The Armstrong Lie

The Armstrong Lie

2013•2h 4m•6.9/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.9/10(131)

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."

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Production

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

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong

Self

Betsy Andreu

Betsy Andreu

Self

Frankie Andreu

Frankie Andreu

Self

Reed Albergotti

Self

Johan Bruyneel

Self

Daniel Coyle

Self

Michele Ferrari

Self

Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg

Self (archive footage)

Anderson Cooper

Anderson Cooper

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Self (archive footage)

Alex Gibney

Alex Gibney

Self - Narrator

Larry King

Larry King

Self (archive footage)

Barbara Walters

Barbara Walters

Self (archive footage)

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