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The Armstrong Lie is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Alex Gibney released in USA on 12 october 2013 with Anderson Cooper

The Armstrong Lie (2013)

The Armstrong Lie
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Released in USA 12 october 2013
Length 2h2
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OriginUSA
Rating72% 3.6459453.6459453.6459453.6459453.645945

The Armstrong Lie is a 2013 American documentary film directed by Alex Gibney about the cyclist Lance Armstrong. Originally titled The Road Back, the film takes its name from "Le Mensonge Armstrong", the headline of the August 23, 2005 issue of the French newspaper L'Équipe. The film was screened out of competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival and in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

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In 2009 director Alex Gibney set out to film The Road Back, a documentary on cyclist Lance Armstrong's comeback year after a four-year retirement from the sport. Three years later, on October 2012, a doping investigation led to his lifetime ban from competition and the stripping of his seven Tour de France titles, and the documentary was shelved. On January 14, 2013, three hours after his appearance on Oprah, Armstrong went back to Gibney to set the record straight about his career.

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Anderson Cooper

(Himself (archive footage))Oprah Winfrey

(Herself (archive footage))Alex Gibney

(Self- Narrator)Larry King

(Himself (archive Footage))
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