The world wanted to believe him. So did the camera.
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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- Lance ArmstrongSelf
- Betsy AndreuSelf
- Frankie AndreuSelf
- Reed AlbergottiSelf
- Johan BruyneelSelf
- Daniel CoyleSelf
- Michele FerrariSelf
- Michael BloombergSelf (archive footage)
- Anderson CooperSelf (archive footage)
- Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)
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- Alex GibneyDirector
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- Maryse AlbertiDirector of Photography
- David KahneOriginal Music Composer
- Andy GrieveEditor
- Tim SquyresEditor
- Lindy JankuraEditor
- Matt TolmachProducer
- Alex GibneyProducer
- Frank MarshallProducer
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