The Armstrong Lie
- Released on
- Runtime
- 124 mins
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.”
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.”
Cast
- Lance Armstrong
- Betsy Andreu
- Frankie Andreu
- Reed Albergotti
- Johan Bruyneel
- Daniel Coyle
- Michele Ferrari
- Michael Bloomberg
- Anderson Cooper
- Bill Clinton
- Oprah Winfrey
- Alex Gibney
- Larry King
- Barbara Walters
Director
- Alex Gibney
Producers
- Matt Tolmach
- Alex Gibney
- Frank Marshall
Screenwriter
- Peter Elkind