
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The side effects of being American. more
Plot:
In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world...
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Another Side Of Drug Abuse
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Chris Bell | ... | Himself - Host (also archive footage) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Hank Aaron | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Lyle Alzado | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Joshua Amsden | ... | Himself | |
| Ben Aukes | ... | Himself | |
| Kelly Beecher | ... | Himself | |
| Mark Bell | ... | Himself (also archive footage) | |
| Mike Bell | ... | Himself (also archive footage) | |
| Rosemary Bell | ... | Herself (also archive footage) | |
| Sheldon Bell | ... | Himself (also archive footage) | |
| Joe Biden | ... | Himself (archive footage) (as Sen. Joseph Biden) | |
| Mike Blanton | ... | Himself | |
| Christian Boeving | ... | Himself | |
| Barry Bonds | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Jim Bunning | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| George Bush | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| George W. Bush | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Jose Canseco | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Jeff Carwile | ... | Himself | |
| Dr. Carlon Colker | ... | Himself | |
| Rick Collins | ... | Himself | |
| Meave Cox | ... | Herself | |
| Jay Cutler | ... | Himself | |
| Dr. Eric Dodson | ... | Himself | |
| Jason Ellis | ... | Himself | |
| Wade Exum | ... | Himself (as Dr. Wade Exum) | |
| Dr. Norm Fost | ... | Himself | |
| Dr. Mark Gordon | ... | Himself | |
| Gene Haislip | ... | Himself | |
| Orrin G. Hatch | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Hulk Hogan | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Donald Hooton | ... | Himself | |
| Rehan Jalali | ... | Himself | |
| Ben Johnson | ... | Himself (also archive footage) | |
| Marion Jones | ... | Herself (archive footage) | |
| John F. Kennedy | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Johnny Knox | ... | Himself | |
| Floyd Landis | ... | Himself (also archive footage) | |
| Stan Lee | ... | Himself | |
| Carl Lewis | ... | Himself (also archive footage) | |
| Willie Litvack | ... | Himself | |
| Timea Majorova | ... | Herself | |
| Mickey Mantle | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Roger Maris | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Mark McGwire | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Marilyn Monroe | ... | Herself (archive footage) | |
| Tony Mulhare | ... | Himself | |
| Mike Nelson | ... | Himself (as Major Mike Nelson) | |
| Joe Niekro | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Jackie Ochoa | ... | Himself | |
| Jack Owoc | ... | Himself | |
| Rafael Palmeiro | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Joel Paredes | ... | Himself | |
| Stephen Paulson | ... | Himself | |
| Craig Phillips | ... | Himself | |
| Harrison Pope | ... | Himself (as Dr. Harrison Pope) | |
| Lauren Powers | ... | Herself | |
| Ronald Reagan | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Scott Reid | ... | Himself | |
| John Romano | ... | Himself | |
| Giovanni Roselli | ... | Romeo Roselli | |
| Rosie Ruiz | ... | Herself (archive footage) | |
| Babe Ruth | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Rick Schaff | ... | Himself | |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | ... | Himself (also archive footage) | |
| Maria Shriver | ... | Herself (archive footage) | |
| Louis Simmons | ... | Himself | |
| Aubrey Smith | ... | Herself | |
| Bee Smith | ... | Herself | |
| Dick 'Smitty' Smith | ... | Himself | |
| Sammy Sosa | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Sylvester Stallone | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Paul Sullivan | ... | Himself | |
| Major Travis Swan | ... | Himself | |
| Dr. Lee Sweeney | ... | Himself | |
| John Sweeney | ... | Himself (as Rep. John Sweeney) | |
| Jeff Taylor | ... | Himself | |
| Josh Robert Thompson | ... | Arnold Schwarzenegger (voice) | |
| Tim Urban | ... | Himself | |
| Gregg Valentino | ... | Himself | |
| Chuck Vogelpohl | ... | Himself | |
| Gary Wadler | ... | Himself (as Dr. Gary Wadler) | |
| Diane Watson | ... | Herself (as Rep. Diane Watson) | |
| Henry Waxman | ... | Himself (also archive footage) (as Rep. Henry Waxman) | |
| Tiger Woods | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Dr. Charles Yesalis | ... | Himself | |
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Bigger Stronger Faster*: *The Side Effects of Being American (USA) (long title)
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Rated PG-13 for thematic material involving drugs, language, some sexual content and violent images.
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105 min
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Fighter Pilot:
In sports you should play fair. In war, you shouldn't play fair at all.
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Features "The Incredible Hulk" (1978)
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Normally, I would probably avoid this film if it dealt exclusively with the world of sports. This,however isn't the case. It deals with another realm of drug abuse:the use of steroids by athletes. For far too long now,drug abuse has been pretty much narrowed down to illegal street drugs (Heroin,Cocaine,etc.) or prescription drugs (Darvon & what ever). Chris Bell tells the tale of himself & his two other brothers,raised in a good home with loving parents,that chooses to bulk up by using metabolic steroids (such as the kind that way too many athletes are/have been using for far too long). Bell tries to crack open the facade of just why people have to use these substances (which are generally prescribed to organ transplant patients). The film manages to (once again)mine the harbor of Michael Moore style gadfly (read that as muckraking)film making techniques (not that I'm saying that's bad---it's just getting a bit tiring,is all). There are some examples of steroid abuse that would probably make for a truly effective episode of 'Intervention' (has Ken Seeley,or anybody else on that program seen this documentary yet?)