Whenever an admired and revered athlete falls from grace, it seems as if the whole world feats on their failure and this is after these people have long worshipped these athletes. Just think about Tiger Woods and O.J. Simpson, human nature can be funny that way.
Lance Armstrong was an admired road racing cyclist who won Tour de France seven consecutive times. He is also a cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with fatal metastatic testicular cancer at the age of 25. In 2012, Armstrong was stripped of all his victories after admitting to a doping scandal.
'The Program' is a biographical drama film about the fallen cyclist. The movie is directed by Stephen Frears and stars Ben Foster as Lance Armstrong. Chris O'Dowd as Sunday Time Journalist David Walsh.
The film follows Walsh's book 'Seven Deadly Sins: My pursuit of Lance Armstrong'.
The movie will likely go down as the most in-depth, uncanny depiction of the rise and fall of Lance Armstrong to date. Credit goes to actor Ben Foster, who went to insane lengths to become Lance, taking on intense months of training, riding the most treacherous legs of the Tour de France while filming, dramatically fluctuating his weight by 30 pounds to portray every point of his career, from the top of the podium to the battle with cancer, and even going on his own regimen of performance-enhancing drugs.
“THE PROGRAM” is released and distributed by CAPTIVE CINEMA.
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