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A documentary chronicling sports legend Lance Armstrong's improbable rise and ultimate fall from grace.A documentary chronicling sports legend Lance Armstrong's improbable rise and ultimate fall from grace.A documentary chronicling sports legend Lance Armstrong's improbable rise and ultimate fall from grace.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 wins & 8 nominations total
Michael Bloomberg
- Self - NYC Mayor
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Bill Clinton Jr.
- Self - Former US President
- (archive footage)
Anderson Cooper
- Self - Interviewer
- (archive footage)
Sheryl Crow
- Self - Lance's Girlfriend
- (archive footage)
Alex Gibney
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
Tyler Hamilton
- Self - Teammate
- (archive footage)
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Did you know
- TriviaFilmmaker Alex Gibney followed Lance Armstrong for four years with the intent of chronicling his return to cycling after retirement as Armstrong tried to win his eighth Tour de France. Unexpectedly, Gibney was also there when Armstrong admitted to doping, which resulted in the film being retitled from "The Road Back" to "The Armstrong Lie."
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Lance Armstrong: I viewed my battle with cancer as an athletic competition. But in that, you either win or you lose. When you lose, or if you lose, you die. So I took that perspective, which is a little dark, and I put it into everything I've done since then. I like to win. But more than anything, I can't stand the idea of losing, because, to me, that equals death.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Venice Film Festival 2013 (2013)
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When everyone cheats, it becomes a different contest. The powerful friends, money (125 million plus), risk and pain tolerance, influential scientists, compelling story, performance enhancing drugs, viciousness, ambition to win at all costs, willingness to bully others, . . . Armstrong has all this and more. The documentary is a powerful and gripping indictment not just of Armstrong and cycling, but of sports and humanity in general. Armstrong's doping is bad, but his abuse of power is worse. The film shows how willing people are to be fooled, or to trample on others. Despite its two-hour length, the film held my interest throughout. There are so many parallels in a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, wherein he writes, "There is something truer and more real, than what we can see with the eyes, and touch with the finger." So too with Armstrong, cycling, sports, and all of us. This brilliant documentary helps bring such truths to the surface.
- Blue-Grotto
- Aug 2, 2014
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- Lance Armstrong: The Road Back
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $383,294
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $28,992
- Nov 10, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $594,394
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
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